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Rio Olympic Stadium in State of Abandonment,”Handed Over to the Cats”

Brazilian news outlet Globo is reporting that the site of the Rio 2016 Olympic opening and closing ceremonies has fallen into abandonment, ridden with stray cats, without power, and littered with trash.

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Blueseventy Swim of the Week: Krause, Michigan Rising

Disclaimer: BlueSeventy Swim of the Week is not meant to be a conclusive selection of the best overall swim of…

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Sweden’s Sarah Sjöström to attend Euro Meet in Luxembourg

  2017 EURO MEET January 27th-29th, 2017 D’Coque Aquatic Center in Luxembourg Meet Site Start Lists/Results Live Streaming The organizers…

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Auburn VS. Texas A&M Women’s Meet Cancelled

The SEC dual meet matchup between the Auburn and Texas A&M women has been called off, as weather conditions led to the the Aggies’ flight from College Station being cancelled.

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SwimSwam Pulse: 56.2% Support Age-Based Tech Suit Ban

Votes were very split on this issue, with just 62 more votes favoring bans than opposing them.

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Katinka Hosszu’s Events Driving Budapest 2017 Early Ticket Sales

Early ticket sales for the 2017 FINA Aquatic World Championships have exceeded expectations, with nearly 34,000 tickets having been sold since December 1st according to the Budapest 2017 organizers.

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Georgia Continues Undefeated Season With Win Over Arkansas

The Bulldogs won every race of the meet, with Olivia Smoliga, Stephanie Peters, Emily Cameron, and Megan Kingsley each winning multiple events.

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How to put SwimSwam News on your Website

At the request of many teams and dedicated swim fans, SwimSwam now offers a way to embed the latest swimming news stories directly into your team website.

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World Champion James Guy Kicks Off Quadrennial With Move To Bath

Reigning 200m freestyle World Champion James Guy is making the move to Britain’s National Training Centre in Bath.

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Swimulator Mid Season Rankings for All D1 Mid-Major Conferences

We’ve done mid season rankings for the power D1 conferences. Now it’s time for mid major rankings. The rankings below use the Swimulator tool for…

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26 New Swim Jobs You Might Love

If you don’t like the career you’re in, you might want to work in the swimming community and be a part of our big swimming family! See over 653 Swim Jobs on SwimSwam.com.

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Graeme Antwhistle Added To Swim Wales Coaching Staff

Graeme Antwhistle, who has coached Jazmin Carlin, will be joining the Swim Wales coaching staff.

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Tyler Clary To Coach High School Swimming At Hotchkiss School

2012 Olympic champ Tyler Clary will join the coaching staff at the Hotchkiss School in Connecticut, he announced on his Twitter page this week.

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ROKA Partners With USA Triathalon Through 2020

ROKA Sports, Inc. and USA Triathlon today announced a new multi-year partnership that designates the Dallas-based performance multisport brand as the Exclusive USA Triathlon Uniform and Swim Category Partner.

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New WADA Prohibited List In Effect, Including Arimistane

The World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA)’s 2017 list of prohibited substances is now in effect, including the newly-banned substance Arimistane, which the Russian Swimming Federation specifically warned its athletes to stop taking.

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