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Korean Olympic Committee To Hold Emergency Mtg Regarding Park’s Status

The Korean Olympic Committee (KOC) has reportedly scheduled an emergency meeting for Friday, July 8th, where the topic of whether or not banned swimmer Park Tae Hwan will be able to compete at the 2016 Olympic Games is at the top of the agenda.

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D2 NCAA Champ Matt Josa To Transfer To Cal For Remaining Two Seasons

Division II NCAA standout Matthew Josa will be transferring to the University of California for his remaining two seasons of college eligibility, beginning this fall.

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WATCH: Sarah Sjostrom Swim World-Leading 200 Free (Ledecky Comparison)

Sarah Sjostrom (above) swam a world-leading 200 free time of 1:54.34 on Wednesday at the Swedish National Championships. That pushed her ahead of American Katie Ledecky, although the two swam their races very differently.

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WATCH Sarah Sjostrom Swim 55.9 in 100m Fly (RACE VIDEO)

Race video above courtesy Sodertorn a-grupp. 2016 SWEDISH NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIPS July 6 – July 10, 2016 Norrköping, Sweden Competition Website…

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Kolesnikov Breaks Acevedo’s Junior World Record in the 100 Backstroke

Kliment Kolesnikov of Russia had the swim of the evening at the European Junior Championships setting a new junior world record in the first event…

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Azevedo Becomes First U.S. Man to Play in 5 Olympic WP Tournaments

Tony Azevedo is heading back to Rio. The U.S. water polo captain was named to his record fifth U.S. Olympic Team on Thursday, and this one will be in the city where he was born.

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Rio Deploys Extra 3,000 Soldiers for Olympic Security Ahead of Games

There will be an extra 3,000 troops added to the already 18,000 for security and protection during the Games this August.

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Swedish Nationals Day 2: Sjostrom Wins 100 Fly Gold in 55.9

Sarah Sjostrom racked up another win at Swedish Nationals, this time winning the women’s 100 fly with a blistering 55.95 to blow away the field.

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Michael Phelps Will Not March at Opening Ceremonies in Rio

Michael Phelps admitted on Sunday during his live stream that he will not attend the Opening Ceremonies in Rio this summer.

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Great Britain Wins Four Gold on Day 2 of European Junior Championships

British swimmers took four events on the second day of the European Junior Championships in Hódmezővásárhely, Hungary…

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Diener and Heintz made it into German Olympic roster

German Open 2016, Berlin Tuesday July 5th – Friday July 8th 2016 Schwimm- und Sprunghalle im Europasportpark (SSE), Berlin Competition…

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Missouri State’s Kalnins Returns to Olympic Games

Missouri State senior swimmer Uvis Kalnins will return to the Summer Olympic Games this August when he represents his home nation of Latvia in the 200-meter individual medley at the 2016 Rio de Janeiro Games.

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Rio 2016 Paralympic Medals to Feature Technology for Visually Impaired

The Paralympic Medals at this summer’s Olympic Games will feature some slick technology to aid the impaired to know which medal they won.

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Scotland’s McLean & Brown Talk Euro Juniors Preparation

2016 EUROPEAN JUNIOR CHAMPIONSHIPS Wednesday, July 6 – Sunday, July 10, 2016 Hódmezővásárhely, Hungary Prelims 9:30AM / Finals 5:30PM (Local…

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Watch Siobhan-Marie O’Connor Rock New British Record In 100 Breast

  Versatile British swimmer Siobhan-Marie O’Connor recently broke GBR’s 100m breaststroke National Record while competing at the 2016 Scottish Open National…

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