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The Brick Lands in Europe; Sells Out in U.S., Again

High demand for The Brick has caused it to sell out once again. This time the wait is expected to last just one week. New orders can still be placed on the Fike Swim Product’s website and are estimated to ship out early next week.

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Budapest 2024 Bid Receives Government Funding Boost

Hungary’s central government has given a huge supportive boost to the Budapest 2024 Olympic Games bid.

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Brazilian Open Olympic Qualifier Breakdown

Leonardo de Deus grabbed two ‘A’ cuts at the Brazil Open, most likely locking down a spot on the Olympic team in both the 200 fly and the 200 back.

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Mexico To No Longer Host Open Water Junior Worlds, Grand Prix in 2016

Mexico will no longer host a pair of major FINA open water events in 2016 according to a document on the Brazilian Swimming Federation’s site – most notably, Mexico will no longer host the 2016 Open Water Junior World Championships.

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2015 Swammy Awards: Katie Ledecky, Person of the Year

Katie Ledecky earns the Swammy Award for Person of the Year for the way she’s expanded what swimming fans thought possible in the freestyle races, both in terms of range and historic time barriers.

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2015 Swammy Awards: Jordan Wilimovsky, Male OWS Of The Year

Former NCAA standout and 2014 Pan Pacific Championships 9th place finisher in the 10k, Jordan Wilimovsky, broke out big-time in 2015.

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Lopez Brings Mix of Singaporean & Int’l Athletes To PSS Austin

American Kevin Cordes, who has been training with Singaporean National Head Coach Sergio Lopez since May, will be on the roster of 12 athletes Lopez will be bringing to Austin.

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Allison Schmitt Adidas Swim Photo Vault

Allison Schmitt models Adidas Swim gear.

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2015 Swammy Awards: Age Group Swimmer of the Year – 11-12

Chase Travis and Winn Aung led the way in the 11-12 age category during 2015.

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Second Leg of FINA Open Water Grand Prix Cancelled

FINA has just announced that the second leg of its 2016 Open Water Swimming Grand Prix has been cancelled.

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Ranomi Kromowidjojo Doubles on Day 1 of Hosszu-Less Indian Ocean Meet

Ranomi Kromowidjojo led Dutch dominance on day 1 of the 2015 Swim Meet of the Indian Ocean.

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YogaOutlet.com Named to Internet Retailer’s Hot 100 List

For the 2015 Hot 100 List, YogaOutlet.com was cited for its creative ability to incorporate videos, content and guides into its site and its curation of that process across multiple offices in California, Ohio and Vietnam.

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2015 Swammys: Tiffany Thomas Kane, Female Para-Swimmer of the Year

Check out all of our 2015 Swammy Awards here. 2015 Female Para-Swimmer of the Year: Tiffany Thomas Kane, Australia While…

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Slovak Championships: Stefanik Rises To Top Of European Junior Ranks

The Slovak Championships in swimming in the short course pool for juniors and seniors took place in the photogenic Elements Resort in Samorin-Cilistov during the weekend 18th-20th of December 2015. In all, 297 swimmers from 41 swimming clubs raced 1413 times.

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2020 Tokyo Olympics Set To Boost Japan’s Economy By At Least .6%

The Bank of Japan released a report earlier this week that increasing number of foreign tourists, as well as Olympics-related construction investments are helping to ‘expand Japan’s gross domestic product (GDP).

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