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Monaco To Host 2017 Laureus World Sports Awards

And the 2017 Laureus World Sports Awards go to… MONACO Or should that be… MONICO? Formula 1 champion & Laureus…

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British Sports Bodies Explore Televised, Multi-Sport Olympic Trials

British athletes, including swimmers, may undergo an overhaul to how their Olympic Trials are conducted for Tokyo 2020.

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Aussie Stars Quietly Competing At 2016 Queensland C’ships

Bond Swimming Club’s Cameron McEvoy claimed gold in in the 100m freestyle event while racing in Queensland this week.

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USOC Increases ‘Operation Gold’ Payouts By 25% Beginning in 2017

Katie Ledecky’s 4 golds and 1 silver medal were worth $115,000 in prize money from the USOC in 2016. In 2020, the same haul will be worth $143,750.

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Penny Oleksiak Named Canada’s Athlete of the Year

After becoming the first Canadian to win 4 medals in a single Games, and the youngest Canadian to ever win gold, Penny Oleksiak was named as Canada’s best athlete of 2016 on Tuesday.

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USA Water Polo Inks Four-Year Deal with Sports Anaheim

USA Water Polo announced on Monday, in a joint press conference with USA Volleyball and USA Badminton, that it had entered into a four-year agreement with Sports Anaheim.

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Michael Phelps’ Under Armour Ad Named Best of the Year 2016

Under Armour ad “Rule Yourself” featuring GOAT Michael Phelps has been named the best of 2016 by Adweek. The agency behind the ad was Drog5, and the director was Martin de Thurah.

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Scoring The NCAA Women’s Teams Based on Midseason Rankings

Per the request of some of our commenters, we’ve gone through and scored out how the NCAA division 1 team battle would go based on the midseason rankings.

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Koch, Lacourt, Cseh to highlight Euro Meet Luxembourg in January

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

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Blueseventy Swim of the Week: Le Clos Back On Top At SC Worlds

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

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On Coaching Sabbatical, Cotterell Denies $1 Million Chinese Contract

Might we see storied Australian coach Denis Cotterell reacquainted with past protege Sun Yang of China?

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Coleman’s Carpool: Why Michael Andrew Loves Video Production

Throughout the whole short course world champs, Michael Andrew was vlogging and documenting his travels and experiences abroad and with Team USA.

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Superior Results from Data-Driven Coaching

Coaches all over the world are finding innovative technologies to integrate into their programs in order to collect information and increase their swimmers’ engagement and accountability.

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Judge Dismisses Charges Against Teacher Accused of Distributing Drugs

All charges in a case against Massachusetts high school swim coach Elizabeth Backler have been dropped, according to the Boston Globe. Backler had been accused of giving drugs to a former student.

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Vote for the Russian Swimming Federation’s People’s Choice Awards

Look here to vote for the Apollo and Aphrodite Awards, the people’s choice awards of the Russian Swimming Federation.

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