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Former U.S. National Teamer BJ Johnson Wins 100 Breast at Maccabiah

Johnson was one of 4 American swimming winners on day 3 of the 2017 Maccabiah Games.

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40 World Records Broken in Final Stop of Para-Swimming World Series

American Robert Griswold broke the World Record in the 200 back – an event that he hasn’t swum competitively in 2 years.

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Olympic Champ Chalmers Committed To 2020, But Plans Unknown Thereafter

Kyle Chalmers admits his favorite sport isn’t swimming while discussing what his future plans hold.

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TYR Sport Signs Missouri’s Michael Chadwick

TYR Sport, the leading manufacturer of competitive swim and triathlon gear, is proud to announce the signing of 4x Short Course World Championship medalist Michael Chadwick to its roster of sponsored athletes.

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FINA Adds Highlight Routine To Synchro World Champs

This month is a major one for FINA meetings, with Technical Congresses meeting for various aquatic sport disciplines and the General Congress meeting later on to elect the next federation president. The first two Technical Congresses met today, with synchronized swimming adding a new World Championships event.

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Cal Secures Verbal Commitment from Backstroker Alex Sumner

A USA Swimming Scholastic All-American from Episcopal Academy, Alex Sumner has given a verbal commitment to the University of California, Berkeley for 2018-19.

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USA Swimming Creates 1st-Ever Safe Sport Book To Engage Young Swimmers

USA Swimming has released the organization’s first-ever Safe Sport Activity Book. The Activity Book was created to share the Safe Sport…

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Stanford Commit Lauren Pitzer Pulls Off 800/50 Double in Austin

2017 SOUTHERN ZONE SECTIONALS – AUSTIN July 6th-9th, 2017 Psych Sheet Pre-Scratch Timeline Meet Info Real-Time Results An intense double…

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Minnesota To Add Denver’s Hicken-Franklin As Associate Head Coach

The Minnesota Golden Gophers will be adding Denver’s Alicia Hicken-Franklin to its coaching staff as associate head coach, replacing the departed Ryan Purdy.

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Canada Team Off to Training Camp, Ruck Going to Camp, But Not Worlds

The Canadian Worlds Team is en route to their training camp in Italy to prepare for the 2017 FINA World Championships at the end of the month. Double Olympic bronze-medalist Taylor Ruck is training with the team, but she will not join them in Budapest.

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Illinois Record-Holder Ema Rajic Verbally Commits to Cal

Breaststroker/IMer Ema Rajic of Urbana, Illinois’ University High School and Champaign County YMCA has verbally committed to Cal for 2018-19.

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Mark Spitz’s Role With SportTV Confirmed

Mark Spitz’s role with SportTV this summer has been confirmed. The 9-time Olympic Champion will be working for Brazil’s SportTV…

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Lili Ibanez Wins 50 Free, 50 Fly at Mexican Nationals

A DQ in the 100 free on procedural grounds cost Ibanez a shot at her 14th career national title.

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IOC Votes to Award 2024 and 2028 Olympic Games Together

Today the IOC officially announced it will award both the 2024 and 2028 Olympic Games simultaneously during the summit in Lima, Peru, on September 13th.

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British World Championships Squad Heads To Edinburgh

British coach Bill Furniss says that Edinburgh is a city that lends itself to a ‘relaxed, low-key training camp at a very high-pressure time’

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