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Watch: Schmitt and Bowman’s Full Olympic Trials Press Conference

Look here to see the full Allison Schmitt/Bob Bowman pre-meet press conference from Olympic Trials at the CenturyLink Center in Omaha, Nebraska.

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Ledecky Scratches 400 IM for Olympic Trials (Prelims Heat Sheets)

Katie Ledecky has scratched the 400 IM for tomorrow morning at Olympic Trials. She was the fifth seed, and fourth seed Becca Mann is also out. You can find full heat sheets for Saturday morning prelims here.

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Pellegrini Posts World’s Second Fastest 200 Freestyle at Settecolli

After setting a new Italian record in the women’s 100 freestyle on Saturday Federica Pellegrini returned to the pool to…

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IWF Bans Three Countries From Rio Olympics

The international governing body for weightlifting banned three countries, including Russia, pending the results of positive “B” doping tests from the 2008 and 2012 Olympics.

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Get Summer Olympic Swim News on Your Website From SwimSwam

SwimSwam offers a new tool to embed the latest swimming news directly on your website.

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USA Men Win Silver At 2016 FINA World League Super Final

The USA Men’s Senior National Team reached the podium at the FINA World League Super Final for the first time since 2008 claiming silver after a 10-6 loss to Serbia in the championship match.

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Diving: Ipsen, Hixon Parratto, and Young Qualify for Rio

Kristian Ipsen (Clayton, Calif./Stanford, Calif.) became a two-time Olympian, while Michael Hixon (Amherst, Mass./Bloomington, Ind.) and Jessica Parratto (Dover, N.H./Bloomington, Ind.) added another event to their Rio 2016 Olympic Games schedules.

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Adidas Brings The A-Station to Omaha

Adidas will showcase its innovative a-station concept in North America for the first time as Omaha plays host to the US Olympic Swimming Trials.

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2016 U.S. Olympic Trials: Official SwimSwam Preview Schedule

Check out the publication schedule for all 26 of our event-by-event U.S. Olympic Trials previews, plus links to each event page as it goes live.

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Russia Sending Krapivina and Drattsev to Rio to Compete in 10 km

The Russian Swimming Federation has announced that they will be sending both Anastasia Krapivina and Evgeny Drattsev to the Rio Olympic Games to compete in the 10 km open water event…

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Watch: Michael Phelps/Bob Bowman Olympic Trials Press Conference

Watch Michael Phelps and Bob Bowman’s full pre-meet press conference from Olympic Trials in Omaha, Nebraska.

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NBC Broadcast Team: “There is nothing like this event” (Video)

Tommy Roy, Dan Hicks, Rowdy Gaines, and Michele Tafoya of NBC Sports talked about the upcoming U.S. Olympic Trials from their perspective at a press conference on Saturday.

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Ed Moses Will Not Swim In Omaha

Despite qualifying for the 2016 U.S Olympic Trials in the 100m breaststroke at the end of May, the former Olympic gold medallist Ed Moses stated in an Instagram post that he will not be racing in the 100m breaststr

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Troy Dumais Finishes Career With Emotional Last Dive in Indy

36-year old Troy Dumais dove the last dive of his 2016 Olympic Trials on Friday night, and with a 5th Olympic Team out of…

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The Best Race To Watch Each Night Of the 2016 U.S. Olympic Trials

The men’s 100 back shapes up to be one of the races of the meet, with defending Olympic champion Matt Grevers looking to fend off the world’s #1 and #3 ranked swimmers: David Plummer and Ryan Murphy.

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