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Schoeman Falls Short Of 5th Olympic Games, Yet Marches On

South African Roland Schoeman fell just short of reaching his dream of a 5th Olympic Games appearance.

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Katie Ledecky Named To TIME Magazine’s ‘Most Influential People’

Katie Ledecky earns yet another accomplishment, this time as being part of TIME Magazine’s list of the world’s top 100 most influential people.

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19-Year Old Evgeny Rylov Breaks European Record in 200 Back

2016 RUSSIAN CHAMPIONSHIPS / OLYMPIC TRIALS April 16-23rd, 2016 Moscow, Russia Prelims 09:00/Finals 18:00 Local Time Prelims 02:00/Finals 11:00 U.S….

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TIDE Swimming Celebrates New Olympic Size Pool

Tide Swimming Board President, Katy Arris-Wilson, joined the Mayor of Virginia Beach, Will Sessoms, the CEO of the YMCA of South Hampton Roads, Billy George, and the entire Tide Swimming family for a ribbon cutting ceremony.

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2016 Italian Spring Nationals and Olympic Trials: Day 3 Finals

Ilaria Bianchi won the 100 fly with 57.87, guaranteeing her a spot on the Italian squad for the 2016 Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro.

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Cameron van der Burgh Shooting for Olympic Final in 200 Breast

Primarily known as a sprint breaststroker, Cameron van der Burgh of South Africa has elected to swim the 200 breast in…

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2016 Russian Championships: Day 6 Live Recap

Look here for a live recap of today’s action at the Russian Olympic Trials.

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Satiro Sodre’s 2016 Maria Lenk Trophy Day 6 Photo Vault

Vinicius Lanza celebrates his 100 fly win. Look here for more photos from the action at the final day of the Maria Lenk Trophy.

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Watch An Emotional Cesar Cielo In Post-Race Interview

Cesar Cielo said to the crowd, “I want to apologize to all of you. I gave it my all.”

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Italian Olympic Trials: Day 3 Prelims Recap

Gabriele Detti was the top qualifier in this morning’s 400 free.

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Morozov Pops 21.7 50 Free at Day 6 Prelims of Russian Trials

Vladimir Morozov was the top qualifier in the men’s 50 free this morning at Russian Trials.

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WATCH: The Lighting of the Olympic Flame in Ancient Olympia

On Thursday, at mid-day in Olympia, Greece, the ancient home to the original Olympic Games some 3000 years ago, the…

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Britain Announces 2016 Olympic Roster: Peaty, Guy, Miley Among The 26

British athletes celebrate being named to the 26-member-strong 2016 Olympic squad.

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Rush-Henrietta (NY) Swim Coach Matt Greene Banned by USA Swimming

Former Rush-Henrietta High School teacher and swim coach Matt Greene has been banned for life by USA Swimming. He was officially…

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Ryan Hoffer, Top Commit in Class of 2017, Verbally Commits to Cal

While SwimSwam has yet to officially unveil its rankings for the high school class of 2017, superstar sprinter Ryan Hoffer will…

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