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Jefferson Forest Boys, Jamestown Girls Win Virginia 4A Titles

The Jefferson Forest boys and Jamestown girls earned state championships at the VHSL 4A meet last week.

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2024 Summer Olympics: Budapest to Withdraw its Bid to Host Games

And then there were two. After Budapest formally withdraws its bid to host the 2024 Olympic Games, only Los Angeles and Paris will remain in the race.

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Will Licon Goes 51.1 In 100 Breast At Big 12 Time Trials

The pre-Big 12 Championships time trial session produced a couple of noteworthy swims today, chief among them a 51.15 from senior Will Licon in the 100 breast.

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#ItTakesTwo: How Gabrielle Detti and Stefania Pirozzi Found Love

This 9-minute mini-documentary shows how Italian Olympic swimmers Gabriele Dettie and Stefania Pirozzi were brought together through swimming and have remained together as they pursue their goals in the pool.

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Emily Overholt and 2 Other Key UBC Swimmers Will Miss U Sports Champs

U SPORTS SWIMMING CHAMPIONSHIPS February 24-26 Complex – Université de Sherbrooke – Sherbrooke, Que. Short course meters Meet info Schedule/results…

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New WR Holder Ippei Watanabe Visits Tokyo 2020 Organizers

Ippei Watanabe visits Tokyo 2020 organizers, commits to goal of Olympic gold medal in 200m breaststroke.

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USC’s Anika Apostalon Named Pac-12 Scholar-Athlete of the Year

USC Senior Anika Apostalon has been named the Pac-12 Swimming and Diving 2017 Scholar Athlete of the Year. The award, which is…

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Previewing The 2017 Canadian U Sports Swimming Championships

The University of Toronto men and women will be looking to defend their CIS Championship titles from the 2015-2016 season here in Sherbrooke at the U Sports Championships this week, and to do so will need to face tough opposition from their rivals at the University of British Columbia.

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House, Volpenhein, Sichterman Headline 2017 OHSAA Championships

Ashley Volpenhein of Mason will look to defend her 50 and 100 free state titles this week.

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World Champion Ning Zetao Dismissed From Chinese National Team

Reigning world champion in the men’s 100m freestyle event, Ning Zetao of China, has been kicked off the national team due to violations.

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Chalmers’ Coach Peter Bishop To Head Up South Australian Sports Inst.

Peter Bishop, coach of 100m freestyle Olympic champion Kyle Chalmers, will take over as Head Coach of the South Australian Sports Institute (SASI).

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2017 B1G Men’s Champs Fan Guide: IU Flipping the Script on Michigan

Blake Pieroni is leading the charge for the Indiana Hoosiers.

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2017 Women’s Pac-12 Championships Fan Guide

USC return this year with a highly talented group, but they’ll be hard pressed to defend their title against Stanford and Cal.

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2017 Big 12 Men’s Champs Fan Guide: Anticipated Races from Texas Stars

2017 Men’s Big 12 Championships Wednesday, February 22 – Saturday, February 25 Lee & Joe Jamail Texas Swimming Center- University…

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Swim Benin Works With Beninese Swim Federation To Bring Back Swimming

As an English teacher for a year in the small West African country of Benin, native Californian Dan Airth was saved by the fact he was within a quick motorcycle ride to the nearest pool.

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