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Guelph Marlin Boys Rewriting 11-12 Canadian Age Group Relay Records

The Guelph Marlin Aquatic Club has rewroten the 11-12 Canadian Age Group relay records over the past few months.

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Olympic Hype Video: “Work, Train, Dream”

Check out the video swimmer and swim fan Chad Patterson created featuring Team USA’s victories from the 2012 London Games.

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Matt O’Donnell: Two Brain Surgeries And One Olympic Trials Cut Later

NC State swimmer Matt O’Donnell celebrates his Trials cut with Wolfpack coach Gary Taylor.

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The Monetary Worth of the 2016 Rio Olympic Medals

While most athletes would regard an Olympic medal as priceless, SwimSwam has crunched the numbers to come up with the commodity value of the gold, silver, and bronze medals that athletes will vie for this August in Rio.

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Get Olympic Trials 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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Tritonwear Showdown: Men’s 200 Free Gold, 2004 Athens Olympics

By the time the Olympics came to Athens in 2004, Ian Thorpe and Pieter van den Hoogenband were already legends in the global swimming community. Michael Phelps was a rapidly rising star…

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Radford Humbled By Support He Has Received Through the Appeal Process

Since Swimming New Zealand announced they would not be sending Kane Radford to the 2016 Rio Olympics he has received a huge outpouring of support…

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Boudia, Johnson Lead Men’s Synchro 10m Semis at Diving Olympic Trials

David Boudia appears poised to make his third Olympic team. He and Steele Johnson lead the men’s synchronized 10-meter field with 835.56 points after Sunday’s men’s synchronized 10-meter preliminaries and semifinals.

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DCST’s Ellie Andrews, 13, Qualifies for Olympic Trials in 100 Breast

Thirteen-year-old Ellie Andrews of the Dublin Community Swim Team (Ohio) has qualified for the U.S. Olympic Trials in the 100 breast…

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New Olympic Trials Cuts Everywhere at Auburn’s Richard Quick Invite

Rising Auburn sophomore Aly Tetzloff, originally from Indiana, snuck under the OT cut in two races over the weekend to punch her ticket to Omaha.

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Documents Explain Judge’s Logic in Turner Sexual Assault Sentencing

Court documents reveal the reasoning behind Judge Aaron Persky’s sentence toward former Stanford swimmer Brock Turner, a sentence some have criticized as overly lenient.

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Phelps Says 200 Free ‘Doubtful’ In Father’s Day Video

In his latest Facebook Live post, Michael Phelps shares personal and professional info while celebrating his very first Father’s Day.

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Townley Haas Olympic Trials Focus: GMM presented by SwimOutlet.com

Townley Haas could become “Boss Haas” at U.S. Olympic Trials. Coming off of his stunning NCAA Championship performance, how will he swim in Omaha?

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Meghan Lynch Continues Charge on 11-12 NAG Rankings with #4 200 IM

12-year-old Meghan Lynch of the Greenwich YWCA Dolphins finished up her remarkable weekend with two more lifetime bests. Lynch, who lives…

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Olympic 2020 Host City’s Governor Resigns

The 2020 Olympic games host city, Tokyo, is in the middle of a spending scandal with their Governor who resigned this past week.

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