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What if Swimmers Brawled like the football players at Super Bowl 49?

“What do you think our coach would do if we started fighting with our rival team at the end of conference meet?”

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Laval University To Host The 2016 CIS Championships

Canadian Interuniversity Sport and Canada Swimming announced the location of the 2016 Speedo CIS Championships today. The CIS championship will…

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George Bovell: A Visionary of the Sport

George Bovell, a name synonymous with Trinidadian swimming, recently enlisted the help of some elite friends in his quest to…

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Oakland’s Timmons, UWM’s Johnson are Horizon League weekly award winners

Oakland’s Seth Timmons (Burnet, Texas) and Milwaukee’s Natalie Johnson (Cedarburg, Wis.) have been named the Horizon League Men’s and Women’s Swimmers of the Week

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Singapore Swimming Lands Lucrative Yakult Sponsorship

The Singapore Swimming Association (abbreviated SSA, but NOT to be confused with Swimming South Africa, also abbreviated SSA), has recently…

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South Dakota State goes 4-for-4 on Summit League’s weekly awards

South Dakota State’s Ben Bolinske and Emily Campbell were selected as The Summit League’s Swimmers of the Week for their performances Jan. 26-Feb. 1.

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Kitajima and Arena Pair Up for Exclusive Product Line

Renowned Japanese breaststroking veteran, Kosuke Kitajima, has re-partnered with Arena Japan to continue the designing of his own exclusive line…

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Edinburgh International Swim Meet Gets Another Boost With Confirmation of American, Italian, French Stars

Natalie Coughlin had great success on her last European trip to the Bolzano meet in Italy. She’ll hope to do it again in March.

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Lochte, Phillips, Adams, Schneider – Watch a Selection of Day 2 Aquatic Super Series Races

Without the benefit of a live stream of the 2015 BHP Billiton Aquatic Super Series, swim enthusiasts outside of TV-viewing…

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Katie Ledecky stars in Stone Ridge School’s ‘Gators Go Turf’ mock-umentary

National High School record-holder. Olympic champion. Destroyer of World Records. And now Katie Ledecky can add “movie star” to her list of accolades.

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Legendary Distance Coach Dick Shoulberg to Officially Retire at End of School Year

In a letter addressed to the body of students and parents at Germantown Academy, Director of Professional Development Maggie McVeigh announced…

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FINA officially accepted member of Permanent Consultative Council (PCC) of CIGEPS

FINA President Dr. Julio C. Maglione: “We hope this partnership and this recognition of FINA will bring a significant contribution to our programme ‘Swimming for All, Swimming for Life’…”

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Swimming Australia adds Berlin Open to Paralympic Performance Schedule

To maximise international Paralympic competition opportunities and leading into the Rio Paralympic Games in 2016, Swimming Australia will send a group of 16 swimmers to compete at the Berlin Open in April 2015.

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Van den Hoogenband: A disturbing look at pollution in the waters of the Rio Olympics site

Three-time Olympic champ Pieter van den Hoogenband posted a picture of a man standing on a board in the middle of a heavily-polluted Brazilian waterway where Olympic events will be held in a little more than a year.

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Micah Lawrence Suffers Lower Body Injury During Training Trip In Australia

Micah Lawrence suffered an injury to her lower leg while in Australia competing at the BHP Billiton Aquatic Super Series and taking part in a training trip with her SwimMAC teammates.

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