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Japan Open start lists announced, meet begins Thursday

The Japan Open will kick off this Thursday in Tatsumi, Japan, and the home country has shown up in full-force, according to the start lists, which include Olympic bronze medalist Kosuke Hagino.

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Olympic Gold Medalist Swimmer Amanda Beard to Appear on “Celebrity Wife Swap”

Four-time Olympian Amanda Beard will appear on the ABC reality show on Tuesday, June 24th.

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Swimming South Africa building accreditation system for schools, with 12 already signed on

Swimming South Africa announced last week that it had signed Memoranda of Understanding with 12 schools to begin building a system to accredit schools that could serve as good development homes for young swimmers.

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FINA Announces Dates for 2017 World Championships; Masters Worlds to Follow

The Scotiabank Aquatics Centre, built for the 2011 Pan Am Games, will host the 2017 World Aquatics Championships.

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Kromowidjojo’s Coach Decides He Is Not The Right Man For The Job

Only eight months after deciding to take the opportunity to work with Olympic champion Ranomi Kromowidjojo Christiaan Sloof has decided he is not the right man for the job…

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Photo Vault from Shore: Men’s 5K at 2014 Open Water Nationals

Open water swimming doesn’t get much better than this. It was a perfect day for racing: warm without being hot,…

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Dwyer Delivers the NBAC Elite Swimming Diet – Gold Medal Minute Video

Olympic Champion and NBAC swim star, Conor Dwyer, eats to win, and he’s on track to win gold this summer at the 2014 Pan Pacific Championships.

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Shannon Vreeland Takes Big Prize, Wins SEC’s McWhorter Scholarship

Geogia’s Shannon Creeland has been named the 2014 McWhorter Scholarship winner in the SEC.

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Nerding Out: Updated Long Course Meters NAG Record Progressions

Caeleb Dressel has been off the grid for the last few months, but he’ll have another opportunity to dismantle the record books this summer.

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Yale Men’s Swim and Dive Welcomes Fast Incoming Class

The Bulldogs announced a strong incoming class of 2018, including eight swimmers and one diver from six U.S. states and two foreign countries.

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Yale Women’s Swimming and Diving Adds Ten Swimmers, One Diver in Class of 2018

The Yale Bulldogs recently announced a strong and diverse class of 2018, made up of ten swimmers and one diver from around the country. They expect this new group to continue the momentum of Yale’s program, which has improved considerably over the last several years.

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TYR Sport Unveils New Active Lifestyle Swim Line – Photo Vault

Catering to fitness enthusiasts and adventurists, TYR SPORT Active Lifestyle swimsuits are ideal for yoga, paddle boarding, surfing and all things outdoors.

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Rice’s Chelsea Fong Earns Postgraduate Scholarship From C-USA

Recent Rice graduate Chelsea Fong, a standout on the Owls swim team the last four years, has been awarded one of the 15 Jim Castañeda Postgraduate Scholarships.

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Swim Job: The Swim Exchange Seeks Team Sales Representative

Duties are to educate aquatics teams on our Team Outfitting Solutions. We provide a unique online ordering solution for teams allowing parents online access to team merchandise that also raises funds for the team.

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Photo Vault from Shore: Women’s 5K at 2014 Open Water Nationals

See what the women’s 5K open water national race looked like from SwimSwam’s perspective on the shore.

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