The Powerlist

9 Swimmers Among NCAA Woman of the Year Conference Nominees

9 swimmers are among the 142 women nominated at the conference level for the NCAA’s Woman of the Year award.

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American Water Polo Coach and Olympian Monte Nitzkowski Passes Away

Monte Nitzkowski, who was named the head coach for the USA men’s water polo team for the 1972, 1980, and…

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Ian Silverman Writes Letter to IPC About Classification Issues

Ian Silverman has written a letter to the IPC and some of their sponsors about what he calls “fraud” in the Paralympic classification system.

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Rio Roll Call: Final Look At the Olympic Relay Entries

A final look at the relay entries for the 2016 Olympic Games.

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McTaggart, Jones Head Psych Sheets For College Park Futures

Early psych sheets have dropped for the USA Swimming Futures Championship in College Park, Maryland with NCAA standout Caroline McTaggart and highly-touted incoming freshman James Jones among the more recognizable names.

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Tony Azevedo Calls for SeaWorld to Release Orcas in PETA Ad

Tony Azevedo, the American water polo player who is about to embark on his fifth Olympic Games this summer, has…

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Meet the 2016 USA Olympic Swim Team: Lia Neal

Meet Olympic swimmer Lia Neal, who will be representing Team USA this summer in Rio as a member of the 400 freestyle relay. A second-time Olympian and a veteran USA National teamer at only 21-years-old, Neal specializes in sprint freestyle.

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Adding To Their Rio Headache, Aussies’ Laptops Stolen During Fire

The Australian Olympic contingent in Rio continues to get their Games off to a rocky start.

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Auburn’s Katie Money Suffers Concussion In Freak Accident

Auburn University rising sophomore, Katie Money, was looking forward to a fun, relaxing trip to Texas with her family, when a freak accident steered her plans off course.

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Bishop, Dant Tie For 400 Free Title At YMCA Nationals Day 4

The YMCA national record book survived an all-out assault Saturday night, with swimmers rattling but not breaking 4 different records at YMCA Long Course Nationals Day 4.

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Meet the 2016 USA Olympic Swim Team: Townley Haas

Meet 2016 US Olympic swimmer Townley Haas. A native of Richmond, VA, and a rising sophomore at the University of Texas, Haas talks about his ascension to the Olympic team and the moment when he realized he might have the makings of an Olympic-caliber swimmer.

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IOC Creates 3-Member Panel to Finalize Decisions on Russian Athletes

The IOC has set up a three-member panel that it says will have final review authority over which Russian athletes are and are not accepted into the Olympic Games, including swimmer Vlad Morozov (above).

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Ethan Dang Breaks’ Reece Whitley’s 13-14 200 Breast Record

Over the past few years, there’s been a line of backstrokers who were chasing down, in succession, and breaking all of the…

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TV und Livestream von den Olympischen Spielen: Sender und Zeiten

Am kommenden Freitag, den 5.8. geht es los: In Rio de Janeiro, Brasilien, starten die Olympischen Sommerspiele. Im Gegensatz zu…

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