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USA Men Win Silver At 2016 FINA World League Super Final

The USA Men’s Senior National Team reached the podium at the FINA World League Super Final for the first time since 2008 claiming silver after a 10-6 loss to Serbia in the championship match.

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Diving: Ipsen, Hixon Parratto, and Young Qualify for Rio

Kristian Ipsen (Clayton, Calif./Stanford, Calif.) became a two-time Olympian, while Michael Hixon (Amherst, Mass./Bloomington, Ind.) and Jessica Parratto (Dover, N.H./Bloomington, Ind.) added another event to their Rio 2016 Olympic Games schedules.

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Adidas Brings The A-Station to Omaha

Adidas will showcase its innovative a-station concept in North America for the first time as Omaha plays host to the US Olympic Swimming Trials.

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2016 U.S. Olympic Trials: Official SwimSwam Preview Schedule

Check out the publication schedule for all 26 of our event-by-event U.S. Olympic Trials previews, plus links to each event page as it goes live.

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Russia Sending Krapivina and Drattsev to Rio to Compete in 10 km

The Russian Swimming Federation has announced that they will be sending both Anastasia Krapivina and Evgeny Drattsev to the Rio Olympic Games to compete in the 10 km open water event…

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Watch: Michael Phelps/Bob Bowman Olympic Trials Press Conference

Watch Michael Phelps and Bob Bowman’s full pre-meet press conference from Olympic Trials in Omaha, Nebraska.

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NBC Broadcast Team: “There is nothing like this event” (Video)

Tommy Roy, Dan Hicks, Rowdy Gaines, and Michele Tafoya of NBC Sports talked about the upcoming U.S. Olympic Trials from their perspective at a press conference on Saturday.

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Ed Moses Will Not Swim In Omaha

Despite qualifying for the 2016 U.S Olympic Trials in the 100m breaststroke at the end of May, the former Olympic gold medallist Ed Moses stated in an Instagram post that he will not be racing in the 100m breaststr

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Troy Dumais Finishes Career With Emotional Last Dive in Indy

36-year old Troy Dumais dove the last dive of his 2016 Olympic Trials on Friday night, and with a 5th Olympic Team out of…

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The Best Race To Watch Each Night Of the 2016 U.S. Olympic Trials

The men’s 100 back shapes up to be one of the races of the meet, with defending Olympic champion Matt Grevers looking to fend off the world’s #1 and #3 ranked swimmers: David Plummer and Ryan Murphy.

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Danish Swimming Officially Unveils 2016 Olympic Team

The Danish Swimming Federation has officially announced the 15 member team that will be representing the nation at the 2016 Olympic Games in Rio…

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Hammer and Borgen Both Set New Norwegian Records

University of Tampa swimmers Martin Hammer and Runar Borgen have both set new Norwegian national records at the Settecolli Trophy…

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Case Adjourned For Canadian Coach Accused Of Sexual Assault

The trial of former Ajax Swimming coach and CEO Matt Bell, who was arrested in November under three different charges which included sexual assault, sexual exploitation, and four counts of luring a person under 18-years, was adjourned once again.

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“This is our Superbowl week” Chuck Wielgus on Olympic Trials (VIDEO)

“This is our Superbowl week,” said Chuck Wielgus, Executive Director of USA Swimming, referring to the Olympic Trials in Omaha….

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