The Powerlist

Drug-Resistant ‘Super Bug’ Found In Olympic Host Rio’s Waters

Less than 60 days out from the opening ceremony, a dangerous, drug-resistant ‘super bacteria’ has reportedly been found in Rio’s waters.

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Georgia’s Megan Kingsley Will Swim At Trials Despite Knee Injury

Despite Megan Kingsley’s knee injury that she sustained last week, she will still be training and swimming at Trials this month.

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Worlds Medalist Maya DiRado To Retire After Rio No Matter Performance

Maya DiRado will retire after this summer no matter her performance at Trials or the Olympics.

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Brazilian Athlete Shot In The Head During Rio Carjacking

Just 55 days out from the 2016 Olympic Games opening ceremony, another violent crime made headlines in host city Rio de Janeiro.

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Shane Ryan Breaks Irish 50 Back Record at Mare Nostrum

At Mare Nostrum today, Irish swimmer Shane Ryan broke the National Record in the 50 back.

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Italy’s Leyre Casarin Verbally Commits to Miami Hurricanes for 2017

UPDATE: On February 4, 2017, SwimSwam received the following statement from Leyre Casarin: “After a carefully and precisely evaluation and…

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Women’s 10K Olympic Qualifier Breakdown: 25 Swimmers Set to Compete

Aurelie Muller (above) will join 24 other athletes in the women’s 10k Marathon Swim in Rio.

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Repeat World Records for Zarate, Krawzow On Day 3 of IDM Berlin

Carlos Daniel Serrano Zarate and Elena Krawzow each broke their second world record of the meet on day 3 of the German International Championship, or IDM.

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Mare Nostrum Barcelona: Zusammenfassung Finalläufe, 1. Tag

2016 Mare Nostrum Tour – Barcelona 11. und 12. Juni 2016 Barcelona, Spain Meet Website Start Lists Results Saturday Results…

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Israel’s #2 Sprinter Gleb Ionichev Signs With Tennessee Volunteers

The Tennessee Volunteers have now brought in two (converted) sub-20 second sprinters for next fall.

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Daley and Reid Take Final Golds of British Championships

The final day of competition at the British Diving Championships saw Tom Daley and Grace Reid take impressive victories in the 10m Platform and 3m Springboard respectively.

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Xin Xin Tops Olympic 10K OW Qualifier, 15 More Athletes Set for Rio

Nine athletes, led by China’s Xin Xin, qualified to for the women’s marathon 10k swim in Rio earlier today. They will join the top 10 swimmers from the 2015 FINA World Championships and another 5 continental representatives in Rio.

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Schroeder YMCA’s Hannah Saiz Races a 400 Meter Butterfly

At the Shorewood Long Course Open in Brown Deer, Wisconsin, Hannah Saiz of the Schroeder YMCA finished 7th in the 400 free…

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Get Olympic 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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Mare Nostrum Barcelona: Day 1 finals recap

2016 Mare Nostrum Tour – Barcelona Saturday, June 11 – Sunday, June 12, 2016 Barcelona, Spain Meet Website Start Lists Results…

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