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GBR Olympic Selection Tracking: Day 5 Stats

3 swimmers clocked British Olympic-qualifying times in Glasgow tonight. Check out the list of who’s in with one more day of competition left.

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Manuella Lyrio Breaks Brazilian National Record in 400 Free

2016 MARIA LENK TROPHY OPEN CHAMPIONSHIPS Friday, April 15th – Wednesday, April 20th Olympic Aquatics Stadium, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil…

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WATCH: Brad Tandy Win 50 Free, Qualify for Olympics at SA Trials

SOUTH AFRICAN NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIPS (SA OLYMPIC TRIALS) King Aquatic Park, Durban, South Africa Sunday, April 10th – Saturday, April 16th…

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The Final Tally Has 11 South African Men, 0 Women, Qualified for Rio

No country in the world has a more glaring gender-gap in swimming than does South Africa.

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McBroom: It was cold and windy, but I had fun racing (Video)

The Woodlands’ Michael McBroom inched his way up from seventh to third to second, then made his move over the final 100 meters to claim the win with 3:49.04

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South Africans Time Trial 800 Free Relay to Rio, But Miss in 400

SOUTH AFRICAN NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIPS (SA OLYMPIC TRIALS) King Aquatic Park, Durban, South Africa Sunday, April 10th – Saturday, April 16th…

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Adams: Katie Meili and I are enjoying the journey together (Video)

Adams never lost the lead and finished first with 2:08.59, just a touch faster than she had been in the morning

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YBCC Phoenix Freestyler Carlee Timmins Commits to Rowan University

The YMCA of Burlington and Camden Counties’ Phoenix Swim Team has announced that Carlee Timmins of Cherry Hill has committed to Rowan University in Glassboro for next fall.

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MAC Selects Seven Missouri State Swimmers as Distinguished Scholars

Seven Missouri State men’s swimmers were voted by faculty athletic representatives as Distinguished Scholar Athletes, representing the ‘best of the best’ from the eight Mid-American Conference winter sports, the league announced Friday, April 15.

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2016 Maria Lenk Trophy: Day 2 Finals Real-Time Recap

Guilherme Guido (above) approached his 100m back South American Record by one one-hundredth of a second in Day 2 prelims of the Maria Lenk Trophy.

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David Plummer makes changes outside pool to better performance (Video)

David Plummer of New York Athletic Club led wire-to-wire and won the men’s 100 back title in 54.29

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2016 British Olympic Trials Day 5 Finals Live Recap: Carlin Makes It Happen

After missing out on the 200 free and 800 free individual qualifying marks, Bath University’s Jazmin Carlin claimed an Olympic berth in the women’s 400 freestyle race tonight in Glasgow.

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Danish Open Day 4: Joensen Roars to Second Straight Olympics

Danish Open Day 4 2016 (Olympic, European Championship and European Junior Championship Qualifying) April 13-17, Bellahøj Swimming Stadium Prelims: 10…

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2016 Arena Pro Swim Series – Mesa: Day 3 Prelims Live Recap

Ryan Lochte of SwimMAC Carolina is entered in all three (non-distance freestyle) individual events on Day 3 of the 2016 Arena Pro Swim Series at Mesa.

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Krasnykh Stands as Lone Olympic Qualifier on Day 1 of Russian Trials

Aleksdandr Krasnykh was not expected to make the Russian Olympic Team in the 400 free, but he showed up and had the swim-of-his-life on Saturday evening in Moscow.

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