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Kylie Palmer Welcomes FINA Warning In Statement, Looks Forward to Rio

Australian swimmer Kylie Palmer has released a statement on FINA’s decision to hand her only a warning for a positive anti-doping test after several procedural boggles reportedly set the case back more than two years.

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Five Bid Cities Confirmed For 2024 Olympics; Baku To Focus on 2028

Los Angeles, Hamburg, Paris, Budapest, Rome are all contending for the 2024 Summer Olympics bid.

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Boise State Announces 2015-16 Schedule

Boise State women’s swimming and diving announced its 2015-16 competition schedule Wednesday. The Broncos will host three dual meets, including the two-day season opener against Idaho from Oct. 9-10.

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Duel in the Pool Tickets Now on Sale

Tickets for the seventh Mutual of Omaha Duel in the Pool, slated for Dec. 11-12 at the Indiana University Natatorium on the campus of IUPUI, will go on sale Wednesday at 11 a.m. Central at usaswimming.org.

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Corroded Pipes Cause Pennsylvania Pool To Lose 165,000 Gallons Of Water

Although the problem was identified and can be fixed, the solution could be discouraging for the members of the Highlands swim team.

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Glenn Tasker Resigns as IPC Swimming Vice Chairperson

IPC Swimming announced the resignation of Glenn Tasker, Vice Chairperson of its Sport Technical Committee, on Wednesday (16 September), and launched the search for his replacement.

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Lifeguard Association: German Drownings Spike in 2015

In German waters are from January to the end of August this year at least 374 people drowned in German…

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YMCA of Central Florida Hires Pfau As Director of Competitive Swimming

Alan Pfau comes from the esteemed SwimMAC Carolina program in Charlotte, NC where he was Senior Division Director for the number one club team in the USA for the last 5 years.

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Revolutionary OnCourse Goggles a Game Changer in Open Water

Most open water swimmers struggle with swimming in a straight line practicing or during competition. They zig-zag wasting precious energy. Not anymore. Now you can swim straight with OnCourse goggles.

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LIU Names Michael Travers as Head Coach

On Sept. 16, 2015, LIU Post Director of Athletics and Recreation Bryan Collins announced Michael Travers as the second head coach in the 13-year history of the Pioneers’ women’s swimming program.

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CWPA Releases 2015 Men’s Varsity Week 2 Polls

UCLA remains at No. 1 in the nation, while Johns Hopkins gains company from Whittier College in Division III and Princeton University clings to the top spot in the league rankings.

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Swim Job: Barracuda Swim Club seeks Assistant and Head Site Coach

The Barracuda Swim Club of Northeast Tennessee has an immediate opening for a full-time Assistant and Head Site Coach at its Kingsport, TN, location.

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Valeant Pharmaceuticals Renews CeraVe Partnership with USA Swimming

Valeant Pharmaceuticals North America LLC, makers of CeraVe® skincare products, announced thecontinuation of its partnership with USA Swimming through 2016 as the exclusive skincare sponsor for the 400,000-member national governing body.

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Lakeside Aquatic Club Releases Fall Classic Info

Lakeside Aquatic Club, one of the premier teams in Texas will be hosting a long-course prelim/final meet in November for swimmers of any age who have achieved 15/16 USAS “AA” time standards.

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Swimming Australia “Concerned” Over Two Year Delay In Palmer Doping

Swimming Australia is concerned over FINA’s two-year delay in informing Kylie Palmer of her positive doping test. Palmer was given a warning and stripped of a 2013 medal.

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