The Powerlist

Swimming Australia adds Berlin Open to Paralympic Performance Schedule

To maximise international Paralympic competition opportunities and leading into the Rio Paralympic Games in 2016, Swimming Australia will send a group of 16 swimmers to compete at the Berlin Open in April 2015.

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Van den Hoogenband: A disturbing look at pollution in the waters of the Rio Olympics site

Three-time Olympic champ Pieter van den Hoogenband posted a picture of a man standing on a board in the middle of a heavily-polluted Brazilian waterway where Olympic events will be held in a little more than a year.

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Micah Lawrence Suffers Lower Body Injury During Training Trip In Australia

Micah Lawrence suffered an injury to her lower leg while in Australia competing at the BHP Billiton Aquatic Super Series and taking part in a training trip with her SwimMAC teammates.

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In Briefs 2/3/2015: Van Mierlo Retires, NC Swimmers Goggle Up in Protest, Pugh Swims with Sea Lions

Endurance swimmer Lewis Pugh’s planned swimming adventure for a cause rounds up today’s “In Briefs”

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Catching Air: Dynamic Squat Jumps

Those swimmers who are able to carry a breathing rhythm in the water have a much better time finding easy speed in the early parts of the race and enough air for quality finishing speed at the end of races.

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Rory Lewis of Machine Aquatics Commits to Penn State

Penn State will add Rory Lewis to its already-stellar class of 2019 beginning next fall.

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9 Things You Know to Be True If You Started Swimming Later than Everyone Else

#4 – You realize your talent won’t get you to your goal, and you start working your butt off.

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Olympic Swimmer Chloe Sutton Retires: Gold Medal Minute presented by SwimOutlet.com

Sutton was a world class swimmer for nearly a decade. She made her first Olympic Team when she was only 16 years old.

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Morning Swim Practice – The 50 Meter Jungle

It’s a Friday morning in January. It’s dark. It’s cold. It’s been a long week at work, and an even…

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Northern Kentucky Clippers’ Austin Haney Verbally Commits to Kentucky Wildcats

The Kentucky Wildcats have added Austin Haney to their 2015 recruiting class.

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Amherst Fights, MIT Prevails

Before their victory over Springfield College on Sunday, both the Amherst men and women’s teams fell to MIT on Saturday. By…

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Ben Proud Wins Sports Personality of the Year

Last night Ben Proud was named Plymouth’s Sports Personality of the Year…

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NCAA Division I meets to watch for 2/5-2/8

The USC men have tough dual meets with both Cal and Stanford this weekend in two of our meets to watch.

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Retired Swimmer Leisel Jones Now Tackles Reality TV

Australian retired swimming superstar Leisel Jones debuted on the reality TV show, “I’m a Celebrity-Get Me Out of Here”, which…

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Ipsen & Mumma bring ACC weekly awards to NC State, Kylliainen and Nyquist also win

NC State took two of the four weekly ACC awards, led by Anton Ipsen’s men’s swimmer of the week, and Louisville’s Tanja Kylliainen was named women’s swimmer of the week.

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