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NSW State Open Championships Filled With Talent

The 2014 New South Wales State Open Championships will play host to not only some of Australia’s top swimmers, but will also see some top international competitors as well…

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Sprinters Steal The Show On The Final Day In Perth

The two biggest show stoppers of the day were the Australian sprint due of Cate Campbell and James Magnussen…

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Aussies With A Comfortable Lead After Day One In Perth

With the first day of the BHP Billiton Super Series in the books the Australians hold a comfortable lead over Japan in the overall points race…

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Swimming Australia heats up in Perth over the coming weeks

Magnussen gave a preview of what we can expect in Perth when he took out the final of the men’s 100m freestyle in a time of 47.73 – just 0.02 of a second outside his 2013 World Championship winning time.

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Plenty Of Exciting Racing On Final Night Of Victorian Champs

The final night of the Victorian Championships in Melbourne did not have the kind of high end and record breaking…

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Groves Takes Down Schipper’s Age Group Record At Victorian Champs

St. Peters Western swimmer 18 year old Madeline Groves took home gold in the women’s 100 butterfly at the Victorian State Championship breaking Jessicah Schipper’s 2005 18 year old age group record of 58.18, winning the event in a time of 57.43…

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Magnussen Is Ready To Race

Australian swimming star James Magnussen appears to be preparing to take on competitors from China, Japan, South Africa and Brazil by racing himself into to shape…

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Bohl Happy To Have Park Back In Brisbane

It was four years ago that Park began training in Brisbane on a regular basis and the fit has been a great one not only for Park, but also for the St. Peters Western program…

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Women’s 4×200 Free Relay 2013 World Championships – Complete Race Footage

Women’s 4×200 freestyle relay race footage is courtesy of swimswam partner Universal Sports Network. (Photo Credit: Victor Puig, victorpuig.com)

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Women 4×200 Free Relay World Championship Winners – Post Race Interview

Missy Franklin hit the water with a one-second deficit to make up on Australian anchor Alicia Coutts, who previously anchored Australia’s 400 free relay as well, and split a blazing 1:54.27 to run her down and take victory in 7:54.14. (Image Courtesy of FINA)

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American Pull Up One Prelims Swimmer to Join Finals 800 Free Relay

Missy Franklin and Shannon Vreeland led the way to gold in the 400 free relay; they’ll be joined by two new counterparts in the 800 free relay final, though this time they’ll come in as only the 3rd seed. (Photo: Victor Puig/victorpuig.com)

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Euro Report – Day 4 – Korzeniowski and Pellegrini Not Quite Enough For Gold

Day four was the first day of the competition that we did not see a European swimmer on top of the podium at the 2013 FINA World Championships, Pawel Korzeniowski and Federica Pellegrini came close… (photo credit: Victor Puig, victorpuig.com)

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Katie Ledecky Only Really Surprise Outcome of Day 1 Pick ‘Em Results

Was Katie Ledecky’s win in the 400 free an upset? Pick ‘Em Results indicate ‘yes’. (File Photo: Tim Binning/TheSwimPictures.com)

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Who’s on Twitter on the Australian World Championship Team?

This hotel, as Tweeted by Ash Delaney this morning, will be home base for the Australians in Barcelona.

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2013 Worlds Preview: Record Watch

Team USA’s Katie Ledecky is one of the many swimmers on record watch next week in Barcelona.

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