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Canadian Swimmers Given Medal Incentive For World Championships

The Canadian Chicken Farmers of Canada will be offering an incentive to Canadian swimmers competing at the 2015 FINA World Championships in Kazan, Russia.

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Canada earns silver in Women’s Synchro Springboard at World Champs (Video)

Silver went to Canada, which finished the day with a pair of silvers in diving. Jennifer Abel and Pamela Ware scored 319.47, including 72- and 73-pointers over the final three rounds.

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2015 Canadian World Championships Team: The Complete Twitter List

Young Canadian up-and-comer Emily Overholt just got a Twitter a few days ago, and she’s certainly a name to keep an eye on in the near future.

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Five Reasons Team Canada Dominated The First Day Of The Pan Am Games

The Canadian team stood out as one of the top teams at the games on night one. The Canadians medalled in every single event, and showed that they’re in it to win it at home.

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Canadian Women Break 4x100m Freestyle Relay National Record

Thanks to a monster anchor leg by new 100m freestyle Canadian record holder Chantal Van Landeghem, the Canadian women pulled ahead of the Americans, won gold, and collectively threw together a time of 3:36.80.

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Canada’s Lac Magog withdraws from FINA’s Open Water World Cup, cites high hosting costs

Canada’s Lac Magog will drop off of FINA’s Open Water World Cup series for 2015 after event organizers withdrew their 10K and 34K events.

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Royal Canadian Mint Releases Limited Edition Pan Am Games Collectible Coins

The Royal Canadian Mint issued a new collection of collector coins in order to celebrate the Toronto 2015 Pan Am Games that will be taking place in Canada this summer.

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Canadian Diving Team Nominated for Toronto 2015 Pan Am Games

On Tuesday, the Canadian Olympic Committee (COC) and Diving Plongeon Canada announced the athletes nominated to represent Canada at the TORONTO 2015 Pan American Games from July 10 to 26 in Scarborough, ON.

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Canadian National Team Member Markus Thormeyer To Join High Performance Centre – Vancouver

Markus Thormeyer will be joining the High Performance Centre – Vancouver this September to train under top Canadian coach (and Swimswam’s 2014 Canadian coach of the year) Tom Johnson.

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Kierra Smith to swim 200 breast, not 100, at Pan Am Games for Team Canada

After a tumultuous Canadian National meet, Kierra Smith will get to contest her signature event in front of the home crowd at this summer’s Pan American Games.

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Canadian Trials – Day One Finals Live Recap With Streaming Video

Canadian Trials – Day One Finals Live streaming can be found here. Live results can be found here Prelims each day…

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2015 NCAA B1G Roundup: Kierra Smith’s 200 Breast Victory With a Two-Footed Start (in an Era of Wedges)

2015 NCAA B1G Roundup: Kierra Smith’s 200 Breast Victory With a Two-Footed Start (in an Era of Wedges)  WHAT YOU…

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Canada’s Amber Lefler Verbally Commits to Oakland University

Canada’s Amber Lefler Verbally Commits to Oakland University

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Russell Wood Not Swimming Varsity This Year; Leaves Huge Gap In Backstroke Events At CIS Championships

University of Calgary’s Russell Wood will not be swimming varsity this year, meaning that he will not be competing at any University swimming competitions with the Dinos.

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Brent Hayden Announces Candidacy For Vancouver Parks Board Commissioner Position

Canadian sprint freestyle icon Brent Hayden sent out a tweet today that he had a big announcement which had Canadian…

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