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Nicolas Oliveira Picks Up Three Wins At Super MG Meet in Brazil

Nicolas Oliveira picked up three wins at the short course (25m) Super MG meet over the weekend in Brazil.

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SwimSwam Pulse: Voters Split on Reaction To Cielo’s Rio Miss

Voters were very split between three of the options – bemusement, disappointment and sadness. Each earned roughly a quarter of the votes, and were all within about 40 total votes of each other.

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Andriy Govorov Posts Fastest Textile Time Ever In 50 Fly

Andriy Govorov (UKR) put up a new textile best in the men’s 50 fly semi’s in London. It also happened to be a Championship and Ukrainian record.

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5 Storylines, All the Links You Need for the 2016 European Champs

James Guy will be one to watch out for at the European Championships in London.

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SwimSwam Pulse: 41% Support Canada’s Tough Olympic Cuts

Though Canada’s Olympic team could have featured more event entries with less strict selection standards, almost half of our poll respondents expressed support for Canada’s selection criteria.

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Cesar Cielo Definitely Out For Rio, Future Uncertain

Cesar Cielo has been ruled out of any possible relay spots on Brazil’s Olympic roster, and the world record holder says he will take some time off of training while deciding what his future holds.

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Satiro Sodre’s 2016 Maria Lenk Trophy Day 6 Photo Vault

Vinicius Lanza celebrates his 100 fly win. Look here for more photos from the action at the final day of the Maria Lenk Trophy.

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Watch An Emotional Cesar Cielo In Post-Race Interview

Cesar Cielo said to the crowd, “I want to apologize to all of you. I gave it my all.”

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Weltrekordhalter Cesar Cielo nicht in Rio über 50 m Freistil dabei

Wenn Erwartungen nicht erfüllt werden, ist es immer leicht, von Versagen zu sprechen. Niemand gewinnt immer im Sport – manchmal…

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Seven More Athletes Secure Spots on the Brazilian Olympic Team

Seven more athletes secured spots on the Brazilian Olympic team on the final day of the 2016 Maria Lenk Trophy…

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Amid Olympic Failure, Cesar Cielo Grows Sprint Legend With 52nd Sub-22

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

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Cesar Cielo Misses Brazilian Olympic Team For His Home Olympics

Cesar Cielo was beaten out by two swimmers in the 50 free, his final chance at qualification, thus missing his chance at an individual event on the Brazilian Olympic team.

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2016 Maria Lenk Trophy: Day 6 Finals Live Recap

The final day of the 2016 Maria Lenk Trophy includes some exciting races including both the men’s and women’s 50 freestyle…

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Not Done Yet: Cielo Puts Himself in Position for Olympics After Prelim

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

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2016 Maria Lenk Trophy: Day 6 Prelims Live Recap

Follow along for live recaps of the final day of the Maria Lenk Open Championships, the second of two Brazilian Olympic qualifiers.

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