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2015 Australian Nationals and Trials: Day Six Prelims

James Magnussen qualified through to semi-finals of the 50 free during Wednesday morning’s prelims session in Sydney.

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Blueseventy Swim of the Week: Kyle Chalmers opens long course season with a bang

Swimming at Australia’s long course national championships, Chalmers, just 16 years old, blasted two of the finest junior times we’ve ever seen in the 100 free.

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Seebohm Cracks Commonwealth Record in the 50 Backstroke

Emily Seebohm took the women’s 50 backstroke at the Australian Championships in a time of 27.47…

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Australian Championships and Trials – Day 4 Finals

Emma McKeon took her second event of the competition winning the women’s 200 freestyle in a time of 1:55.88…

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2015 Australian Nationals and Trials: Day Four Prelims – All 16 Semi-finalists in Men’s 100 free under 50

Mitch Larkin, who won the 100 back final on Sunday, made it through to the semi-finals in the 200 IM on Monday morning in Sydney.

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700 Swimmers to Converge on Australia for World Trials Beginning Friday (LINKS)

Australia’s James Magnussen will get his first major test of new training this weekend in Sydney.

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Infostrada’s 2016 Rio Virtual Medal Table Has United States on Top of Total Medal Count

By applying an objective algorithm, Infostrada Sports predicts overall medal outcomes, as well as individual winners at the 2016 Rio de Janeiro Olympic Games.

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Freestyles loaded up with Aussie stars for Australian Nationals and World Champ Trials

Australia’s National Championships and World Champs Trials begin next week in Sydney, and the freestyle events are loaded up with the nation’s top stars.

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Another Good Night for Watanabe at the New South Wales Championships

Kanako Watanabe won the women’s 200 IM in a time of 2:10.76 which is the second fastest time swum in the world this year…

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McKeon and Seebohm Post Top Two Ranked Times in the 50 Butterfly

Emma McKeon posted a 25.99 while Emily Seebohm recorded a 26.05 in the women’s 50 butterfly at the New South Wales Championships…

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Seebohm Eyes Spofforth’s World Record

Emily Seebohm’s coach Matt Brown feels that she could record a time under 58 seconds in the 100 backstroke by the end of the year…

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Cotterell Feels That Australian Swimmers Need to be Tougher

A few weeks ago Brian King‘s name appeared in the press, he is the man now training Sun Yang in Australia….

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Japan’s Ryosuke Irie Soars to Top of World Rankings on Day 2 of Aquatic Super Series

Japan’s Ryosuke Irie was named Male Swimmer of the Meet for his dominating backstroke performances at the 2015 BHP Billiton Aquatic Super Series in Perth, Australia.

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Australia Leads Aquatic Super Series with Seven Wins; Cate Campbell on Fire

Australia led the way with seven event wins during the first session of the BHP Billiton Aquatic Super Series; Cate Campbell’s winning 50m freestyle time of 24.03 was one of the highlights of the meet.

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Magnussen Faces His First True Test Since Changing Coaches

James Magnussen will be facing stiff competition at the BHP Billiton Aquatic Super Series…

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