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Magnussen Goes Lifetime Best in 50 Free Prelims

Women’s 50 Free – Prelims After his world-beating 100 free from Monday evening’s finals (Monday morning US/European Time), Australia’s James Magnussen was…

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Magnussen’s Stunning 100 Free is Textile Best [race video added]

Magnussen made dust of his own textile-best time, and he pulled his teammates to the lead with him.

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Thorpe Set to Crowd Magnussen’s Spotlight at Aussie Trials

Link to entry highlights. Dark-dingo picks for Australian Olympic Team. Schedule of events (same as Olympics). Live Results available here….

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Swimming Australia Releases Start Lists for March's Trials

Swimming Australia has released the start lists for the 2012 EnergyAustralia Australian Swimming Championships, which will take place from March…

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Magnussen Wins 100 Free; Schlanger Tops TYR World Rankings in Women's Race

What a difference a week makes. After telling the media that he was in the same heavy training this week…

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NSW State Champs Day 1 Prelims: Libby Roars Back Into the Race for Olympics

The 100 freestyle was expected to be the big story on Friday at the New South Wales Championship. Most thought…

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Magnussen, Rice, Leisel, Klim, Return of Monk Mark Headlines for NSW State Championships

For the past 6 weeks, Australia has worked its way through a series of Open State Championship meets (which could…

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Targett Becomes First Aussie Under 22 in Textile, Magnussen Goes Career-Best in 50 Free in Adelaide

Matt Targett only showed up for the final day of the South Australian Championships, but he left a huge impact on…

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Targett Tops Magnussen in 50 Free Prelims in South Australia

Australia’s Matt Targett showed up for the final day in Adelaide, just to get a little taste, and upset James Magnussen’s part…

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Blair Evans Continues to Ride Big Wave in South Australia; Magnussen Sits Out

While James Magnussen scratched his 200 free in prelims of the 2nd day of the South Australia Championships, Blair Evans did not,…

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In Briefs: Magnussen Scratches 200 Free; Evans Sets Up More Impressive Swims on Saturday Prelims

On day 2 of the South Australian State Championships, James Magnussen scratched his only event: the 200 free. This is an…

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Magnussen Stamps 48.05 on South Australian Championships

James Magnussen did his best Cesar Cielo impression and fired off a great in-season time on day 1 of the 2012…

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Magnussen, Seebohm to Dive Into Brand New Adelaide Pool in Olympic Trials Preview; Sun Yang in Miami

This weekend, all eyes (outside of Europe) will be squarely focused on Australia, as there is a pair of scorching…

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Magnussen Finishes Sprint Double, Campbell Sisters Sweep Women's 50 (Including #4 Time in World)

After a disappointing finish on Sunday in the 200 free, his first race, James Magnussen has come back with a vengeance in the…

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Magnussen Snags 100 Free Victory at Queensland State Champs

After failing to live up to the hype in Sunday’s 200 free, Australian superstar came back to grab a win…

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