John Atkinson

How The 2024 Canadian Olympic Team Came Together

Swimming Canada High Performance Director John Atkinson gives an analytical look at the path Canadians took en route to qualifying for the Paris Olympics.

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Canada Unveils Roster of 29 Swimmers Headed to Paris 2024 Olympics

“I’m pretty happy to be able to qualify in my top five events, so going into Paris I’m super excited,” said 17-year-old Canadian star Summer McIntosh.

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Maggie MacNeil Calls On Swimming Canada To Bring Coach Rick Bishop To Paris

MacNeil is hoping Swimming Canada will make the same exception it made for Brent Arckey, Summer McIntosh’s American coach, at last year’s World Championships.

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Swimming Canada Sheds Light On Canadian Way, Timing of Short Course Nationals

Swimming Canada’s new plan for the upcoming quad left some questioning the timing and scheduling of certain events, and the organization has provided clarity.

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Summer McIntosh Continues National Award Haul As Swimming Canada Recognizes Standout 2023

After being named the Canadian Press Female Athlete of the Year, McIntosh has now been named Swimming Canada’s Female and Junior Female Swimmer of the Year.

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Wayne Lomas To Step Down From Swimming Canada Paralympic Program After Trials

Lomas, who joined the organization in 2018, is stepping down in order to spend more time with his family in his native Australia.

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Fan, Oravsky Qualify For 2024 World Championships At Canadian Open Water Festival

Barrie Trojans’ Laila Oravsky, 16, dominated the women’s 10 km event to book her ticket to the 2024 World Championships in Doha.

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Ruck Returns As Stanford & Cal Swimmers Head To George Haines International Meet

Taylor Ruck, Claire Curzan and Torri Huske will be among the big names racing in San Jose this weekend, while the men’s field features Ryan Murphy.

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Seven-Time Olympic Medalist Penny Oleksiak Pulls Out of 2023 World Championships

Oleksiak is choosing to focus on rehabbing her knee while also addressing a lingering shoulder injury.

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Swimming Canada Announces “Canadian Way” Plan For 2025-28 Quad, Including Later Trials

The annual Canadian Trials meets will run five weeks out from the major international meet of the summer for the upcoming Olympic quad from 2025-2028.

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Swimming Canada Names 31 to World Championships Roster, Including Ruck & Oleksiak

Taylor Ruck and Penny Oleksiak were both granted discretionary reprieves for the World Championships after skipping this weeks Canadian Swimming Trials.

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Taylor Rock Rinuncia Ai Trials Canadesi Per Concentrarsi Su Parigi 2024

La 4 volte medaglia olimpica Taylor Ruck ha annunciato che non parteciperà ai Trials canadesi 2023 per riposarsi e per puntare a Parigi

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Taylor Ruck Opts Out of Canadian Trials

After a busy NCAA season, Ruck will take a break from competing to prioritize her long-term goal of Paris 2024. She plans to race at Mare Nostrum in May.

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Etobicoke’s Rob Novak Set To Join HPC-Ontario Staff As Assistant Coach

Novak will join the High Performance Centre – Ontario staff in November after wrapping up his duties as the head coach of Etobicoke Swim Club.

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Ilya Kharun Among 17-Member Canadian Team Announced For Short Course Worlds

Kharun was removed from the U.S. Junior Pan Pacific Championship team after USA Swimming learned that he was not an American citizen.

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