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Kazan Organizers Give Video Glimpse into Aquatic Venues’ Construction Progress

With construction well underway at the various aquatic venues in Kazan in preparation for the upcoming 2015 World Championships, FINA produced this…

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Get Pumped by Latest 2015 FINA World Championships Promo Video

Get your mid-week motivation by taking a look at the latest pump-up video released in anticipation of the upcoming 2015…

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RUSADA hosts educational doping control seminars in preparation for World Championships

RUSADA, Russia’s anti-doping agency, hosted a series of educational seminars for national teams in various aquatic sports in preparation for this summer’s FINA World Aquatics Championships.

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Houston’s Bouter Selected for FINA World Championships

University of Houston rising sophomore Micaela Bouter was selected to represent her native country of South Africa at the 2015 FINA World Championships, it was announced Wednesday.

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VIDEO: World Championship hosts Russia produce exciting pump-up video

It’s the season for pump-up videos in the lead-up to the 2015 FINA World Championships, and the host nation of Russia has gotten in on the action with this video highlighting the preparation of their top swimmers and coaches.

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The FINA Technical Committee members will conduct venue inspections in the build-up to this summer’s mega aquatics event.

Representatives of FINA’s technical committees for swimming, open water swimming and synchronised swimming will be in Kazan for a few days to assess the readiness of venues for the upcoming 16th FINA World Championships.

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McEvoy Setting the Stage to Excel in Kazan

21 year old Cameron McEvoy will be looking to come away from Kazan as the 100 freestyle world champion…

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FINA Officially Adds Mixed Relays To 2015 World Championships Schedule

Starting off the 2015 year FINA has just completed the schedule for the 2015 World Championships in Kazan, Russia with the addition of mixed relays, a factor that was left out of the equation in early August when the first schedule was released.

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Izotov Headlines Night 4 of Russian Nationals

Izotov was impressive in the 100m freestyle semi on Day 4 of Russian Nationals

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Izotov Shines on Night 2 of Russian Nationals

After a scorching 4 x 200 free relay split, Danila Izotov now sits atop the world rankings in the 200 freestyle (SCM)

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FINA releases qualifying standards for 2015 World Champs in Kazan

FINA has released its qualifying times for the 2015 World Championships to take place in Kazan, Russia beginning July 24, 2015.

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Made in Canada Medal

There’s no doubt, Eric Hedlin wants to be the best in the world. And to achieve that, he headed north to the Victoria Academy of Swimming/National Swim Centre, the home club of all four Canadian swimming medals at the FINA World Championships this past summer.

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Canadian Worlds Team Gathers For Staging Camp

“It’s pretty exciting when the trip finally comes together and you get everyone there,” said Cochrane, who will be competing at his fourth world championships. “The final push is always a stressful time but once you get the team together it’s a very calming experience. I think we’re all excited for the meet to start.” (Photo Credit: Tim Binning, theswimpictures)

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Twichell Heads to Russia for World University Games

Courtesy of Duke University Swimming and Diving: Former Duke swimmer and All-American Ashley Twichell is set to begin competition at…

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Izotov Posts a World’s Best of 1:44.87 Leading off the Russian Relay

Another night of great racing at the World University Games in Kazan, Russia concluded with the most impressive swim of the competition so far… (Photo Credit: Tim BInning, theswimpictures)

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