Oussama Mellouli

Short Course World Championships Day One Prelims Live Recap

Chad Le Clos’s battle with the United States’ Tom Shields in the 100 fly will be one of many races to look out for on Day 1 of the Short Course World Championships.

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Swim Stars land in Dubai for Round Two of the FINA World Cup

Some of the world’s best swimmers arrived in Dubai today, ahead of the second round of the FINA/MASTBANK Swimming World Cup which will be held on Sunday 31 August and Monday 1 September.

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2013 Open Water Swimmer of the Year Swammy Award Goes To Thomas Lurz

With an absolutely incredible season, it’s almost a given that Lurz be named the 2013 open water swimmer of the year. ..

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Mellouli Explains Climb to Olympic Pool and Open Water Podium: GMM presented by SwimOutlet.com

Tunisian Olympic star, Oussama Mellouli, is a history-maker, the first African Male to win an individual Olympic gold medal in swimming at the 2008 Games. In 2012, Ous became the first person to win Olympic hardware in the pool and in open water at the same Olympic Games.

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Dubai Children To Have Their Own Swimming World Cup

The golden boy of the London Olympics, and already a Dubai crowd favourite, South African Chad Le Clos, and Tunisian distance superstar Oussama Mellouli will be on hand to meet the children and sign autographs after the Children’s World Cup races on both Thursday 17 and Friday 18 October.

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Mateusz Sawrymowicz and Ashley Twichell Take Home The $10,000 Prizes At The 2013 RPC Tiburon Mile

Mateusz Sawrymowicz and Ashley Twichell Take Home The $10,000 Prizes At The 2013 RPC Tiburon Mile.

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Brace yourself – 2013 RCP Tiburon Mile Features an All Star Field

The Tiburon Mile – one of the world’s best open water races will be coming September 29th

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So Stacked – 2013 RCP Tiburon Mile Deep with Talent

RCP Tiburon Mile Race Director Bob Placak (center) with 2012 winners Kane Radford and Melissa Gorman. (photo: Mike Lewis, Ola Vista Photography)

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Weinberger fights back from mistake, settles for 5th

“I’m one of the strongest guys out there and I know I could have come first. It’s just so disappointing that I made such an amateur mistake and I didn’t notice the turning buoy pass on my right,” Weinberger said after the race. “I know I’m better than that.” (Photo Credit: Mike Lewis, olavistaphotography.com)

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Ous bags two silver as Italy dominates Mediterranean Games

The Italians dominated the first night of competition at the Mediterranean Games in Turkey. Out of the 24 medals available…

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Sun Yang Crushes World Record on Final Day of Olympics (RECAP)

Sun Yang hammered the World Record in the men’s 1500 free (Photo Courtesy: US Presswire)

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FINA Announces 50 Invitees to London’s Serpentine

FINA has announced the qualifiers for the 2012 London Olympics in open water swimming, after this past weekend’s men’s and…

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