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Ning Zetao Tops Sun Yang For China TV’s Male Sports Person Of The Year

Ning Zetao took home a trophy at yesterday’s China Central Television’s Sports Awards.

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Insights From an Afternoon on Deck with Denis Cotterell

It was clear that Cotterell’s knowledge was incredible, his wisdom was insightful and the strength of the connection he has with his swimmers is incredible…

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Sun Yang Tops Chinese Talent, Koseki Leads Japanese Headed To Perth

Although banned from training at any official centers in the country, Chinese distance star Sun Yang leads his team at the Perth Aquatic Super Series in Australia, scheduled for February 5th and 6th.

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World Record Holder Sun Yang to Be Featured in Chinese Reality TV Show

Despite several negative PR incidents since the 2012 Olympic Games, Sun is still a big enough draw to be included among China’s best sports stars on a new reality television show.

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2015 Swammy Awards: Adam Peaty, Male Swimmer of the Year

Adam Peaty broke a major swimming barrier this year in April at the British Championships in London, where he shattered the 100m breaststroke world record by over half a second, becoming the first man ever under 58 seconds in 57.92.

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Sun Yang Returning To Australia To Train in January 2016

World record-holding Chinese distance man Sun Yang will be returning to Australia to kick off his training in 2016, according to a post on Sun’s Facebook profile.

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2015 Swammy Awards: Sun Yang, Asian Male Swimmer of the Year

Sun was a double gold-medalist at Worlds, and nearly pulled off an impressive sweep of the 200, 400 and 800 frees.

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USA Swimming, USADA Partner To Approach FINA On Doping Situation

Chinese Olympian, Sun Yang, is one of the athletes whose doping case will be discussed in an upcoming meet between USA Swimming, USADA and FINA.

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Italy’s Paltrinieri Not Afraid Of A Showdown With China’s Sun Yang

Italy’s Gregorio Paltrinieri swam away with the 1500m gold medal in Kazan after Chinese swimmer Sun Yang shockingly didn’t appear for the final.

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Olympic Experience: Does It Really Matter?

DeSantis and the Viking take a look at the stats to determine how much past Olympic experience should weigh in toward national selection criteria.

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Parasitic Bug Explains Mack Horton’s Lackluster Swims In Kazan

Although Australian Mack Horton pulled out a bronze in the men’s 800 free in Kazan, his performances in the 400 and 1500 freestyle events left some questioning what happened to the 19 year-old.

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Is Australia Becoming A Drug Cheat Haven?

Sun Yang had served a doping ban last year, but is still allowed to train at unofficial, non-excellence training centers in Australia.

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2015 FINA World Cup Round-up: Glimpse Into Upcoming Competitive Field

Nathan Adrian has been announced as just one of the superstars highlighting the 2015 FINA World Cup Series.

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Hangzhou, China Awarded 2022 Asian Games

The 2022 Asian Games are headed to China.

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Sun Yang Nearly Beats His 400 Time From Kazan On Day 5 of Chinese Nationals

The veteran distance swimmer dominated the men’s 400 freestyle with a time of 3:42.70.

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