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Sun Yang and Ye Schiwen look to win top sporting awards in china

Sun Yang and Ye Shiwen were both nominated for the top awards in Chinese Sport 2012 Anta CCTV Sports Personality of…

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China, Japan, and Korea All Intend to Bid for 2019/2021 World Championships

The South Korean federation, buoyed by the exploding popularity of Tae Hwan Park, is bidding for another championship, (Photo Courtesy: Melissa Lundie)

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Chinese Nationals: Sun Yang Dominates, Ye Shiwen in Off Events

Swim News: China’s Olympic women are swimming off events, but Sun Yang is back in full force at Chinese Nationals. (Swim Photo Credit: PW)

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Cotterell Says Reports on International Swimmers “Totally Erroneous”

The Denis Cotterell/foreign swimmers debate seems to have become a non-issue. (Photo Courtesy: ©Tim Binning/TheSwimPictures.com)

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Swimming Australia: “The Story is Incorrect”

Swimming Australia had no idea where Sun Yang’s comments from earlier day came from. (Photo Courtesy: ©Tim Binning/TheSwimPictures.com)

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Garrett Reports: Weekend Wrap Up for Monday, September 24th

The Fast Lane Meet in Rio over the weekend featured a fresh format that was fan friendly. (Photo courtesy © Mike Alexandrov)

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China Daily: Swimming Australia Bans Cotterell From Training Foreigners

Update: Swimming Australia denies China Daily report. In apparently one of the first conclusions as Swimming Australia tries to rebound…

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Sprint News 9/12/12: Date Set for Curl Hearing; Olympic Furniture for Sale

Swim News: “CUBU Swim Club founder Rick Curl’s hearing date is set for Sept 19th, after the USA Swimming convention this week in Greensboro.”

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Contract with Federation Forces Sun Yang Give Up Bulk of $18 Million in Endorsements

Yang will still walk away with roughly $6 million, though, which will still make him one of the world’s wealthiest swimmers. (Photo Courtesy: ©Tim Binning/TheSwimPictures.com)

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Former Chinese National Team Swimmer, Talks Olympics

Abi Liu is a former national record holder in China and now coaches Peak Aquatics in Northern California.

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Medals, Medals, Everywhere, But What Does It All Mean?

Firsts, bests, and other trends from the Olympic medal podium. (Photo: US Presswire)

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Michael Phelps Becomes First Swimmer to Surpass 1,000,000 Followers

Michael’s Twitter profile still says “14-time gold medalist”. It might be time to update that. (Photo Courtesy: ©Tim Binning/TheSwimPictures.com)

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As an American Streak Ends, “Textile-Bests” Still in Play

Last summer, I asked the question after Sun Yang and Ryan Lochte broke World Records at the World Championships of:…

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Day 8 Finals Recap, Presented by SwimOutlet Team Division

The US Swim Team put an exclamation point on arguably the greatest Olympics ever.

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