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Crockart Breaks Oldest Australian National Record on Night 1 of Australian Short Course Championships

The opening night of the 2013 Australian Short Course Championships, held at the Sydney Olympic Park, hosted just two races,…

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Australian 1972 Olympic Team Organizing Reunion in Late October

The 1972 Australian Olympic Team, including the great Shane Gould, is having a reunion in late October.

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Ranking the Women’s NCAA 2013 Recruiting Classes: #5 – #8

Leah Smith of the JCC Sailfish is a part of a very good recruiting class for the Virginia Cavaliers. (Photo: Tim Binning/TheSwimPictures.com)

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Looking Back at the Career of Brenton Rickard

On August 5th, a day after the 2013 FINA World Championships concluded Australian breaststroker Brenton Rickard decided it was time to call it a career… (Photo Credit, Tim Binning, theswimpictures)

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Rousseau (400 IM) and Shields (100 Fly) Both Fly to 4th in the World on Day 2 of U.S. Open

Tom Shields and Sebastien Rousseau both put up blistering times to rock day 2 of the 2013 U.S. Open Championships in Irvine, California. (Podium photo courtesy: Melissa Lundie)

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American Pull Up One Prelims Swimmer to Join Finals 800 Free Relay

Missy Franklin and Shannon Vreeland led the way to gold in the 400 free relay; they’ll be joined by two new counterparts in the 800 free relay final, though this time they’ll come in as only the 3rd seed. (Photo: Victor Puig/victorpuig.com)

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Zane Grothe Drops 16 Seconds in a Month to Win 1500 at 2013 U.S. Open

Zane Grothe, Danny Tucker, and Sebastien Rousseau starred on the first night of the 2013 U.S. Open Championships. (Stock Photo of Grothe: Tim Binning/TheSwimPictures.com)

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Purdue’s Danny Tucker Nearly Qualifies for National Team in Day 1 Prelims at U.S. Open

The U.S. Open began with four events Tuesday morning in Irvine, California. (Photo: Mike Lewis/OlaVistaPhotography.com)

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2013 FINA World Championships Day 2: Real-Time Recaps

Ruta Meilutyte reacts with great emotion after breaking the 100m breaststroke Lithuanian, European, World Championship, and World Records in 1:04.35. (Photo Credit: Victor Puig, victorpuig.com)

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Verschuren Withdraws From Finals Swimoff with McEvoy

Australia’s Cameron McEvoy will safely navigate to the final without a swim-off against the Netherlands’ Sebastiaan Verschuren. (Stock Photo: Tim Binning/TheSwimPictures.com)

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Ryan Lochte to Train in Australia This Fall

Ryan Lochte discussed his new training plans with his hometown news paper.

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Katie Ledecky Only Really Surprise Outcome of Day 1 Pick ‘Em Results

Was Katie Ledecky’s win in the 400 free an upset? Pick ‘Em Results indicate ‘yes’. (File Photo: Tim Binning/TheSwimPictures.com)

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2013 FINA World Championships Day 1 Real-Time Recaps

“France celebrates the men’s 4×100 free relay as Adrian looks on…” (File Photo: Victor Puig, victorpuig.com)

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