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RIZHAO, China, September 3. THE last night of action at the Chinese Long Course Nationals featured the fastest men's 1500 free in the world this year.
Sun Yang demolished the fastest time in the world this year in the men's 1500 free wi...
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RIZHAO, China, September 2. THE fifth night of swimming at the Chinese Long Course Nationals produced quite a few more world-ranked times from Rizhao, including a pair of sub-1:00 times in the 100 back.
Zhao Jing and Gao Chang put on a show in ...
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Guest editorial by John Craig
PHOENIX, Arizona, September 2. AFTER Ryan Lochte's summer season, the question arises, who is the second-greatest al- around swimmer of all time? Bear in mind, the emphasis here is on all around. Mark Sp...
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Feature by Tonya Nascimento, Swimming World intern
TALLAHASSEE, Florida, September 1. SPORT psychology has been getting a bit more press lately, so you may have an inkling of what it is. Many top athletes have found it vital to their su...
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RIZHAO, China, September 1. A day after a national record went on the board, the Chinese Long Course Nationals held in Rizhao featured another swift time. This time, Sun Yang jumped into the top three in the world in the men's 400 free.
Su...
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SYDNEY, Australia, September 1. TODAY, three-time Olympic gold medalist Libby Trickett of Australia announced that she is coming out of a short-lived retirement according to The Australian. The move comes just nine months after she announce...
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RIZHAO, China, August 31. THE first national record of the meet fell during the men's 200 back during the third day of swimming at the Chinese Long Course Nationals.
Zhang Fenglin clocked a time of 1:57.86 to win the men's 200 back, and...
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RIZHAO, China, August 30. AFTER what proved to be a swift night during the first evening at the Chinese Long Course Nationals, the second sessions of finals slowed down a bit overall.
Li Xuanxu won the women's 400 IM in 4:35.61, well short ...
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Reporting based on best available translations of times.
RIZHAO, China, August 29. THE first night of finals at the Chinese Long Course Nationals in Rizhao got off to a lightning fast start with some blazing fast times.
Zhu Qianwei w...
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MAUI, Hawaii, August 29. THE final night of long course meter racing came to an end at the Junior Pan Pacific Championships with some sterling times being posted by each country's future elites. The 10K open water races will conclude the meet...
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PHOENIX, Arizona, August 29. WITH the sport of swimming taking a collective breath (outside of Junior Pan Pacs going on this weekend), we thought you'd like to reminisce about some of the top meets this past summer over at SwimmingWorld.TV.
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MAUI, Hawaii, August 28. IN the penultimate night of long course meter swimming at the Junior Pan Pacific Championships, Japan's Sayaka Akase and New Zealand's Gareth Kean shined.
Akase stopped the clock in 2:09.68 in the women's 20...
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MAUI, Hawaii, August 27. THE second evening of long course meter swimming at the Junior Pan Pacific Championships featured even more revisions to the meet record book.
Australia's Mitch Larkin crushed the meet record in the men's 400 IM...
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Feature by Michelle Berman, Swimming World intern
PISCATAWAY, New Jersey, August 27. 6:20 a.m. My alarm clock has gone off, and I'm now rolling around in bed praying for a text that swim practice is canceled.
6:25 a.m. I'm up...
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MAUI, Hawaii, August 26. PLENTY of fast swims went up on the scoreboard during the first night of long course swimming at the Junior Pan Pacific Championships held in Hawaii.
USA's Lauren Driscoll blasted an 8:34.48 to win the women's 8...
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Guest editorial by John Leonard, ASCA Executive Director
FORT LAUDERDALE, Florida, August 26. IT would be the height of irony, if, during the FINA Presidency of the one of the great defenders of democratic process and transparency in gov...
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Guest editorial by John Craig
PHOENIX, Arizona, August 26. NOW that Pan Pacs and the European Championships are over, it's tempting to speculate about what the next two years might bring. A few random observations:
Ryan Lochte wa...
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LAUSANNE, Switzerland, August 25. IT was a busy day for FINA as it announced four separate FINA Doping Panel decisions today. Each of the decisions have shown some levels of leniency compared to just a few years ago when any sort of antidoping inf...
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Column by John Lohn
IRVINE, California, August 23. THE Pan Pacific Championships are in the rearview mirror, four days of high-quality action entertaining the swimming world from the William Woollett Aquatic Center. There's no argume...
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