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RIO DE JANEIRO, Brazil, May 11. A few more records fell during the final day of swimming at the Maria Lenk Brazil Trials held in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
Tatiana Barbosa nearly posted an Olympic A cut en route to breaking the South American reco...
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RIO DE JANEIRO, Brazil, May 10. SWIMMERS hit their stride at the Maria Lenk Brazil Trials as South American records fell at a high rate throughout the day.
Liliane Guiscardo took down the South American record in the women's 50 breast with ...
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RIO DE JANEIRO, Brazil, May 9. GABRIELLA Silva clocked a South American record in the Maria Lenk Brazil Trials in the women's 50 fly at the meet held in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
Silva punched the pad in a time of 26.69, narrowly defeating Da...
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RIO DE JANEIRO, Brazil, May 8. THE second day of the Maria Lenk Brazilian Trials featured a few continental records being rewritten.
Guilherme Guido nearly dipped under 25 seconds in the men's 50 back as he clocked a time of 25.04 that set ...
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RIO DE JANEIRO, Brazil, May 7. THE Maria Lenk Brazilian Trials opened in grand fashion today as several meet records took a tumble.
Cesar Cielo posted a pair of sub-22 times, with his preliminary effort of 21.90 setting the men's 50 free me...
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OTTAWA, Canada, May 7. SWIMMING Canada officially announced its team for the 2nd FINA World Youth Championships. The 24-member team will travel to Monterrey, Mexico to compete against the world's best youth swimmers from July 8-13.
The ...
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LAUSANNE, Switzerland, May 6. THE International Olympic Committee recently released a clarification to its protest rules within the IOC's code of conduct for athletes, according to a report by the Associated Press.
The AP is reportin...
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OTTAWA, Canada, May 6. SWIMMING Canada announced its coaching staff nomination for the 2008 Olympic Games in Beijing.
Canada 27-member team will be led by National Coach Pierre Lafontaine, Head Coach Tom Johnson, as well as six coaches, Jozse...
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By John Lohn
CRANBURY, New Jersey, May 6. THE past two Olympics, the 400-meter freestyle has been the domain of Ian Thorpe, the Australian star now in retirement. So, come Beijing, a different man will ascend to the top of the podium. Who will ...
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By Oene Rusticus, Swimming World European correspondent
NIEUWEGEIN, Netherlands, May 5. THE Royal Dutch Swimming Federation has announced its 2008 Beijing Olympic Roster.
Here are the swimmers invited to the Olympics:
Women
Linda...
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MOLENBEEK, Belgium, May 4. THE final session of action at the Belgium National Championships held in Molenbeek came to a close today. The team of Olivier Landauer, Pierre Romanini, Pholie Systermans and Yoris Grandjean crushed the Belgium record ...
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STOCKHOLM, Sweden, May 4. DURING the last finals session of the Swedish Grand Prix held in Stockholm, Johan Johansson and Simon Sjodin both doubled. Meanwhile, Stefan Nystrand put on a show in the men's 50 free.
Johansson first surfaced wi...
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MOLENBEEK, Belgium, May 3. THE third day of swimming at the Belgium National Championships held in Molenbeek featured Kimberly Buys doubling up with a pair of victories.
Buys began the first part of her double with a conquest of the women's...
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STOCKHOLM, Sweden, May 3. THE first day of finals at the Swedish Grand Prix Final held in Stockholm is in the books.
Stefan Nystrand, who owns the national record with a smoking 47.91 from August, cruised with a victory in the men's 100 fre...
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PHOENIX, Arizona, May 3. WE usually do not post things like this, but due to the recent barrage of world records and conversations about ways to achieve faster times, here is a video called the "Swimmer," which has been making the round...
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MOLENBEEK, Belgium, May 2. THE second day of swimming at the Belgium Nationals came to a close in Molenbeek.
National-record holder Nina Van Koeckhoven nipped Griet Buelens in the women's 200 free, 2:03.48 to 2:03.85, for the win to start t...
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ROME, Italy, May 2. ACCORDING to an article published by ABCNews, the Italian Swimming Federation will be taking a look into the impact of the introduction of new swimsuit technology on the recent spate of world records.
Monica Nista re...
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MOLENBEEK, Belgium, May 1. DURING the first night of swimming at the Belgium Nationals, Griet Buelens dropped her national record in the women's 200 fly. The men's 400 free relay record also fell.
Buelens crushed her previous record wi...
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PHOENIX, Arizona, May 1. WITH the U.S. Olympic Trials right around the corner, Swimming World superfan Bill Bell is back with his men's all-time top performers and performances.
Today, we offer his unedited list for the men over lon...
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PHOENIX, Arizona, April 30. BILL Bell, a Swimming World superfan, just sent us his most recent update to his all-time top performers and performances lists.
Today, we provide his unedited list for the women over long course meters.
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PHOENIX, Arizona, April 29. Swimming World Magazine is looking for interns who would like to gain experience in reporting news via print, digital, video or audio media for the 2008-09 academic year.
Now entering its third year, Swimm...
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By John Lohn
CRANBURY, New Jersey, April 29. Will a sub-4:00 performance in the 400-meter freestyle be required to win gold in Beijing? That's one of the highlight questions heading into this summer's Olympic Games in Beijing. A star-st...
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