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PHOENIX, Arizona, November 23. THE members of the high school national record-setting boys' 200 medley relay are the highlight of today's edition of
The Morning Swim Show, which also includes a look at a freestyle drill used by the top Australian freestylers.
Ryan Murphy, Sergio Lujan Rivera, Timmy Romano and Tommy Gutman talk abo...
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PHOENIX, Arizona, November 18. RHODES Scholarship finalist Jordan Anderson joins today's edition of
The Morning Swim Show to talk about applying for the prestigious scholarship, and we present a grueling sprint set from Australia in our Set of the Week feature.
Anderson, a senior at Auburn University, talks about the reasons why he ap...
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Universal Sports FINA World Cup Dashboard, including webcasts and highlights
STOCKHOLM, Sweden, November 11. THE second day of prelims at the FINA World Cup stop hosted in Stockholm featured a special treat as Jessica Hardy ...
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STOCKHOLM, Sweden, November 10. THE first day of prelims at the FINA World Cup stop hosted in Stockholm produced a world record by China's Zhao...
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Column by John Lohn
CRANBURY, New Jersey, November 9. WE'RE counting down the days. A little less than two months remain before the high-tech suit craze comes to a close and the sport is no longer ruled by the material on swimmers' skins. To date, more than 200 world records have been set since Speedo unveiled the LZR Racer in Feb...
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PHOENIX, Arizona, November 3. OLYMPIC medalist and former world record holder Eamon Sullivan makes his first appearance on
The Morning Swim Show to talk about swimming in 2009, and an Arizona freestyler wins our Performance of the Week honor.
In addition to talking about his emergency appendectomy while training in Flagstaff, Arizona, Sul...
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LOS ANGELES, California, September 9. SPEEDO today announced the extension of its long-time partnership with swimming superstar Michael Phelps through 2013. Following his historic 8 Olympic Gold Medal haul in Beijing, Phelps' career-spanning commitment to the Speedo brand and a shared passion to help grow the sport of swimming globally now con...
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CRANBURY, New Jersey, July 20. THE swimming portion of the World Championships is just days away, so it's time for some predictions on what will shake out in Rome. The task won't be an easy one, considering the suit charade that has thrown the sport for a major loop. But, we'll give it our best shot and see...
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Guest editorial by David Rieder
PHOENIX, Arizona, July 16.
SWIMMING World superfan David Rieder, who blogs on his site at
swimdr549.blogspot.com, joins us again with his thoughts on how relays will pan out at the World Championships later this month.
Men's 400 free ...
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SYDNEY, Australia, July 11. TELSTRA Dolphins Australian Swim Team members Eamon Sullivan and Hayden Stoeckel have both withdrawn from the upcoming FINA World Championships in Rome, starting on July 26, due to illness and injury.
Sullivan, who has been in Europe for the last six weeks, has struggled to overcome a virus that has hampered his train...
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SYDNEY, Australia, June 23. SWIMMING Australia Limited is disappointed by FINA's decision to approve more than 150 swimsuits that were originally banned, or considered in need of modifications, at a swimsuit approval committee meeting in Lausanne in May.
The FINA decision to re-instate suits that were originally banned or classified as in ne...
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PARIS, France, June 20. THE first night of finals action at the Paris Open featured plenty of swimmers winning two gold medals at the long course meter meet. Additionally, a national record from Australia nearly met its match.
Australia's Libby Trickett smoked the field in the women's 50 free en route to a winning time of 24.21. The eff...
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PARIS, France, June 19. THE first evening of long course meter swimming featured sprint preliminary rounds at the Paris Open.
Australia's Libby Trickett topped a group of swimmers from The Netherlands in the women's 50 free qualifying. Trickett claimed the top seed in 24.86, while Marleen Veldhuis touched second in 24.89. Ranomi Kromow...
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CANET, France, June 10. THREE national records fell during the second day of long course meter swimming at the Canet stop of the Mare Nostrum circuit. Representatives from Sweden, Mexico and Lithuania all set new marks.
Australia's Libby Trickett opened the night with a touch-out triumph over Sweden's Therese Alshammar 24.15 to 24.17, i...
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BARCELONA, Spain, June 7. THE final day of long course meter swimming at the Mare Nostrum Barcelona stop featured several more meet standards taking a tumble.
Anastasia Zueva clipped the meet record in the women's 50 back with a time of 27.82. That performance beat Sophie Edington's 27.83 set last year. Daniela Samulski placed second in...
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BARCELONA, Spain, June 6. THE first night of long course meter swimming at the Mare Nostrum stop in Barcelona, Spain featured plenty of new meet records going into the books.
Joanne Jackson began the night with a winning time of 8:24.48 in the women's 800 free. That swim beat Wendy Trott's meet record of 8:26.88 from last year. Trott f...
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PHOENIX, Arizona, May 25. IN place of the regular edition of
The Morning Swim Show, Swimming World TV is debuting a new show this Memorial Day holiday, called
Swimming Technique.
The inaugural guest on the show is Olympic, NCAA and Masters coach Ron Johnson, who talks with host Brent Rutemiller about the resurging fad of swimming f...
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