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PHOENIX, Arizona, November 12. CANADIAN distance swimmer Ryan Cochrane is today's guest on
The Morning Swim Show.
Cochrane talks about the factors that led to his bronze medal in the 1500 free at the Beijing Olympics and two medals at the 2009 world championships. He also talks about the popularity of swimming in Canada and why the Co...
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LEEDS, Great Britain, August 8. WITH one world record already set in South Africa, today could get pretty busy in the short course world record books as Joanne Jackson smashed the women's 400 free standard at the British Short Course Grand Prix.
Jackson clocked a 3:54.92 in the middle distance event to knock more than a second off Laure Mana...
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Column by John Lohn
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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MONTREAL, Quebec, Canada, July 11. THREE more events featured Canadian records during the fourth day of competition at the Canadian World Championships Trials.
Victoria Poon took down the women's 50 free Canadian record twice throughout the day. First, she hit the wall in 25.12 during prelims to best her 25.35 set in June this year. She th...
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MONTREAL, Quebec, Canada, July 10. ANNAMAY Pierse gave the crowd something big to cheer for as she nearly tracked down the world record in the women's 200 breast at the Canada World Championships Trials.
Pierse cut three seconds from her national record with an astounding time of 2:20.71. The effort finished just half-a-second off Rebecca S...
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MONTREAL, Quebec, Canada, July 9. THREE more Canadian national records took a tumble at the Canadian World Championships Trials held in Montreal this evening.
Thomas Kindler cleared his national record in the men's 50 fly with a time of 23.66. The performance beat his 23.81 set back in 2007. Joe Bartoch placed second in 24.03 with Eric Cant...
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MONTREAL, Quebec, Canada, July 8. DURING the first night of action at the Canadian World Championship Trials, Amanda Reason cleared the women's 50 breast world record.
Reason posted a time of 30.23 to erase Jade Edminston's 2006 global mark of 30.31. She becomes the only Canadian currently in the long course meter world record books. An...
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SANTA CLARA, California, June 15. WORLD champion Brent Hayden of Vancouver beat American superstar Michael Phelps to win the men's 100-metre freestyle on Sunday at the Santa Clara Grand Prix swimming competition.
Brian Johns of Vancouver and Olympic medallist Ryan Cochrane of Victoria added victories in the men's 200 individual medley an...
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SANTA CLARA, California, June 14. THE final evening of swimming at the Santa Clara Invitational featured some dominant swims, but none more commanding than Kirsty Coventry's impressive swim in the women's 20...
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SANTA CLARA, California, June 13. THE third day of long course meter swimming at the Santa Clara Invitational concluded with Kirsty Coventry of Longhorn putting her mark on the meet with a difficult double.
Mean...
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TUCSON, Arizona, June 5. DURING the second evening of long course meter action at the Southwest Classic Invitational in Tucson, Australia's Meagen Nay put on a show with three gold medals.
Nay first won the women's 100 free title by more than a second with a top time of 55.50. Meanwhile, Ford Aquatics' Lacey Nymeyer (56.51), Whitney...
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VANCOUVER, British Columbia, Canada, May 24. THE final night of long course meter swimming at the Mel Zajac Junior International featured a Canadian record falling by the wayside.
During the final event of the meet, the UBC Dolphin foursome of Matt Hawes, Scott Dickens, Brian Johns and Brent Hayden posted a Canadian-record time of 3:40.84 in the...
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VANCOUVER, British Columbia, Canada, May 23. THE second night of long course meter swimming came to a close at the Mel Zajac Junior International held in Vancouver.
Hanna Kubas began the night with a winning time of 28.89 in the women's 50 back. Margaret Hoelzer placed second in 29.29 with Katy Murdoch taking third in 29.47. Daniel Arnamna...
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