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COIMBRA, Portugal, May 31. WHILE there were plenty of doubles tonight, and a few Portuguese junior records, Pimpoes' Victoria Kaminskaya could not be touched in her two wins at the Coimbra Invitational. Kaminskaya won her two titles by a combined margin of nearly 15 seconds. Victoria Kaminskaya crus...

PHOENIX, Arizona, February 27. THE history of African-Americans in swimming goes much further back than the 1980s, but when talk turns toward the best black swimmers in the sport, Chris Silva’s name is always in the conversation. Silva was the first African-American to be named to USA Swimming’s nat...

RIO DE JANEIRO, Brazil, February 22. THE Brazilian Swimming Federation is sending a strong squad of 28 athletes -- 14 men and 14 women -- to next month's South American Games in Chile, based on performances at the Brazil Open last December. At the top of the roster is sprinter Bruno Fratus, looking ...

RIO DE JANIERO, Brazil, June 2. BRAZIL Swimming will head to its top meet of the year, the Pan Pacific championships, without star Cesar Cielo among the 19 names listed on the roster released today by the federation. Cielo participated in the Maria Lenk Trophy meet in April and qualified to race in ...

RIO DE JANEIRO, Brazil, May 8. THE second day of action at the Brazilian Winter Nationals is in the books in Rio de Janeiro after a first day that featured a sizzling men's 50-meter breaststroke from Felipe Da Silva. Daynara De Paula nearly cracked the top 20 in the world rankings in the women's 100...