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Clifford Barry, Canadian Olympian and Coach of Victor Davis, Dies at 75 Clifford Barry, a significant figure in Canadian aquatic sports, has died at the age of 75. Barry was a multi-sport standout, as he starred athletically as a two-time Olympian in water polo, and then found success as an Olympic ...

Olympic Dreams: Assembling History's Greatest Men's Medley Relays The countdown to the Olympic Games in Tokyo, albeit delayed by the COVID-19 pandemic, is under the 100-day mark. In three months, the cauldron will be lit, kicking off more than two weeks of competition, including nine days of swimmin...

Canadian swimmer Montana Champagne is one of six athletes to be recognized by Swimming Canada as the 2020-21 recipients of the Victor Davis Memorial Award. Champagne, a native of Ottawa, swims for Greater Ottawa Kingfish Swim Club. The 24-year-old has competed internationally for his country at the ...

Each day through August 4, Jeff Commings will take you back 30 years to the Olympic Games in Los Angeles, highlighting one of that day’s swimming events that continues to be a benchmark for the current culture of the sport. A full list of medalists from that day’s competition follows at the end of t...

Finlay Knox, winner of two medals at the World Junior Championships last year, was named one of the recipients of this year’s Victor Davis Award, announced by Swimming Canada Wednesday. The award was established in the memory of Victor Davis, a two-time Olympian who won four medals between the 1984 ...

During the 2016 Canadian Swimming Congress, the Canadian Swim Coaches and Teachers Association (CSCTA) inducted Clifford Barry, Paul Meronen and the late Dr. Jeno Tihanyi into its Hall of Fame. Barry never swam competitively but played water polo for Canada in two Olympic Games, in 1972 and 1976. An...

MONTREAL, May 29. MORGAN Knabe and Owen Von Richter turned in the most impressive performances during the finals of Day 2 of the Canadian Olympic Trials, being held at the Piscine Olympique, site of the 1976 Olympic Games, in Montreal, Quebec. Knabe breezed to victory in the men's 100 meter brea...

By Phillip Whitten STOCKHOLM, Jan 22. THE USA's Ed Moses destroyed two short course world records on the first day of competition at World Cup VIII in Stockholm. Moses, who had smashed his own world record in the 200 meter breaststroke only five days ago, lowered that mark still further today, t...

World Championships: Summer McIntosh Wins 200 Fly In WJR Of 2:05.20; Flickinger & Zhang On Podium Summer McIntosh set her second world junior record in as many days as she became world 200 fly champion aged just 15. The Canadian went ahead at the 150 mark and pulled away on the final lap to touch in...

EDMONTON, Canada, March 19. A TRIO of Sydney Olympic veterans, including 400 IM bronze medalist Curtis Myden, head a team of 16 Canadians who will comprise the Maple Leaf nation's swimming team at this summer's World Championships in Fukuoka in late July. The team was selected at last week&#...

EDMONTON, Canada, Nov. 23. AGELESS wonder Dr. Ron Karnaugh, came storming from behind to win the 100 meter individual medley tonight on the first of two days of competition at World Cup II, in Edmonton, Alberta, canada. Karnaugh -- at 35, the planet's oldest active world-class swimmer -- trailed...

Commentary by Casey Barrett Once again, a large portion of the Canadian Olympic Team is made up of swimmers who do not train within its borders… With Team Canada on the rise, led by multiple Olympic medal prospects, a look at that forever touchy issue: When it comes to fulfilling potential in the po...