{"id":212867,"date":"2016-07-18T09:01:07","date_gmt":"2016-07-18T16:01:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/?p=212867"},"modified":"2016-07-18T09:01:07","modified_gmt":"2016-07-18T16:01:07","slug":"the-week-that-was-doping-ruling-reversal-rocks-the-swimming-world","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/the-week-that-was-doping-ruling-reversal-rocks-the-swimming-world\/","title":{"rendered":"The Week That Was: Doping Ruling Reversal Rocks The Swimming World"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>This week was full of news that will have a big impact on the coming weeks and months, including the release of NCAA Championship standards, an Olympic favorite parsing his schedule, and a controversial doping charge being reversed. Read about those stories and more below in this week&#8217;s edition of The Week That Was!<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/zJBFUMmja2w?rel=0&amp;autoplay=1\" width=\"470\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<h3><b>The Week That Was #5 &#8211; Division I, II, and III Qualifying Standards Released<\/b><\/h3>\n<div id=\"attachment_204758\" style=\"width: 710px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/the-week-that-was-u-s-olympic-selection-kicks-off-for-swimming-diving\/ncaa-logo-underwater\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-204758\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-204758\" data-attachment-id=\"204758\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/the-week-that-was-u-s-olympic-selection-kicks-off-for-swimming-diving\/ncaa-logo-underwater\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/ncaa-logo-underwater.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"1200,1486\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;2.4&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;iPhone 5&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1458029230&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;4.12&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;64&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.05&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"ncaa-logo-underwater\" data-image-description=\"&lt;p&gt;2\/27\/2019&lt;br \/&gt;\n11\/27\/16&lt;br \/&gt;\nncaa-logo-underwater&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;Photo Courtesy: Cathleen Pruden&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/ncaa-logo-underwater-700x500.jpg\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/ncaa-logo-underwater-827x1024.jpg\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-204758\" src=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/ncaa-logo-underwater-700x500.jpg\" alt=\"ncaa-logo-underwater\" width=\"700\" height=\"500\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-204758\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Photo Courtesy: Cathleen Pruden<\/p><\/div>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">This week the the NCAA released the cut times for the 2016-2017 NCAA Championships for each Division. While coaches and swimmers will surely dissect these standards in the coming weeks and months, one thing from the new cuts was glaringly obvious: college swimming keeps getting faster. While the \u2018B\u2019 cuts for men and women remained the same in Division I, <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">all <\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">of the men\u2019s A cuts got faster, while the women saw 13 of the possible 18 \u2018A\u2019 cuts get faster. In Division II, all 19 of the men\u2019s cuts (either A, B, or both) will be faster for the 2016-2017 season, while 17 of the 19 women\u2019s cuts are faster. For the Division III Championships, all \u2018B\u2019 cut times were faster except for only the men\u2019s 400 IM and 1,650 \u2018B\u2019 cuts and the women\u2019s 200 backstroke, 400 IM, and 1,650 \u2018B\u2019 cuts. Check out the links below to see the updated time standards for each division. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/division-i-qualifying-times-released-for-2017-ncaa-championships\/\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">DI Times Standards<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/time-standards-for-division-ii-2016-2017-swimming\/\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">DII Times Standards<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/2017-ncaa-division-iii-qualifying-times-released\/\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">DIII Times Standards<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<h3><b>The Week That Was #4 &#8211; Miereia Belmonte Highlights 2016 Spanish Open <\/b><\/h3>\n<div id=\"attachment_115773\" style=\"width: 710px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/mireia-belmonte-garcia-leads-womens-world-record-wipeout-at-short-course-worlds\/mireia-belmonte-garcia-doha-2014-2\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-115773\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-115773\" data-attachment-id=\"115773\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/mireia-belmonte-garcia-leads-womens-world-record-wipeout-at-short-course-worlds\/mireia-belmonte-garcia-doha-2014-2\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/mireia-belmonte-garcia-doha-2014.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"1023,682\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Mireia Belmonte Garcia Doha 2014\" data-image-description=\"&lt;p&gt;10\/19\/16&lt;br \/&gt;\nMireia Belmonte Garcia Doha 2014&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;Photo Courtesy: FINA Doha 2014&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/mireia-belmonte-garcia-doha-2014-700x500.jpg\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/mireia-belmonte-garcia-doha-2014.jpg\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-115773\" src=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/mireia-belmonte-garcia-doha-2014-700x500.jpg\" alt=\"Mireia Belmonte Garcia Doha 2014\" width=\"700\" height=\"500\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-115773\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Photo Courtesy: FINA Doha 2014<\/p><\/div>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The 2016 Spanish Summer Open took place this week, with double Olympic silver medalist from 2012 <\/span><b>Miereia Belmonte <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">highlighting the competition. <\/span><b>Belmonte <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">took four wins across the three day competition, coming out on top in the <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/miereia-belmonte-wins-twice-in-two-days-at-spanish-open\/\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">800 freestyle (8:24.77)<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/miereia-belmonte-wins-twice-in-two-days-at-spanish-open\/\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">200 butterfly (2:07.27)<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/mireia-belmonte-wins-again-albert-puig-tops-tight-200-free-field-in-spain\/\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">400 IM (4:36.89)<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, and <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/jessica-vall-completes-breaststroke-sweep-in-spain\/\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">400 freestyle (4:05.57)<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> throughout the meet. The incredibly versatile swimmer has had an interesting 2016. While she had a strong meet in March in her traditional events, she competed only in distance freestyle at the European Championships in May, taking silver in the 1,500 free and bronze in the 400 free. <\/span><b>Belmonte\u2019s <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">highest world ranking for this year is the 400 IM, where the Spanish swimmer<\/span> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">currently sits third with a 4:33.42 from her swim at the March edition of the Spanish Open. She is also currently fourth in the world in the 200 butterfly (2:06.34) from the same meet, which is the most wide open event internationally in her program and the best chance she may have for gold in Rio. <\/span><\/p>\n<h3><b>The Week That Was #3 &#8211; FINA Issues Statement Regarding Russian Doping Allegations<\/b><\/h3>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/russian-doping-system\/doping\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-116013\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"116013\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/russian-doping-system\/doping\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/doping.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"1200,700\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Russia Doping\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/doping-700x500.jpg\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/doping-1024x597.jpg\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-116013\" src=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/doping-700x500.jpg\" alt=\"Russia Doping System\" width=\"700\" height=\"500\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Late this week FINA released a statement that reflected the organization\u2019s \u201cconcern\u201d <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/fina-releases-statement-on-premature-calls-to-ban-russia-from-the-olympics\/\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">over what they have deemed premature calls to ban Russian athletes from competing in the 2016 Rio Olympic Games<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. A New York Times article released this week reported that doping officials and athletes from several nations are planning to request that Russian athletes be barred from the competition. The evidence they cite is the McClaren Report, which is a document that is expected to be released shortly that details Russia\u2019s alleged state run doping program. FINA\u2019s concern comes from the fact that the McClaren Report has yet to be released and is an independent and confidential document. Announcing their concern through a formal press release, FINA stated that \u201cSuch breaches of confidentiality and the perception of a breach of independence of the report undermine its credibility.\u201d Russia\u2019s track and field athletes are already banned from the 2016 Olympics. You can read FINA\u2019s full statement on the allegations <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/fina-releases-statement-on-premature-calls-to-ban-russia-from-the-olympics\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">here<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.swimoutlet.com\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"134900\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/the-week-that-was-competition-heats-up-in-usa-and-australia\/twtw_graphic\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/TWTW_GRAPHIC.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"1280,720\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"The Week That Was\" data-image-description=\"&lt;p&gt;Sponsored By SwimOutlet.com&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/TWTW_GRAPHIC-700x500.jpg\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/TWTW_GRAPHIC-1024x576.jpg\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-134900\" src=\"http:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/TWTW_GRAPHIC-700x500.jpg\" alt=\"The Week That Was\" width=\"700\" height=\"500\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<h3><b>The Week That Was #2 &#8211; Cameron McEvoy Elects To Drop 200 Free From Rio Program<\/b><\/h3>\n<div id=\"attachment_210593\" style=\"width: 710px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/mcevoy-aus-grand-prix-2016\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-210593\" data-attachment-id=\"210593\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/the-week-that-was-doping-ruling-reversal-rocks-the-swimming-world\/mcevoy-aus-grand-prix-2016\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/mcevoy-aus-grand-prix-2016.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"2400,1600\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;4&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;NIKON D5&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1467371009&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;600&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;8000&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.00125&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"mcevoy-aus-grand-prix-2016\" data-image-description=\"&lt;p&gt;10\/30\/18&lt;br \/&gt;\nmcevoy-aus-grand-prix-2016&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;Photo Courtesy: Delly Carr \/ Swimming Australia Ltd.&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/mcevoy-aus-grand-prix-2016-700x500.jpg\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/mcevoy-aus-grand-prix-2016-1024x683.jpg\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-210593\" src=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/mcevoy-aus-grand-prix-2016-700x500.jpg\" alt=\"mcevoy-aus-grand-prix-2016\" width=\"700\" height=\"500\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-210593\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Photo Courtesy: Delly Carr \/ Swimming Australia Ltd.<\/p><\/div>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">This week one of the biggest anticipated stars of the 2016 Rio Olympics, Australian <\/span><b>Cam McEvoy, <\/b><a href=\"http:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/212852-2\/\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">announced that he would be dropping the 200 freestyle from his Olympic program<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. The 22 year old Australian sprinter reportedly made the decision after months of thought and consultation with his coach, <\/span><b>Richard Scarce, <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">and the Aussie National Head Coach <\/span><b>Jacco Verhaeren, <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">citing concerns it would effect his individual 100 freestyle as well as the 4 x 100 freestyle relay. <\/span><b>McEvoy <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">is currently ranked sixth in the world in the 200 freestyle with a 1:45.63.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Had he kept the 200 freestyle in his program, <\/span><b>McEvoy<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> would have had a chance at being the first Australian to win six Olympic medals in a single Olympic Games. <\/span><b>McEvoy <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">was the first swimmer in Australian Swimming history to win the 50, 100, and 200 meter freestyles at Australian Trials back in April, where he also recorded the fastest ever textile 100 freestyle. With 5 events still in his program, he does have a chance to tie legends <\/span><b>Ian Thorpe, Shane Gould, <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">and <\/span><b>Alicia Coutts <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">haul of 5 medals from a single Games. <\/span><b>David McKeon, <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">who finished third behind <\/span><b>McEvoy <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">and <\/span><b>Thomas Fraser-Holmes <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">in the 200 freestyle at Trials, will pick up <\/span><b>McEvoy\u2019s <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">individual spot. <\/span><\/p>\n<h3><b>The Week That Was #1 &#8211; Efimova Cleared To Compete In Rio<\/b><\/h3>\n<div id=\"attachment_148516\" style=\"width: 710px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/%d1%87%d0%b5%d0%bc%d0%bf%d0%b8%d0%be%d0%bd%d0%b0%d1%82-%d0%bc%d0%b8%d1%80%d0%b0-fina-2015-%d0%bf%d0%bb%d0%b0%d0%b2%d0%b0%d0%bd%d0%b8%d0%b5-%d1%87%d0%b5%d1%82%d0%b2%d0%b5%d1%80%d1%82%d1%8b%d0%b9-26\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-148516\" data-attachment-id=\"148516\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/the-week-that-was-doping-ruling-reversal-rocks-the-swimming-world\/%d1%87%d0%b5%d0%bc%d0%bf%d0%b8%d0%be%d0%bd%d0%b0%d1%82-%d0%bc%d0%b8%d1%80%d0%b0-fina-2015-%d0%bf%d0%bb%d0%b0%d0%b2%d0%b0%d0%bd%d0%b8%d0%b5-%d1%87%d0%b5%d1%82%d0%b2%d0%b5%d1%80%d1%82%d1%8b%d0%b9-26\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/yuliya-efimova-world-championships-3.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"1024,695\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;\\u0420\\u0418\\u0410 \\u041d\\u043e\\u0432\\u043e\\u0441\\u0442\\u0438&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;2674530 05.08.2015 \\u042e\\u043b\\u0438\\u044f \\u0415\\u0444\\u0438\\u043c\\u043e\\u0432\\u0430 (\\u0420\\u043e\\u0441\\u0441\\u0438\\u044f) \\u043f\\u043e\\u0441\\u043b\\u0435 \\u0444\\u0438\\u043d\\u0438\\u0448\\u0430 \\u043d\\u0430 \\u0434\\u0438\\u0441\\u0442\\u0430\\u043d\\u0446\\u0438\\u0438 \\u0441\\u043c\\u0435\\u0448\\u0430\\u043d\\u043d\\u043e\\u0439 \\u044d\\u0441\\u0442\\u0430\\u0444\\u0435\\u0442\\u044b 4\\u0445100 \\u043a\\u043e\\u043c\\u043f\\u043b\\u0435\\u043a\\u0441\\u043e\\u043c \\u0432 \\u0444\\u0438\\u043d\\u0430\\u043b\\u0435 XVI \\u0447\\u0435\\u043c\\u043f\\u0438\\u043e\\u043d\\u0430\\u0442\\u0430 \\u043c\\u0438\\u0440\\u0430 \\u043f\\u043e \\u0432\\u043e\\u0434\\u043d\\u044b\\u043c \\u0432\\u0438\\u0434\\u0430\\u043c \\u0441\\u043f\\u043e\\u0440\\u0442\\u0430 \\u0432 \\u041a\\u0430\\u0437\\u0430\\u043d\\u0438. \\u0410\\u043b\\u0435\\u043a\\u0441\\u0430\\u043d\\u0434\\u0440 \\u0412\\u0438\\u043b\\u044c\\u0444\\\/\\u0420\\u0418\\u0410 \\u041d\\u043e\\u0432\\u043e\\u0441\\u0442\\u0438&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1438788866&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;\\u0427\\u0435\\u043c\\u043f\\u0438\\u043e\\u043d\\u0430\\u0442 \\u043c\\u0438\\u0440\\u0430 FINA 2015. \\u041f\\u043b\\u0430\\u0432\\u0430\\u043d\\u0438\\u0435. \\u0427\\u0435\\u0442\\u0432\\u0435\\u0440\\u0442\\u044b\\u0439 \\u0434\\u0435\\u043d\\u044c. \\u0412\\u0435\\u0447\\u0435\\u0440\\u043d\\u044f\\u044f \\u0441\\u0435\\u0441\\u0441\\u0438\\u044f&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"FINA World Championships Yuliya Efimova\" data-image-description=\"&lt;p&gt;DO NOT USE AGAIN&lt;br \/&gt;\n7\/25\/2016 &#038; 6\/13\/17&lt;br \/&gt;\nFINA World Championships Yuliya Efimova&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;Photo Courtesy: R-Sport \/ MIA Rossiya Segodnya&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/yuliya-efimova-world-championships-3-700x500.jpg\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/yuliya-efimova-world-championships-3-1024x695.jpg\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-148516\" src=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/yuliya-efimova-world-championships-3-700x500.jpg\" alt=\"FINA World Championships Yuliya Efimova\" width=\"700\" height=\"500\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-148516\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Photo Courtesy: R-Sport \/ MIA Rossiya Segodnya<\/p><\/div>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In a controversial move that was noticed throughout the international swim community, FINA announced this week that Russian breaststroker <\/span><b>Yuliya Efimova <\/b><a href=\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/yuliya-efimova-cleared-to-compete-at-rio-olympics\/\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">has been cleared to compete at the 2016 Rio Olympic Games<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. <\/span><b>Efimova <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">was initially <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/yuliya-efimova-reportedly-tests-positive-for-meldonium\/\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">provisionally suspended for a positive test of meldonium<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/fina-reportedly-lifts-yuliya-efimovas-provisional-suspension\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">but that was lifted back in May<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. While Russia was still able to list her on their Olympic roster (despite her inability to compete at Russian Trials), her status on that roster was pending FINA\u2019s decision regarding her eligibility for Rio. The 24 year old made her return to competition late last week at the Los Angeles Invite, winning both the 100 (1:06.30) and <\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/yuliya-efimova-returns-to-competition-in-los-angeles\/\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">200 (2:22.77) <\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">breaststrokes.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Efimova <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">has previously served <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/yuliya-efimova-banned-for-16-months-stripped-of-world-records\/\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">a 16-month doping sentence for a positive test for DHEA steroids<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. The Russian will enter the Olympics as the reigning World Champion in the 100 breast and sitting second in the world this year in both the 100 (1:05.70) and 200 breaststrokes (2:21.41), times she swam at the Orlando Arena Pro Meet in March.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This week was full of news that will have a big impact on the coming weeks and months, including the release of NCAA Championship standards, an Olympic favorite parsing 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