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SYDNEY, Australia, July 4. EAMON Sullivan, the world-record holder in the men's 50 free, provided a scare to spectators at the Telstra Grand Prix stop held in Sydney, Australia.
During the preliminary heats of the 50 free Monaco shootout ev...
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LAUSANNE, Switzerland, July 7. RECENTLY, FINA released the teams that have qualified for the 2008 Olympic Games.
Here is the complete list:
WOMEN
400 Free Relay (only 15 listed): Australia, Belarus, Brazil, Canada, China, Finland, France,...
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GLASGOW, Scotland, June 29. AT the end of the Scottish National Open Championships held in Glasgow, hometown hero Robbie Renwick claimed a victory over Alain Bernard.
Albeit, the triumph came in the 200 free, not exactly Bernard's best eve...
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GLASGOW, Scotland, June 28. WITH the U.S. just a day away from its Olympic Trials, the French sprinters continued to demonstrate their meteoric rise in the sport while at the Scottish National Open Championships.
Alain Bernard topped the men...
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GLASGOW, Scotland, June 27. HANNAH Miley touched out Laure Manaudou in the women's 200 back to highlight the second day of swimming at the Scottish National Open Championships.
Miley had to hold off a hard-charging Manaudou, 2:12.66 to 2:1...
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ZHENGZHOU, China, June 27. ACCORDING to several media reports out of China, Zhou Yafei joined the 57-second club in the women's 100 fly with a time of 57.95 at the Chinese National Youth Championships held in Zhengzhou this weekend.
That pe...
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GLASGOW, Scotland, June 27. THE first day of the Scottish National Open Championships featured an invasion from the French.
Alain Bernard, the world-record holder in the men's 100 free with a 47.50 from the European Championships, put toget...
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BEIJING, China, June 27. ACCORDING to a report by the Associated Press, the Chinese Swimming Association has banned Ouyang Kunpeng for life after a failed doping test. The association also gave the same punishment to Ouyang's coach Fe...
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PHOENIX, Arizona, June 24. YESTERDAY, we posted Swimming World superfan Bill Bell's latest all time list for women over long course meters.
Today, w...
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By John Lohn
CRANBURY, New Jersey, June 24. THE end is in sight. Including this week, only six events remain in SwimmingWorldMagazine.com's Olympic Preview Series. It's been a lengthy run, one that started several months ago. Thi...
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BELGRADE, Serbia, June 23. OVER the weekend, the Serbians took a torch to their national record book at the Belgrade Victor meet.
Milorad Cavic clipped his national record in the men's 100 fly with a time of 51.65. His previous standard of...
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PHOENIX, Arizona, June 23. HEADING into the U.S. Olympic Trials in Omaha, Neb., next week, Swimming World superfan Bill Bell is back with another round of all time lists.
Today, we offer his unedited list for the women over long course ...
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ZAGREB, Croatia, June 22. POLAND's Agata Korc set her country's record in the women's 50 fly with a time of 26.55 at the Golden Bear meet held in Zagreb, Croatia. She broke Aleksandra Urbanczyk's record of 26.83 set two years ago....
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