Category: Competition
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Caeleb Dressel – Meet the USA Swimming Olympic Team 2016
Meet Caeleb Dressel, a member of your USA Swimming 2016 Olympic Team representing the stars and stripes in Rio. Caeleb will be competing in the men’s 100m freestyle and the 4x100m men’s freestyle relay.
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Cammile Adams – Meet the USA Swimming Olympic Team 2016
Meet Cammile Adams, a member of your USA Swimming 2016 Olympic Team representing the stars and stripes in Rio. Cammile will be competing in the women’s 200m butterfly.
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Kelsi Worrell – Meet the USA Swimming Olympic Team 2016
Meet Kelsi Worrell, a member of your USA Swimming 2016 Olympic Team representing the stars and stripes in Rio. Kelsi will be competing in the women’s 100m butterfly.
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Blake Pieroni – Meet the USA Swimming Olympic Team 2016
Meet Blake Pieroni, a member of your USA Swimming 2016 Olympic Team representing the stars and stripes in Rio. Blake will be competing in the 4x100m men’s freestyle relay.
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First-Time Olympic Swimmer Simone Manuel Is Perfectly Nicknamed ‘Swimone’
Simone Manuel is heading in to her first Olympics next month in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, and based on her nickname, it was her destiny. Before the 19-year-old was a Stanford University student preparing for her first Olympics, she was on a club swim team, where one of the parents of a fellow swimmer nicknamed…
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Why Olympian Natalie Coughlin says swimming is anything but ‘boring’
Being a champion doesn’t mean winning every race. It’s also about character, bouncing back from setbacks, and continuing to move toward your goal. Natalie Coughlin, 33, is a 12-time Olympic medalist, three of them gold, but didn’t make the cut for the Rio Olympic Games in August. “I’m bummed I’m not going to Rio, but…
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FINA Releases Statement Concerning Participation of Russia at the Rio 2016 Olympic Games
FINA acknowledges and supports the IOC’s position in respect of the participation of clean Russian athletes to the Olympic Games in Rio. The WADA Independent Person (“McLarenâ€) report has shown that anti-doping rules, i.e. the FINA Doping Control (DC) Rules and the WADA Code were not correctly implemented in Russia, i.e. within the jurisdiction of…
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When all-time greatest swimmer showed he’s an all-time teammate
That day, Phelps swam the fasted 100-meter butterfly in the history of the 4×100 medley race. He swam past the Japanese and Australian swimmers like they had anchors attached to their Speedos. He turned a half-second deficit into a full-second lead by the time he touched the wall, which ought to be a physical and…