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WADA Appeals to Court of Arbitration for Sport in Sun Yang Decision

The World Anti-Doping Agency has filed an appeal in the Court of Arbitration for Sport against FINA over its decision not to reprimand Sun Yang over his now-infamous drug testing incident earlier this year.

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Sun Yang Set To Take On Triple At Chinese Nationals This Month

The 2019 Chinese National Swimming Championships are slated for March 24th – March 31st, with the country’s biggest swimming stars vying for the chance to compete at this summer’s World Championships in Gwangju, Korea.

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See Aquatic Sports’ Olympic Pictograms With 500 Days To Tokyo 2020

With the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games now just 500 days away, the Organizing Committee has revealed the official sport pictograms of the world’s biggest international sporting competition.

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Park Tae Hwan May Stay Out Of Gwangju Waters

Korea’s most successful swimmer of all-time, Park Tae Hwan, has been busy with his duties as an official ambassador for the 2019 World Championships taking place in his home nation. But, it’s becoming more suggestive that a role outside the pool may be all that Park will be offering in Gwangju.

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Brazil Reveals World C’ships Qual Procedures, But With Major Curveball

The Brazilian Confederation of Aquatic Sports (CBDA) has revealed its selection criteria for this summer’s FINA World Championships, which includes one head-scratching restriction.

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Wang Jianjiahe Breaks Chinese, Asian Records in Mile at PSS Des Moines

Both records were held by Chinese teammate, Li Bingjie, who came in 3rd tonight with a 16:19.71.

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Ikee Says Leukemia Treatment ‘Thousand Times Harder Than I Thought’

Japanese swimming superstar Rikako Ikee has posted her first social media message since beginning treatment for leukemia, a disease for which she recently revealed her diagnosis at just 18 years of age. 

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2015 World Champion Ning Zetao Of China Calls It Quits

Chinese world champion Ning Zetao has announced his retirement from competitive swimming at the age of 26.

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2 Korean National Records Go Down At WUGs Trials

The first of two national swimming trials for Korea took place over the weekend, with Asian Games swimmers Moon Jaekwon and Kim Seoyong both in the water vying for qualification times for this summer’s World University Games (Summer Universiade).

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Tokyo 2020 Foreign Ticket Sales to Begin in June

Tickets for the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games are set to go on sale to foreign buyers on or after June 14, 2019, a little over a month after they go on sale in Japan.

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Indonesia Enters the Race to Host 2032 Olympic & Paralympic Games

Indonesia has officially confirmed its plans to formulate a bid to host the 2032 Olympic and Paralympic Games.

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Oceania Added To 2022 Asian Games In Team Sports

Despite talks of Oceanic nations being added to the quadrennial Asian Games having cooled in the past, the nations have now been invited to compete in Olympic team events at the next edition in 2022.

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Tokyo 2020 Olympic Venues Will Be Entirely Smoke-Free

Tokyo 2020 organizers announced today that the next edition of the Summer Olympic Games will be entirely smoke- and vape-free.

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Tokyo 2020 Water Polo Venue May Turn Into Ice Rink

The Tatsumi International Swim Centre in Tokyo is set to host the water polo events at the 2020 Olympics and Paralympics, but the facility may have a unique transition in its post-Games future.

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Kim Seoyeong Named Korea’s Top Amateur Athlete

Korean Olympian Kim Seoyeong  was honored this week as being named her nation’s top amateur athlete at the 24th Annual Coca-Cola Sports Awards

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