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Kosuke Hagino Cranks Out Another Nasty Double In Madrid

Kosuke Hagino is 4-for-4 in Madrid, rattling the world rankings across multiple events.

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Olympic & Paralympic Flag Tour Aims To Help With Miyagi Prefecture

The Olympic and Paralympic Flags were welcomed this week to Ishinomaki in Miyagi Prefecture by crowds of students from the…

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Kosuke Hagino Is Back: Wins Twice Handily On Day 1 Of Madrid Open

Kosuke Hagino made his post-elbow surgery debut in Madrid tonight, collecting two gold medals in the process.

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Schooling’s Olympic Gold Leads To Singapore’s $70M Funding Increase

“In 2016, one defining moment took place at 9.12am on the morning of 13 Aug. For the first time, we heard Majulah Singapura being played at the Olympics,” says Singaporean official Grace Fu on the impact of Joseph Schooling’s gold medal from Rio.

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FINA Announces Next 36 Athletes for Scholarship Program

Marcelo Acosta, the 3rd seed at this year’s NCAA Championships in the 1650 free, is one of the success stories of the FINA scholarship program.

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Singapore Swimming Revamping To Ride Olympic Momentum

In the wake of 3 national swimmers having qualified for the 2016 Olympic Games, including superstar 100m butterfly gold medalist Joseph Schooling, the Singapore Swimming Association is enacting a revamp of sorts to its entire organization’s structure to help carry Olympic momentum.

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Gold Medalist Hagino Set To Make Post-Elbow Surgery Return In Madrid

Look out world rankings, Japanese powerhouse Kosuke Hagino is scheduled to race 5 events at this weekend’s Campeonato Open Absoluto C. Madrid, including one he hasn’t swum regularly in two years.

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Ryosuke Irie comments on training at SwimMAC with Dave Marsh (Video)

Olympic medalist Ryosuke Irie shared his thoughts with Swimswam on his new training home in Charlotte and his new head coach

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Putin Says Russian Anti-Doping A Failure, But Denies State Involvement

Russian President Vladimir Putin admits that Russia’s anti-doping system has failed but maintains that doping in Russian sports has never been state-sponsored.

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Denis Cotterell Calls Out Sun Yang Haters That Live In ‘Glass Houses’

“It’s nice when you’re in glass houses,” storied Aussie coach Denis Cotterell says of the cloud that continues to cover Chinese gold medalist Sun Yang’s head since his 2014 doping suspension.

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Australia Seeking To Possibly Join Asian Games Party In 2022

Australian Olympic Committee (AOC) President John Coates is spearheading the quest for the nation’s inclusion in the 2022 Asian Games.

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New WR Holder Ippei Watanabe Visits Tokyo 2020 Organizers

Ippei Watanabe visits Tokyo 2020 organizers, commits to goal of Olympic gold medal in 200m breaststroke.

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