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Swedish Swim Coach Fatally Falls From Hotel In Thailand

A 60-year-old swim coach from Sweden fell to his death from the third floor of a hotel in Pattaya, Thailand.

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2024 Worlds Previews: Can Daniel Wiffen Stake Claim On Double Distance Gold?

After shattering Grant Hackett’s 15-year-old world record in the 800 (SCM) free in December, Daniel Wiffen may challenge defending champion Ahmed Hafnaoui.

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2024 Worlds Previews: Can Anyone Challenge Haughey And Fairweather In Mid-Distance Free?

Siobhan Haughey of Hong Kong and Erika Fairweather of New Zealand are among the Doha highlights in the women’s mid-distance freestyle events.

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Russian Diving Federation President Sees “No Point In Going” To 2028 Olympic Games

The IOC has placed restrictions on Russian athletes that will mean very few of them at the Paris Olympics. One Russian sporting official is already thinking about LA.

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Siobhan Haughey Breaks Hong Kong Record in 100 Breaststroke a Week Out from Worlds

How high is Siobhan’s Ceiling in the 100 breaststroke? She hasn’t found it yet, and intends to swim the race at the World Championships.

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McEvoy, Sjostrom Big Betting Favorites to Repeat as 50 Free World Champions in Doha

Aussie veteran Cam McEvoy opened as a heavy -275 favorite after dominating last year’s 50 free final by more than half a second in Fukuoka, Japan.

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Highlights From The 2024 Tokyo Senior Winter Meet

While several of Japan’s big guns are headed to Doha, the 2024 Tokyo Winter Meet headlined this week’s domestic racing scene.

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Entry Book Published For 2024 World Championships

The 2024 World Championships are just days away and we now have the official entry book published for the biggest international event outside of the Olympics.

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2024 World Championships Previews: Foster, Scott Lead The Charge In Men’s Medley

American Carson Foster is locked and loaded, ready to rumble as a potential double gold medalist in the men’s 200 and 400 IM events in Doha.

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2024 Worlds Previews: Meilutyte and Douglass On The Hunt For Breaststroke Gold

The women’s breaststroke events will be among the deepest at the Doha World Championships, with Ruta Meilutyte and Kate Douglass highlighting the fields.

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Two Recent Japanese Swims You Need To Know About

In case you missed it, there were two notable swims which took place on Japanese soil this month that may have Paris 2024 implications.

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2024 Worlds Previews: A Nearly-Full Field Rides Wave of Excitement in the Men’s 400 Free

7 out of 8 finalists from the 2023 World Championships in the men’s 400 free return for 2024. Add to that the untameable Daniel Wiffen and we’ve got a big race.

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2024 Worlds Previews: Men’s 50 Free is Loaded, Men’s 100 Free is Stretching for Finalists

The men’s 100 free at the 2024 World Championships won’t be all that deep, but the field is led by one of the world’s best young swimmers Pan Zhanle of CHina.

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Israel Sending 3 Swimmers to World Championships in Qatar Despite Ties to Hamas

Although the ISA had security questions about traveling to an allied country of Hamas, the Israeli Security Service has apparently deemed the trip safe.

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Event Entries Posts For 2024 World Championships

Olympic medalist Tomoru Honda will be representing his nation of Japan in Doha next month. Find out his events and more on the published entries.

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