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Newmarket Stingrays Hire Dave Ling to Replace Retiring Alan Swanston

Swanston has been the head coach fo the Newmarket Stingrays for 34 years and was named the 2008 Canadian Junior Coach of the Year.

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Penny Oleksiak, Cheerios Team Up to Donate over $1 Million to Food Banks Canada

Penny Oleksiak, a 2016 Olympic gold medalist, is part of an effort by General Mills to redirect its Olympic advertising into foodbank advertising.

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Penny Oleksiak Seeks Guidance, Book Recommendations From Michael Phelps

Canadian Olympic gold medalist Penny Oleksiak points to American swimming icon Michael Phelps for inspiration during the Olympic delay.

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Now & Then Part 3: Your Favorite Swimmers’ Evolution In Photos

Reminisce on the early days of several of the world’s most notable swimmers by taking in photos from ‘then’ versus ‘now’, 3rd edition.

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Swimming Canada Expands On Future Plans, Including Combining National Meets

In an effort to alleviate financial strain, the 2021 Canadian Junior and Senior National Championships will be condensed into one meet.

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Pentland Announces Jim Gerson’s Return As President Of Speedo North America

Jim Gerson says: “It’s a really exciting time to be re-joining team Speedo. Pentland has an outstanding track-record in brand building…”

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Finlay Knox Among Seven Victor Davis Memorial Award Recipients

Knox, a two-time World Juniors medalist, is one of seven to receive the award that gives young Canadian swimmers bursaries to aid in training costs.

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Swimming Canada Eyes Larger SC Worlds Team, Late August Invite Camp

Swimming Canada has announced some potential plans to restart its high-performance programs, if the COVID-19 pandemic allows, later this year.

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Canadian Olympic Trials Pushed To April 7-11, 2021, Condensed To 5 Days

Swimming Canada will push its Olympic Trials meet to April 7-11, 2021, and condense it from 7 to 5 days, key stakeholders were told on a phone call Wednesday.

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Penny Oleksiak Will Participate in Canada’s ‘Stronger Together’ Fundraiser

The fundraising event, an hour-long, commercial-free broadcast will take place on Sunday, April 26th at 7 pm NT, 5:30 Eastern time.

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Kevin Thorburn: My Friend, My Mentor, My Coach

Throughout my swimming career I had many excellent coaches, but when I utter the words “my coach” you are the person I am referring to.

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Renowned Etobicoke Swimming Head Coach Kevin Thorburn Dies At 63

Thorburn coached on three Canadian Olympic teams and led 18 swimmers to national titles over the course of his 44-year coaching career.

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Hayden’s Comeback, Loaded Women’s Field Would’ve Headlined Canadian Trials

The Canadian Olympic Trials were supposed to run this week, and there would’ve been no shortage of intriguing storylines.

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IOC Sets Date For Postponed Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games

Let the countdown begin, as the IOC announces the official new start date of the 2020 Olympic Games, rescheduled to next year due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

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1980 Olympic Qualifier Paula Kelly Shares Opinions On Tokyo 2020 Postponement

Olympic qualifier Paula Kelly who was months away from her Olympic debut at Moscow 1980 when Canada boycotted the Games shared her thoughts on Tokyo 2020.

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