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• 2018 Speedo Winter Junior Nationals East: Day Four Finals Live Recap

  08-12-2018 22:01
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  The final night of the 2018 Speedo Winter Junior Nationals East Championships will feature the finals of the 1650 free, 200 back, 100 free, 200 breast, 200 fly and 400
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• Ahead of Olympics, World Anti-Doping Agency Faces a Trust Crisis

  12-05-2024 06:01 via nytimes.com
  
  Concerns are growing that the body whose job is keeping sports free of illegal drugs is failing at that mission, leading Congress to question U.S. support.
  
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• Will Yang: the Olympic swim hopeful bridging the divide between Australia and China | Nicole Jeffery

  10-05-2024 17:00 via theguardian.com
  
  After surgery on a tumour in his spine and despite recent ructions in the pool the powerhouse is fully focused on reaching Paris If anyone bridges the sometimes troubled sporting relationship between Australia and China, it is Paris Olympic hopeful Will Yang.Born in Australia as Yang Xu, the son of successful Chinese businessman Yang Qingquan, he returned to China with his parents at the age of four and lived in Guangzhou, where he learned to swim, before coming back to Sydney at 11 to finish sc
  
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• US anti-doping agency attacks Wada’s ‘half-truths’ over Chinese swimmers

  01-05-2024 23:25 via theguardian.com
  
  Swimmers were cleared of doping after positive testsUsada says Wada guilty of ‘failing all clean athletes’The US Anti-Doping Agency (Usada) criticised the World Anti-Doping Agency (Wada) on Wednesday for “doubling down on half-truths” after the global body published a document outlining its handling of a case involving Chinese swimmers.Wada has been under fire since the New York Times reported last month that 23 Chinese swimmers tested positive for trimetazidine before th
  
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• UK water sports form alliance calling on government to tackle pollution

  30-04-2024 11:41 via theguardian.com
  
  Clean Water Alliance lays out three-part strategy for action‘Further and faster action on pollution’ needed, says groupSeven-water based sports, including British Rowing, British Triathlon and Swim England, have formed an alliance to demand the government go “further and faster” in tackling water pollution.It comes less than a month after the Boat Race was marred by Oxford men’s crew getting sick with E Coli because of high levels of sewage in the Thames, and amid m
  
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• UK water sports alliance calls on government to end ‘death-knell’ pollution

  30-04-2024 11:41 via theguardian.com
  
  Clean Water Alliance lays out three-part strategy for action‘Further and faster action on pollution’ needed, says groupSeven water-based sports, including British Rowing, British Triathlon and Swim England, have formed an alliance to demand the government go “further and faster” in tackling water pollution.It comes less than a month after the Boat Race was marred by Oxford men’s crew getting sick with E Coli amid high levels of sewage in the Thames, and with concern
  
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• Inside anti-doping’s civil war: anger and suspicion spill into the open

  28-04-2024 09:00 via theguardian.com
  
  Doping case with Chinese swimmers has brought years of pent-up feeling into public domain – and shows no sign of stoppingAt its glitzy 25th anniversary gala in Lausanne last month, the World Anti-Doping Agency screened a slick montage highlighting how it had changed sport for the better. There were images of Muhammad Ali defying Parkinson’s to light the Olympic flame and Pelé lifting the World Cup, before a history lesson – and a promise. “Today Wada is a more repr
  
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• USA Swimming Expands 2024 International Water Safety Day, Four Cities Announced

  26-04-2024 18:18 via usaswimming.org
  <p>USA Swimming, the national governing body for the sport of swimming in the United States, today a...
  
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• Wada hits back at ‘damaging’ bias accusations over handling of China case

  25-04-2024 19:44 via theguardian.com
  
  Independent prosecutor Eric Cottier appointed to review caseIn 2021 23 swimmers were cleared of doping after positive tests The World Anti-Doping Agency has dismissed allegations that it is biased in favour of China as “damaging and baseless” and asked an independent prosecutor to review its handling of the case of 23 Chinese swimmers who were cleared of doping.Wada said that the Swiss prosecutor, Eric Cottier, would be granted “full and unfettered access” to all its file
  
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• Sport Integrity Australia joins calls for review of Chinese swimming’s doping saga

  25-04-2024 09:21 via theguardian.com
  
  SIA boss David Sharpe seeks clarity and reassurance from WadaCyclist Chloe Hosking says ‘different anti-doping realities’ at playAustralia’s sports integrity watchdog has joined international calls for the World Anti-Doping Agency (Wada) to undertake an independent review of its processes that allowed 23 Chinese swimmers to record positive doping tests but still compete at the Tokyo Olympics.Reports last week said the athletes were found to have traces of the banned substance T
  
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• Chinese swimming row rumbles on as Ukad joins clamour for investigation

  24-04-2024 19:33 via theguardian.com
  
  Ukad calls for transparency from Wada on positive testsBody has noted developments in the case ‘with concern’Pressure continues to grow on the World Anti-Doping Agency (Wada) after UK Anti-Doping (Ukad) became the latest body to call for an independent investigation into events that led to 23 Chinese swimmers competing at the Tokyo Olympics despite recording positive drug tests.The Chinese athletes were found to have traces of the banned substance Trimetazidine (TMZ) in their system
  
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• Mollie O’Callaghan: Australia’s ‘dolphin in a human body’ set for bumper Olympic haul | Nicole Jeffery

  24-04-2024 02:00 via theguardian.com
  
  The swimmer is ‘slippery in the water’ while her ‘underwaters are phenomenal’ – and she is being backed to win six golds in ParisThere’s something about Mollie O’Callaghan, and everyone inside Australian swimming knows it. The world 100m and 200m freestyle champion is shaping as one of the most important athletes for Australia at this year’s Olympic Games – one who could return with at least a fistful of medals.O’Callaghan has just turn
  
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• New Study Bolsters Idea of Athletic Differences Between Men and Trans Women

  23-04-2024 21:37 via nytimes.com
  
  Research financed by the International Olympic Committee introduced new data to the unsettled and fractious debate about bans on transgender athletes.
  
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• Aquatics GB ‘extremely concerned’ by Chinese swimmers doping row

  23-04-2024 18:51 via theguardian.com
  
  Governing body joins chorus of criticism over secret positives‘Potential loss of trust and reputational damage is significant’Aquatics GB, the governing body of British swimming, has said it is “extremely concerned” by the case of 23 Chinese swimmers who tested positive for a banned substance but were allowed to compete at the Tokyo Olympics.On Monday, the World Anti-Doping Agency (Wada) defended its actions in the affair, saying it “would do exactly the same thing&
  
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• Chinese swimming doping allegations prompt questions of fairness – and point to acrimony in Paris pool | Kieran Pender

  23-04-2024 03:33 via theguardian.com
  
  Wada has defended its process as aggrieved athletes claim the anti-doping system only works if everyone is subject to same rulesAustralian swimmer Shayna Jack has always denied consuming ligandrol, a banned performance enhancing drug. But, when Jack was subject to an out-of-competition anti-doping test at Tobruk Pool in Cairns in 2019, she returned an adverse analytical finding. As is protocol, Jack was issued a provisional suspension, the suspension was made public and the swimmer was ultimatel
  
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• Biden Official Calls for Investigation in Chinese Swimming Doping Case

  22-04-2024 22:04 via nytimes.com
  
  The administration’s top drug official, Rahul Gupta, said he would bring up the handling of Chinese swimmers’ positive tests at a meeting of sports officials this week.
  
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• ‘Cheated’: Chinese Doping Case Roils Swimming

  21-04-2024 15:37 via nytimes.com
  
  An American who won silver in Tokyo calls for an investigation. A British gold medalist demands bans. But the most bitter fight was between antidoping leaders.
  
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• China’s Swimmers Tested Positive. What Happens to Their Medals?

  21-04-2024 06:05 via nytimes.com
  
  The short answer may be nothing. The world’s top doping regulator said there was “no credible evidence” to take further action.
  
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• Chinese swimmers won Olympic golds after testing positive for banned drug

  20-04-2024 14:43 via theguardian.com
  
  Wada accepted contaminated kitchen explanationHead of US Anti-Doping calls it ‘stab in back of clean athletes’Twenty-three Chinese swimmers tested positive for the banned drug TMZ months before the Tokyo Olympics in 2021, it has emerged. However, they were cleared to compete at the Games after the World Anti-Doping Agency accepted an explanation from the Chinese authorities that the kitchen at their hotel was contaminated.The story, which has only come to light following a joint inve
  
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• Takeaways From Our Chinese Swimming Investigation

  20-04-2024 14:09 via nytimes.com
  
  A doping case involving Olympic swimmers has left unanswered questions and raised new concerns about the actions of a global antidoping regulator.
  
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• Behind Our Investigation Into a Chinese Doping Case

  20-04-2024 12:53 via nytimes.com
  
  Months before the Tokyo 2021 Olympics, 23 Chinese swimmers tested positive for the same powerful banned substance. Michael Schmidt, an investigative reporter at The New York Times, explains.
  
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• Top Chinese Swimmers Tested Positive for Banned Drug, Then Won Olympic Gold

  20-04-2024 07:20 via nytimes.com
  
  The case, involving multiple swimmers who seven months later won medals at the 2021 Games, prompted accusations of a cover-up and concerns over why antidoping regulators chose not to intervene.
  
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• Indianapolis Colts and Pacers Sports & Entertainment Named Centennial Partners of USA Swimming

  18-04-2024 17:30 via usaswimming.org
  USA Swimming, the national governing body (NGB) for the sport of swimming in the United States, toda...
  
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• Kaylee McKeown won’t go for Olympic 400m individual medley gold despite new record

  18-04-2024 17:08 via theguardian.com
  
  McKeown breaks Stephanie Rice mark for second day runningShayna Jack and Meg Harris dead heat in 50m freestyle Backstroke star Kaylee McKeown has declared her foray into the women’s 400m individual medley as “one and done” despite breaking a Stephanie Rice record for the second consecutive night.McKeown bettered Rice’s Australian record in the women’s 200m individual medley on Wednesday night. Continue reading...
  
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• Australian swimmers face up to brutal reality in toughest ever Olympic qualifying bid | Nicole Jeffery

  18-04-2024 05:40 via theguardian.com
  
  There are six women who have won Olympic or world titles or world championship medals vying for just two coveted spots in the 100m freestyle team for ParisCoach Michael Bohl is delivering a stark message to Australia’s most decorated Olympian, Emma McKeon, as June’s Paris Olympic trials approach. Such is the unprecedented strength and depth of the women’s 100m freestyle in Australia that unless McKeon is at her absolute best, she may not qualify to defend her Olympic 100m frees
  
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• Kaylee McKeown smashes Australian record to send warning to Olympic rivals

  18-04-2024 01:29 via theguardian.com
  
  McKeown breaks mark set by Stephanie Rice in 2009Mollie O’Callaghan beats world-class field to win 100mKaylee McKeown sent a strong message to international rivals about her Paris intentions in the 200m individual medley at the Australian swimming championships.After skipping the event in Tokyo, McKeown smashed Stephanie Rice’s long-standing Australian recordon the Gold Coast. The 200m backstroke world record-holder touched the wall in 2:06.99 to best Rice’s mark of 2:07.03, se
  
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• ‘We work just as hard’: Team GB swimmers want Olympic prize money

  16-04-2024 18:14 via theguardian.com
  
  Tom Dean joins calls for swimming to follow lead of athleticsRichards says reward would ‘make a lot of athletes a lot happier’Britain’s double Tokyo 2020 champion Tom Dean has joined a chorus of calls for prize money to be paid at the Olympic Games after track and field athletes were offered $50,000 if they win gold in Paris. Dean, who became the first British swimmer to win two golds at the same Games in 113 years in Tokyo, said that people were shocked that he earned nothing
  
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• UK culture secretary urges ban on transgender athletes competing in female-only events

  16-04-2024 12:11 via theguardian.com
  
  Lucy Fraser calls on sporting officials to draw up ‘unambiguous’ guidelines on gender identityThe culture secretary has called for transgender athletes to be banned from competing in female-only events as she urged sporting officials to draw up fresh guidelines to clarify the rules governing gender identity.Lucy Frazer wrote in the Mail that sports governing bodies needed to set out an “unambiguous position” on the issue, amid rows over trans athletes participating in fem
  
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• ‘It’s a joke’: Enhanced Games swimmer should face life ban, says aquatics chief

  11-04-2024 19:23 via theguardian.com
  
  Brent Nowicki said: ‘You cross that bridge, you don’t come back’James Magnussen plans to dope to break world record at GamesThe Australian world champion swimmer James Magnussen should be banned from sport for life if he deliberately dopes in an attempt to win $1m by trying to break a world record, the World Aquatics chief executive, Brent Nowicki, has said.The 6ft 7in Magnussen, who won three world titles as well as a 100m freestyle silver at the London 2012 Olympics, has prom
  
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• USA Swimming and TYR Unveil National Team Kit for the 2024 Olympics

  10-04-2024 18:07 via usaswimming.org
  USA Swimming, the National Governing Body for the sport, and TYR, the exclusive outfitter of the Nat...
  
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