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Chad Le Clos Planning To Shift Focus Towards 100 Free Post-Tokyo

The 29-year-old South African will turn his focus towards the 100 fly/100 free double after the Tokyo Olympics.

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Matt Sates Out-Swims Le Clos In 100 Fly To Close Out 2021 CANA Grand Prix

Sates swam a 52.30 to take gold in the men’s 100 butterfly final, out-touching le Clos who was a 53.37 for the silver medal.

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Le Clos, Nel, and Sates Collect 2 Golds Each On Day 2 Of CANA Grand Prix

Matt Sates picked up a gold medal victory in the 200 IM after having hit the FINA A standard in the event during the prelims.

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CANA Grand Prix Day 1 Prelims: Matt Sates Hits FINA A Cut In 200 IM – 1:59.02

After missing the cut by 0.02 at South African Nationals, Sates cleared the FINA A and will likely become the newest addition to the country’s Olympic squad.

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Kenya Selects 2 Athletes, Rosafio and Muteti, for Olympic Swimming Roster

Danilo Rosafio, who trains at Loughborough in the UK, and Emily Muteti, who trans at Grand Canyon University in the US, are both headed to Tokyo this summer.

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American Athletes Split on Rule 50 Olympic Protest Restrictions

The results of the recent IOC survey show that American athletes have mixed opinions about how and where they can protest.

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Olympic Medals, Torches, and Other Memorabilia Up For Auction

Over 400 Olympic items are up for auction including a swimsuit from the gold medalist in the women’s 100 backstroke at the 1956 Olympics.

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Anthony Ervin: Nobody Gets To Tell You How to Lead

3-time Olympic gold medalist Anthony Ervin spoke out this week against the new recommendations limiting athlete protests at the Olympics

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The IOC Athletes’ Commission Releases Recommendations on Rule 50

The IOC AC has issued recommendations on Rule 50, which covers how athletes are allowed to express themselves during the Olympic Games.

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High-Level International Meets For May 2021

Let’s dive on into another hectic month of Olympic-qualifying action, with May also including the European Championships.

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All The Links You Need For OLY Qualifying Meets For Week Of April 19th

Brazil’s Olympic Trials meet is nearly upon us as we take a look at this week’s big competitions having Tokyo complications.

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Everything You Need To Know From April’s Olympic Qualifying Meets (So Far)

Evgeny Rylov’s European Record in the men’s 200 backstroke is among the top performances we’ve seen in 2021.

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Kaylene Corbett Gets Under Olympic Qualification Cut With 2:25.18 200 Breast

After missing the cut in both the prelims and the finals, Corbett managed to crack the 200 breast FINA A during a Saturday night time trial.

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Faster Than Murphy, South Africa’s 16-Yr-Old Coetze Clocks 53.62 100 Back

16-year-old Pieter Coetzé put up the swim of his life to qualify in the men’s 100m backstroke at the just-concluded South African National Championships.

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Emma Chelius Gets Under FINA A & South African Record With 24.72 50 Free

Chelius not only got under the former national record in the 50 freestyle but also swam a time fast enough to earn a spot on the 2021 Olympic team.

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