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Kanako Watanabe Barely Slower than Japanese Record on Day 1 of 2015 National Championships

2015 Japanese National Championships Long Course Meters April 7-12th, 2015 (Tuesday-Sunday) Tatsumi International Pool, Tokyo Live results (in English) Full…

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6 Big Things from Us & You: 2015 Arena Pro Swim Series at Orlando

The second stop of 2015’s Arena Pro Swim Series wrapped up yesterday in Orlando, but not without some world-topping swims…

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Arena Pro Swim Series At Orlando – Clary, Grevers, Hurley Scratch 200 Back

Matt Grevers will not swim the A final of the 200 backstroke. Tyler Clary and Bobby Hurley also scratched the event.

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Race Video: Cody Miller wins 200 Breaststroke, Arena Pro Swim Series Orlando 2015

Race Video courtesy of Universal Sport’s Network, a SwimSwam partner.

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Race Video: Cody Miller wins 100 Breaststroke, Arena Pro Swim Series Orlando

Race Video is courtesy of Universal Sporst Network, a SwimSwam partner.

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7 Storylines to watch at the 2015 Arena Pro Swim Series at Orlando

Arkady Vyatchanin took second in series points last year while sweeping the final 8 backstroke races of the tour. He’ll try to come back from a foot injury with his 2015 debut in Orlando.

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Kitajima and Arena Pair Up for Exclusive Product Line

Renowned Japanese breaststroking veteran, Kosuke Kitajima, has re-partnered with Arena Japan to continue the designing of his own exclusive line…

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Kosuke Hagino earns overall Asian Games MVP Award with seven medal performance

Japan’s Kosuke Hagino was named the MVP of the Asian Games among all sports and all nationalities, thanks to his 7-for-7 medal performance in Incheon.

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Race Video: Men’s 200 Breast Final at LA Invite – The Return of Kitajima

Meet record-holder Kosuke Kitajima was back at USC for the Los Angeles Invite. Anton McKee won the 200 breast and established a new record of 2:10.72.

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2014 LA Invite Preview: Big names load up sprints, IM’s in Los Angeles

Missy Franklin, Nathan Adrian, Anthony Ervin, Matt Grevers and Kosuke Kitajima are among the names on the loaded LA Invite psych sheets.

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Syrian Olympian Azad Al-Barazi Swims For His War Ravaged Country

Azad Al-Barazi: “I still wanted to swim, and the only reason why is for the Syrian people, for the 140,000 plus people that died, 7,000 of them children. For the economic losses and for the 3 million homes destroyed…”

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Kitajima Not Ready To Retire

Despite disappointing performances at the Japan Open Olympic legend Kosuke Kitajima told the media at the competition that this wasn’t the end of his career…

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Kanako Watanabe Breaks Japanese National Record in 100 Breaststroke

The Japan Open is rarely any kind of a selection meet for anything, but that seems to rarely prevent the…

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Everything You Need For The Japanese Swimming Trials

The Japanese swimming trials will be taking place at the Tatsumi International Pool in Tokyo April 10-13 starting tomorrow. These trials will be Japan’s 90th swimming nationals and the selection meet for their Pan Pac roster.

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Van der Burgh to Test 200 Breaststroke Waters in 2014

Olympic champion Cameron van der Burgh will be trying on a new race in 2014.

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