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Shi Jinglin Hits World’s #4 100 Breast At Chinese Trials

Shi Jinglin rose from the second seed to win the women’s 100 breaststroke at Chinese Olympic Trials, hitting the world’s #4 time in the process.

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Ye Shiwen’s Coach Xu Guoyi Hospitalized For Brain Tumors

Chinese coach Xu Guoyi, the trainer for a host of accomplished swimmers including world record-holder Ye Shiwen, underwent surgery last month for cancerous tumors in his brain.

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2015 FINA World Championships: Day 2 Prelims Preview

China’s Sun Yang looks to extend his distance dominance downward to the 200-meter race a day after winning the 400 free.

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2015 World Championships Preview: Men’s 200 Backstroke

Ryosuke Irie was the Pan Pacs champ last summer, and he’ll do battle with defending World Champ Matt Grevers in Kazan.

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World Championships Preview: Men’s 100 Backstroke

Ryosuke Irie was the Pan Pacs champ last summer, and he’ll do battle with defending World Champ Matt Grevers in Kazan.

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Xu Jiayu and Shi Jinglin post top-5 world times on day 6 of Chinese Trials

Day 6 of Chinese Nationals was highlighted by a pair of 200 strokers who put up times ranked in the top 5 in the world.

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Lu Ying, Xu Jiayu break Asian, Chinese national records at Beijing World Cup

Day 1 of the Beijing World Cup saw a pair of swimmers break national records in their home country in back-to-back events. Lu also broke the Asian record in her 100 fly.

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Ning Zetao Sets New 100 Freestyle Asian Record at the Chinese National Championships

Ning Zetao broke his own Asian record in the men’s 100 freestyle posting a time of 47.65…

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Sun Takes Gold in the 200 freestyle on Day Two of the Chinese National Championships

Sun Yang took his second gold of the Chinese National Championships winning the 200 freestyle in a time of 1:45.66…

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Final Medal Tally, 4 Big Things from the 2014 Asian Games

Take-home #1 from the Asian Games? Kosuke Hagino is the real-deal. What he does next, though, is still in question.

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2014 Asian Games – Day Two Prelims

On day two of the prelims Kosuke Hagino will once again be looking to put himself into position for a great evening…

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2014 Asian Games – Hagino knocks off Sun and Park for 200 free gold on day 1

Kosuke Hagino won one of the premier races of day 1, besting Sun Yang and Park Tae-hwan to take home gold in the 200 freestyle.

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7 Storylines to watch, all the links you need for the swimming portion of the 2014 Asian Games

South Korea’s Park Tae-hwan has won six gold medals over the past two Asian Games and will face Chinese rival Sun Yang at home.

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China names 61-swimmer Asian Games team – Sun Yang’s back and he’s got company

Sun Yang is back into international competition after a tumultuous offseason, and he leads a very strong Chinese roster into the Asian Games in Incheon, South Korea.

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Xu Jiayu Sweeps The Backstroke Events at Chinese Spring Nationals

After a fast week in China, several stars have been welcomed back into the limelight. The biggest story lines from this…

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