June 19, 2021
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Canadian Olympic Trials: Kylie Masse Makes Statement with 57.70 100 Back Kylie Masse watched what transpired on the global backstroking scene
June 18, 2021
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Thormeyer will be swimming for Canada this summer at the Olympics and spoke about what it was like to have Olympic Trials re-scheduled 3 times.
June 7, 2021
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Penny Oleksiak, the 2016 Olympic silver medalist in the women's 100 butterfly, won't race that event at the 2021 Canadian Olympic Trials.
May 28, 2021
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Penny Oleksiak and Brent Hayden both turned in quick 100 freestyle Wednesday at the Take5 HPC Toronto Test Event hosted by Swimming Canada.
May 10, 2021
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Finlay Knox set a Canadian record in the men’s 200 IM at the TPASC Time Trials as some of Canada’s top swimmers positioned for Olympic Trials.
May 3, 2021
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Olympic gold medalist Penny Oleksiak is scheduled to swim the 100 and 200 meter freestyles this weekend in Toronto: two of the best fields in the meet.
April 28, 2021
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Swimming Canada told athletes that they are hoping to keep the Trials in Toronto, but are exploring other options, including internationally.
Jan. 22, 2021
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Swimming Canada announced the nomination of six swimmers to its 2021 Olympic team on Friday, along with a shift in both the dates and format of the upcoming Olympic Trials. The Trials will now move to May 24-28, and an invitational meet will follow June 21-23, with Olympic nominations to be made after both events. Individual 2019 World Championship medalists Kylie Masse , Maggie MacNeil and Sydney Pickrem have been nominated by Swimming Canada to the Canadian Olympic team, as have Penny Oleksiak , Taylor Ruck and Markus Thormeyer , all of whom made an individual final in Gwangju. Mas ...
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Congrats to the Canadians nominated for the #Olympic #swimming team
Jan. 6, 2021
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As previously reported , Swimming Canada will be running a reduced capacity Olympic Trials with 20 swimmers for each event swimming in a timed finals format. The Trials will run from April 7-11, 2021 in Toronto. Following a preliminary list of Canada’s top 30 swimmers in each event , invites have now been sent to the top 20 swimmers in each event. As per the invite, swimmers will have until January 15 th to accept their invitation to the meet. In the original list featuring the top 30 in each event, Finlay Knox , Cole Pratt , Mabel Zavaros , and Summer McIntosh were each listed in a ...
March 29, 2020
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Fear of the unknown was holding Markus Thormeyer back in the pool. When the Canadian swimmer told teammates he was gay, the walls he'd built up came down and Thormeyer felt liberated to swim fast.
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#Swimming cares about one thing: Who touches the wall first.
March 7, 2020
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In addition to the regular racing on Friday at the Pro Swim Series – Des Moines, there was a series of afternoon time trials. In fact, Thursday, Friday, and Saturday at this meet all have time trials sessions, and we’re seeing bigger names show up for them than what usually happens at these Pro Swim Series meets. That includes a pair of US National Teamers and a Canadian Olympian in the 100 freestyles.
Jan. 15, 2020
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After a narrow victory over Sun Yang on Day 1 in the 200 free, Lithuanian Danas Rapsys will rematch the crowd favorite on Day 2 in Shenzhen in the 400.
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2020 #FINA Champions Series recap #swimming
Dec. 27, 2019
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Markus Thormeyer wins Canadian Male Swimmer of the Year for the second straight time after a stellar 2019 that included National Records and a Worlds final.