March 17, 2020
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The coronavirus pandemic seemed to reach a climax last week in the western hemisphere as sporting events all across the United States ceased in an attempt to slow the spread of the virus. The NBA season got shut down. The NCAA Division II Championships got cancelled after just three sessions. Pools all around the world shut down, leaving a lot of questions of the status of the Olympic Games up in the air. The NCAA decided to cancel all of its winter championships, including the March Madness basketball tournament, and the swimming and diving championships. Read below the five biggest ...
March 12, 2020
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Ariana Kukors Smith , who claimed the World 200m medley crown and world record in Rome back in 2009, has settled with USA Swimming for an undisclosed amount two years after pursuing a legal case against the swimming federation after she said that she had been groomed and then sexually assaulted by her personal and national-team coach Sean Hutchison when she was a teenager. She announced: “I am glad that we were able to come to a resolution to this difficult process. As I begin the next chapter of my life, ...
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Ariana Kukors case has come to a close, undisclosed settlement with US #Swimming
Dec. 29, 2019
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Liz Byrnes, Swimming World’s new European Correspondent, hones in on the achievements of Adam Peaty, one of the most outstanding pioneers on the pool in swimming history, as her No1
Oct. 8, 2018
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Swimming isn't for wishful thinkers: there is no golden ticket to success. Here are six races where the underdog swimmers conquer insurmountable odds.
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Six #swimming races where the underdog won ...
Oct. 6, 2018
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Sean Hutchison, the former coach of Olympian Ariana Kukors and the now-defunct USA Swimming Center of Excellence at FAST, has been permanently banned from Olympic sports by the U.S. Center for Safe…