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Officials dismiss reports of stinky water at venue

Tokyo officials have pooh-poohed reports of a foul smell at an Olympic open-water venue, with Games organizers saying special filters will keep swimmers safe from sewage leaks....

July 23, 2021, Friday

Ye and Fu miss out on Tokyo

China named a 30-strong swimming team for the Tokyo Games yesterday but 2012 double Olympic champion Ye Shiwen misses out, with triple gold medalist Sun Yang already absent because of a doping violati...

July 7, 2021, Wednesday

Sun Yang’s 3-day retrial at CAS set for next week

The retrial in three-time Olympic champion swimmer Sun Yang’s doping case will be held over three days next week, the Court of Arbitration for Sport said on Tuesday....

May 20, 2021, Thursday

I’ve moved on from Sun feud, insists rival Horton

Olympic 400-meter champion Mack Horton yesterday insisted he has moved on from his feud with China’s Sun Yang and has more things to worry about than potentially locking horns with his rival again in...

May 14, 2021, Friday

Australia great dies

Australian swimming was in mourning yesterday after the death of Olympic gold medalist John Konrads at the age of 78....

April 27, 2021, Tuesday

Ledecky makes a splash

Katie Ledecky won the 400-meter freestyle on Saturday at the TYR Pro Swim Series in Mission Viejo, California, with the world’s fastest time this year....

April 12, 2021, Monday

Beijing’s swimmers shrug off record winter lows

TEMPERATURES in Beijing plummeted to a three-decade low overnight last week, but that didn’t stop a hardy group of retirees plunging into icy waters to indulge in their bracing hobby of outdoor swimming. ...

January 17, 2021, Sunday

Peaty breaks world record

Britain’s Adam Peaty set a world record for the short course 100 meters breaststroke at the professional International Swimming League in Budapest, Hungary, yesterday, finishing in a time of 55.49 sec...

November 16, 2020, Monday

Japan’s Seto escapes Olympic ban over scandal

Four-time world champion Daiya Seto has been suspended for the rest of the year for breaching the Japan Swimming Federation’s sportsmanlike conduct standards due to a scandal over an extramarital affair...

October 15, 2020, Thursday

Ikee poised to return

Japanese swimmer Rikako Ikee, who was set to be a star of the now-postponed Tokyo Olympics before she was diagnosed with leukemia, will return to competition for the first time since her illness later...

August 12, 2020, Wednesday



 

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