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S.O.S. - The State of Swimming: swimmers, coaches, parents, the sport - and how governance affects them all - by Craig Lord - and guests

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FORUM: Does Your World Cup Swimmeth Over Or Is Nothing Left In The Tank?
The World Cup is three years shy of its 50th birthday. Is it time for a face lift? And would you rely on any 'swimfluencer' to grow your sport? Caveat Emptor
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Walsh Washes Away Another World Mark: 22.75 S/C 50 Free - and other speedy swims - When a domestic time-trial of an event in Virginia highlights the nature of a World Cup ripe for a face lift
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Short-Course World Cup finale: Pieter Coetze King Of World Cup Backstroke - 8 Golds In 9 Finals + the 1st WR of his career; & Lucas Henveaux completes the distance triple
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World Cup, final day - Dutch ace Marrit Steenbergen steals the show as overall 2026 Cup Queen with four triples to her name and a $150k plus pay day; Yu Yiting takes 2nd medley triple, has two $15k 'expansion' bonus shots at World s/c titles in December
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World Cup, round 3, Day 2 - men's events: all six men's finals featured a shot at a triple crown prize of $10k. McEvoy got the party started in 20.19, Luke Barr was up for 2, won 1, with Pieter Coetze and Chen Juner joining the club
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World Cup, round 3, day 2: Kasia Wasick Fends Of Marrit Steenbergen's Crown-Busting Challenge But Both Land A $10k Triple-Crown Pay Day. Two Other women join the triple party, too.
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World Cup, round 3 of 3, Day 1 - Astana, Kazakhstan: A 45.11 career high from Cameron McEvoy in the 100 free and a third 100 back win, in 48.40, for Pieter Coetze delivered the men's highlights
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World Cup, last round: Marrit Steenbergen halts Siobhan Haughey's tilt at a $15,000 bonus with 1:50.23ER & Dutch mark in 200 free, All-Time No2, then sets up own bid to win that prize with 3rd 50 back win. Yu Yiting takes 3rd 400IM win in 4:22 CHN mark
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George Gibney, 78, Likely To Spend Rest Of His Life Behind Bars: ex-swim coach who abused minors handed 15-and-a-half-year sentence. Det Chief Supt Thelma Watters describes his crimes as 'heinous'
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FORUM: Time To Banish The Art Of Blazers Marking Their Own Homework
It's early days for swimming Integrity Units, much work ahead, it seems to many in aquatics. An eye-watering Slovak swim scandal is about to test the entire integrity ecosystem ...
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Kornev 21.28 'Fly dash WR; Coetze 48.21 AF .03 Shy Of Kos 100 Back WR; Marrit 50.32 ER 100 Free - highlights that wrapped up Tashkent round of the World Cup today.
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Slovak Swim Boss Šulek In Integrity Probe
What happens when a federation president shuts down almost half his nation's swim clubs, athletes are told their races won't count, > €1m in public funding lost in wash; & those reporting concerns suspended?
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Pieter Coetze Sets The First WR Of His Career: 22.09 - 50 Backstroke on Day 2 at the short-course World Cup in Tashkent, while Cameron McEvoy lands another PB-punch for a snap victory with WR-holder Egor Kornev in the 100 free
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World Cup, R2, Day 1, Tashkent: Cameron McEvoy lays runway for a crack at a sub-20 dash by the close of the Silk Road series; Marrit Steenbergen makes it a Dutch double with wins in the 50m backstroke and then in European-record time in the 100m medley
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Spot on! situation no different today: not a single federation, not a single IOC member has moved a motion in favour of a truth, reconciliation & recognition process that carries no legal risk whatsoever - every generation of blazer, inc current, has failed the athletes affected

[Sharron Davies HoL MBE @sharrond62]

So many female athletes were called sore losers for pointing out the East German cheating in the 70s & 80s! Now people say why was it allowed to happen? Because everyone in authority especially the IOC &the British Olympic Association of the time did absolutely nothing to stop it

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@sharrond62 Spot on! situation no different today: not a single federation, not a single IOC member has moved a motion in favour of a truth, reconciliation & recognition process that carries no legal risk whatsoever - every generation of blazer, inc current, has failed the athletes affected

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June, Yu Yiting -2:06.82 Asian 200IM record - then 2:07.99 at the Asian Games, silver, as 13-year-old Yu Zidi gold in 2:06.10 WJR just 0.4sec shy of Summer McIntosh's WR. Today, Yu Yiting 2:02.82 Asian s/c record. Round 1 done - the 900-point-plus swims...
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Egor Kornev Matches Kyle Chalmers' 44.84 100 Free S/C WR, another Australian, Cam McEvoy, on a career best of 45.36. Says the Dolphin: "I’m stoked. PB was 46.1... couldn’t ask for anything better ... there’s room for improvement in the next two stops..."
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Pallister & Short Lead Dolphins Leap To World S/C Titles: “The intl exposure in Beijing is an chance to build towards LA2028; a great opportunity for our young to learn from established Dolphins; a springboard to '27 l/c Worlds" - head coach Rohan Taylor
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Southam's Spur: 'I Got Sick Of Coming 2nd to Kyle Chalmers'. Explain the underpin of perseverance & patience: Defeat and longing to be No1, first up, then what's driving him to LA2028: the totem of 'Cam McEvoy's book of super specificity' - Flynn Southam
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