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35 min ago | Erie Times News

Times-News unveils Varsity Cup Fan Favorite finalists

Readers have made their decision, and the Fan Favorite finalists have been selected for the third annual Varsity Cup awards banquet.

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Related Topix: Pennsylvania High School Sports, High School Football, High School Sports, Pennsylvania High School Football, Sports, Swimming, Summer Olympic, Olympics, Summer Olympics

4 hrs ago | Sunday Herald

Payback time as Olympian Carry takes up role with governing body

LESS than a year after swimming in his third Olympics, the double Commonwealth gold medallist David Carry has been appointed a director of Scottish Swimming the sport's most successful competitor ever to reach board status.

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Related Topix: Sports, Swimming, Olympics, Summer Olympics, Summer Olympic

8 hrs ago | Kidderminster Shuttle

Wyre Forest runners-up once again

IT was a case of so close yet so far for Wyre Forest SC as for the second round in a row they came runners-up in the Ross PGL League.

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Related Topix: Sports, Swimming, Olympics, Summer Olympics, Summer Olympic

10 hrs ago | Swimming World & Jr. Swimmer

Trojan's Jessica Hardy Leads USC Charge at Speedo Grand Challenge

IRVINE, California, May 24. THE Speedo Grand Challenge kicked off today with its first day of competition.

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Related Topix: Sports, Summer Olympic, Jessica Hardy, Olympics, Summer Olympics, Swimming

15 hrs ago | South Wales Argus

Newport Swimming Club's Sam Hynd, right, with coach Ross Nicholas

NEWPORT Swimming Club's Sam Hynd is hoping his hard work pays off with more medals at the World Championships in August.

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19 hrs ago | Daily News

Ryan Lochte cruises to pair of victories at Mel Zajac Jr. swimming tournament

Olympic champion Ryan Lochte was the teacher and Hassaan Abdel-Khalik was happy to be the pupil during Friday's opening night of the Mel Zajac Jr.

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Related Topix: Sports, Olympics, Swimming, Tera Van Beilen, Summer Olympic, Summer Olympics, Ryan Lochte, Sinead Russell, Brent Hayden

Fri May 24, 2013

Florida State Seminoles

E1 4Noles to Compete at the FINA...

Rising senior Pavel Sankovich will represent Belarus at the FINA World Championships in the 50m and 100m back as well as the 100 fly.

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Related Topix: Sports, Summer Olympic, Olympics, Summer Olympics, Pavel Sankovich, Swimming, Jemal le Grand

The Washington Post

U-Md.: Curl sex abuse was reported to attorney general's office

A University of Maryland spokesman acknowledged Friday that the university had received a letter in the late 1980s from then-swimming and diving coach Rick Curl admitting that he had sex with an underage girl.

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Related Topix: Sports, Swimming, Summer Olympic, Olympics, Summer Olympics

The New Zealand Herald

Swimming: Simple message from new man at top

Luis Villanueva preaches a simple message and it's one he hopes will resonate clearly with New Zealand's leading swimmers.

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Related Topix: Sports, Swimming, Glenn Snyders, Summer Olympic, Olympics, Lauren Boyle, Summer Olympics

Criminal Report Daily

Top 10 Beaches of 2013

Every year Professor Stephen P. Leatherman of Florida International University ranks America's 10 best beaches based on a list of 50 criteria.

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Related Topix: Sports, Swimming, Surfing, Outdoor Recreation, Summer Olympic, Olympics, Summer Olympics

Business Journal

Women Up - Marcy Reed

UP CLOSE Title: President of National Grid in Massachusetts Age: 50 Education: Bachelor's degree, economics, Dartmouth College, 1985; master's degree, accounting, Northeastern University, 1986 Residence: Concord THE INFLUENCE FACTOR BY YOU How would you describe your leadership style? I once met the coach of the British Olympic swimming team and ... (more)

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Related Topix: Sports, Swimming, Summer Olympic, Olympics, Summer Olympics

Evening Times

Glasgow's Tollcross Pool reopens after 14m upgrade

THE refurbished swim centre includes an improved 10-lane, 50-metre competition pool and a new six-lane, 50-metre warm-up pool, creating one of the largest facilities of its kind in Europe.

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Swimming World & Jr. Swimmer

Eight Swimmers Set to Represent Israel at World Championships

PHOENIX, Arizona, May 23. THE Israel swimming foundation announced this week that seven men and one woman will represent the country at the FINA world championships this summer in Barcelona, Spain.

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Related Topix: Sports, Swimming, Guy Barnea, Summer Olympic, Nimrod Shapira Bar-Or, Olympics, Summer Olympics, Gal Nevo

Thu May 23, 2013

CNN

Breaststroke changes possible; US Diving worlds team named

One of swimming's four strokes could soon have a brand new look and not everyone is happy about it.

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Related Topix: Olympic Diving, Sports, Kristian Ipsen, Summer Olympic, David Boudia, Olympics, Summer Olympics, Troy Dumais, Swimming, Kosuke Kitajima

Seattle Times

Swim coach sentenced to 7 years for sex abuse

A once-prominent swimming coach who trained thousands of children was sentenced to seven years in prison Thursday for sexually abusing one of the girls he instructed.

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Related Topix: Sports, Swimming, Summer Olympic, Olympics, Summer Olympics

The Huffington Post

Richard Curl, Banned Swimming Coach, Sentenced To 7 Years For Sexual Abuse Of Swimmer

A once-prominent swimming coach who trained thousands of children was sentenced to seven years in prison Thursday for sexually abusing one of the girls he instructed.

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Related Topix: Sports, Swimming, Summer Olympic, Olympics, Summer Olympics

Washingtonian.com

The 2013 Guide to Outdoor Pools in DC, Maryland, and Virginia

Memorial Day weekend is just around the corner, and, conveniently, so is the opening date for several area pools.

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Western Gazette

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The British Heart Foundation have released more places for the biggest charity sea swim in Europe after over 1,000 have already signed up for the Bournemouth Pier to Pier swim.

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Related Topix: Sports, Swimming, Olympics, Summer Olympics, Summer Olympic, Keri-Anne Payne

The Washington Post

Ex-swimming coach Rick Curl to be sentenced in child sex abuse case

Local ex-swimming coach Rick Curl, who once led one of the nation's largest swim clubs and guided athletes to Olympic gold, will be sentenced Thursday afternoon for sexually abusing a girl he coached in the 1980s.

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BBC News

Carry takes on Swimming Scotland role

Carry retired after the 2012 London Olympics , but won gold in the 400m freestyle and individual medley at the 2006 Commonwealth Games in Melbourne.

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Olympic Medal Count

    Total
1 United States 46 29 29 104
2 China 38 27 23 88
3 Great Britain 29 17 19 65
4 Russian Federation 24 26 32 82
5 South Korea 13 8 7 28
6 Germany 11 19 14 44
7 France 11 11 12 34
8 Italy 8 9 11 28
9 Hungary 8 4 5 17
10 Australia 7 16 12 35