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Portable pool aims to reduce drowning video

Water Safety New Zealand (WSNZ) has launched a new initiative in a bid to reduce the high Maori drowning toll.

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Two-time Olympian Hayley Palmer (photosport)

Palmer eyes Glasgow redemption

Two-time Olympian Hayley Palmer has put missing the world swimming championship behind her and is looking ahead to the 2014 Commonwealth Games.

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Swimming NZ head coach named

High-profile British coach David Lyles has been named head coach for Swimming New Zealand (SNZ).

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Ky Hurst (AAP)

Great summer boosts Ocean Swim Series video

About 6500 people took part in the Ocean Swim Series, about 20 percent growth on last year.

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Melissa Gorman (AAP file)

Australian clean sweep in rich ocean swim

Australians Melissa Gorman and Ky Hurst sped away with the loot by winning the lucrative King of the Bays ocean swim race titles off Auckland.

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The disgraced cyclist is signed up to swim three events this weekend at the Masters South Central Zone Swimming Championships at the University of Texas (Reuters)

Armstrong to make splash in return

Lance Armstrong is looking to make a splash with a return to competition.

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Lauren Boyle (Photosport file)

New boss happy with top athletes

Swimming bosses have praised the performances of elite New Zealand athletes at the national championships in Auckland this week.

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Kiwi swimmer Lauren Boyle (Photosport)

Boyle nails fifth time for world champs

Lauren Boyle recorded the fastest 800m freestyle time in the world this year to secure a fourth qualifying time for the world swimming championships on her way to another national title in Auckland.

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Mary Fisher (photosport)

Third world record for Fisher

Paralympics gold medallist Mary Fisher set her third world record at the national swimming championships in Auckland on Wednesday.

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Sophie Pascoe showed her home fans her record breaking form (Reuters)

World records tumble for Pascoe and co

She was the golden girl of the London Paralympics and Sophie Pascoe showed her home fans her record breaking form, not once but twice after taking more than a third of a second off her 50 metre butterfly world record in the heats.

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Paralympics stars Sophie Pascoe (File pic)

Kiwis Pascoe, Fisher set world records video

Paralympics stars Sophie Pascoe and Mary Fisher set world records on the third morning of the State New Zealand Swimming Championships in Auckland this morning.

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Lauren Boyle smashed her own record (Photosport file)

Boyle swims 2nd fastest time of year video

Lauren Boyle's adding to her schedule at July's swimming world championships with another impressive performance at the National

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Olympic finalist Lauren Boyle (photosport file)

Quartet qualify for world swim champs

Four swimmers, including Olympic finalist Lauren Boyle, booked their places at July's world championships in Spain after the first day of the national champs in Auckland.

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Lauren Boyle (Photosport file)

Top Kiwi swimmers find form

Top-ranked New Zealand swimmers Lauren Boyle and Glenn Snyders both posted world championship qualifying times on the opening day of the national championships in Auckland.

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Lauren Boyle (Photosport file)

Top Kiwi swimmers ready to shine

World short course 800m champion Lauren Boyle is keen to see how three weeks' altitude training will benefit her times at the national swimming championships beginning in Auckland.

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Two-time Olympian Melissa Ingram (file pic)

Ingram winds up swimming career

Two-time Olympian Melissa Ingram has retired from elite swimming after 10 years on the international scene.

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U.S. Olympic swimmer Michael Phelps (Reuters)

Phelps visits shanty town complex video

Michael Phelps took time to visit a sports complex for children in the Rocinha shanty town.

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Two dead after Piha swim

The bodies of two men have been found at Piha Beach while a third man is in a serious condition after they got into trouble while swimming.

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Australian swim team's lethal mix video

The Australian swimming team is once again in the headlines for all the wrong reasons.

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Australian James Magnussen (Reuters file)

Magnussen to front media after review

Australia's biggest fish James Magnussen will break his silence on Friday, amid claims he and members of the 4x100m swim team abused prescription drugs in the lead-up to the London Games.

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