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PORT PERRY -- Anne Ottenbrite, a decorated Olympic swimmer and age group coach with the Pickering Swim Club, says Canadian swimming is headed in the right direction, based on the Canucks’ performances in Beijing.

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Local coaches confident Canadian swimming is coming around

August 20, 2008

PICKERING -- Despite a dearth of medals for Canada at the Water Cube in Beijing, coaches with the two Durham Region swim clubs are heartened by the Canadians’ efforts and results in China.

Seemann has a summer vacation to talk about

August 14, 2008

BEIJING -- Lindsay Seemann is the youngest member of the Canadian Olympic team, but she grew up a...

Five-ringed Olympic flag all the incentive Mike Brown needs

August 13, 2008

BEIJING–Canadian swimmer Mike Brown found a surefire way to pump himself up on the road to the...

Canada's pool hopes now rest with Mike Brown

August 13, 2008

BEIJING–Mike Brown is on familiar ground in the swimming pool.

The Oshawa-born breaststroke...

Russell, relay team eye a medal

BEIJING -- Oshawa-born Colin Russell is getting an excellent view of Michael Phelps, if nothing else.

Now, he'd like a medal of his own.

Russell and the rest of Canada's 4x100-metre relay team turned in a blistering time to finish sixth at...

Beckberger shifts focus to 2012

OSHAWA -- Jen Beckberger would much rather have been in Singapore than sitting at the Donevan Recreation Complex shortly after bringing home a gold medal from the Summer Nationals in Winnipeg.

It's not that the 22-year-old Ajax swimmer has...

Dolphin dominates the pool in Winnipeg

WINNIPEG -- Jen Beckberger of Ajax won two medals, including a gold, at the Summer Nationals swimming competition in Winnipeg.

Beckberger, a member of the Whitby Dolphins Swim Club, won gold in the women's 50-metre freestyle and bronze in the...

North York swimmer wants to prove herself in Beijing

Short course swimming power and the face of Canada's Olympic swim team this summer, Julia Wilkinson may be her own biggest critic but she's finding ways to make it work in her favour.

The 21-year-old North York Aquatic Club (NYAC) product...

Lindsay Seeman fourth at world junior swimming championships

MONTERREY, Mexico - Lindsay Seeman of Newmarket, currently tuning up for her first Olympic Games, finished fourth in the women's 200-metre backstroke at the World Junior Swimming Championships.

Zuzanna Mazurek of Poland won the gold medal in 2...

Canadians ready to make waves

Canadian athletes competing at recent Olympic Games have climbed on to the medal podium with regularity from canoes, kayaks and rowing shells. But they've been less successful in the water. That could change in Beijing.

Expectations are high at...

Swimmer ages 30 years in one night

How'd you like to wake up one morning and find you've aged 30 years, at least according to the media?

That's what happened to former Canadian swimmer Brenda Holmes.

Here's what the wire agency Associated Press reported from the U.S...

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