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Camelia Potec, 2004 Olympic 200m free champion, will retire from the pool at 27, if Romania, her homeland, does not honour a commitment to pay Philippe Lucas, her French coach, for his work with her.

"For Beijing, he agreed to coach me free of charge. But after Beijing, promises were made to him to pay for his work," said Potec, Olympic and world finalist in the past two summers on distance freestyle.

Swimming Australia announces FINA World cup series team.
Nick D’Arcy, 21, has been reinstated in the team and will contest all the meetings in Stockholm (Nov. 10-11), Berlin (Nov. 14-15) and Singapore (Nov. 21-22).

Team for Stockholm and Berlin: Matthew Abood, Nicholas D’Arcy, Ashley Delaney, Geoff Huegill, Robert Hurley, Lachlan Staples, Felicity Galvez, Marieke Guehrer, Leisel Jones, Libby Trickett

Team for Singapore: Matthew Abood, Daniel Arnamnart, Leith Brodie, Nicholas D’Arcy, Ashley Delaney, Geoff Huegill, Robert Hurley, Adam Pine, Christian Sprenger, Lachlan Staples, Blair Evans, Ellen Fullerton, Felicity Galvez, Marieke Guehrer, Samantha Hamill, Leisel Jones, Jessicah Schipper, Emily Seebohm, Amy Smith, Libby Trickett.

Swimming Australia will send just 3 swimmers at the final races of the FINA 10km Marathon Swimming World Cup in Dubai and Sharjah, on October 17 and 21 respectively.
The team will be composed of Trent Grimsey, silver medallist in the 25km event at last Worlds in Rome [behind Italy’s Valerio Cleri], Rhys Mainstone and Kate Brookes-Peterson, the only female swimmer.

Katie Hoff intends to base herself in Fullerton, California, to strengthen her preparation for the 2012 Games.

Hoff, 20, at North Baltimore Aquatic Club since 2003, has decided to change coach, saying she'll be working exclusively with Bob Bowman, Michael Phelps' coach.

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Potec Changes Target
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