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Ryan Lochte Describes the Moment He Achieved His Lifelong Goal

Watch Ryan Lochte earn his first individual Olympic gold medal in the 200 back, topping Aaron Peirsol and breaking the world record in the process.

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Practice + Pancakes: New York City’s Asphalt Green Gets in Saturday AM IM Work

In order to accommodate every swimmer on their team, the top group at Asphalt Green trains Saturday-Thursday, with Fridays off.

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Ryan Lochte Describes the Mentality That Made Him a Great Swimmer

Ryan Lochte’s Career was riddled with 2nd place finishes in the era of Michael Phelps. But he kept moving forward, racking up medals of all colors

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Love Swimming? See 3,546 Swim Jobs You Might Love

If you don’t like the career you’re in, you might want to work in the swimming community and be a part of our swimming family! Go here to see 3,546 Swim Jobs

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Ryan Lochte Shares The Story Behind “The Lochte Rule”

Ryan Lochte and his coach, David Marsh, thought so far outside of the box that FINA made a rule about it and named it after the world champion himself

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Ryan Lochte Only Swam 6x Per Week in High School

In high school, Lochte would only train 6 sessions a week, rarely getting over 6,000 yards and always having “Friday Fundays”.

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SwimSwam Breakdown: New Pro Groups, Stroke 50s at Worlds, & Ring Chasing

We discuss Maxime Rooney’s retirement, Maxine Parker’s transfer to Virginia from Georgia, and USA’s chances at medaling in the stroke 50s at world champs.

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How Ryan Lochte Beat Michael Phelps at the 2011 World Championships

11 years later, Hear 12x Olympic medalist Ryan Lochte describe the race strategy that won him the 200 Free World Title in 2011.

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Love Swimming? See 3,525 Swim Jobs You Might Love

If you don’t like the career you’re in, you might want to work in the swimming community and be a part of our swimming family! Go here to see 3,525 Swim Jobs

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Practice + Pancakes: 12x Olympic Medalist & SPIRE Ambassador Ryan Lochte

SPIRE Academy Swim Camp featured SPIRE Ambassador Ryan Lochte and SPIRE Head Coach Thad Schultz providing instructions across all four strokes.

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Love Swimming? See 3,516 Swim Jobs You Might Love

If you don’t like the career you’re in, you might want to work in the swimming community and be a part of our swimming family! Go here to see 3,516 Swim Jobs

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SwimSwam Breakdown: The US World Trials Narratives You Didn’t Know You Needed

we discuss the ride of Hunter Armstrong, USA’s positioning in the LCM 200/400s, and what US Nationals in Irvine might look like this summer.

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Katie Grimes Sees a Lot of Room for Improvement in Her 400 IM

Katie Grimes from Sandpipers of Nevada dropped more than 5 seconds from her seeding with a winning time of 4:36.17 in the championship final of the 400 IM

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Dressel, Ledecky, and Finke Give Hilarious Closing Interview in Greensboro

The trio of 2020 Olympic champions graced the media room with their presence together, poking fun at one another while answering questions

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Shaine Casas Finding Success One Step at a Time After Making 1st Worlds Team

Though not thrilled with his overall performances, recently-turned Pro Casas reflected on meeting his ultimate goal at Trials of making the worlds team

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