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The Time Has Come For The US To Join The Rest Of The World And Race Meters

Collegiate track and field used to compete in yards and have successfully transitioned to meters. We can too. If not now, then when?

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Ask Swim Mom: About Those Late Bloomers

Early bloomers have an advantage, but eventually things even out after differences in growth level out. With hard work and passion, anything can happen!

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Mack Horton Nominated For Australian Nickelodeon Kids’ Choice Award

Australian swimmer Mack Horton is nominated for a Nickelodeon Kids Choice Award for ‘Favorite Sports Star’ in Australia and New Zealand.

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Aussie Olympic Committee Creates Athletes Tracking Matrix For Coronavirus

The Australian Olympic Committee and Australian Institute of Sport are teaming up to create an athlete-tracking matrix database for the coronavirus.

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SwimSwam Pulse: 68% Pick Stanford To Win Women’s Pac-12

More than two-thirds of voters are picking Stanford to win the women’s Pac-12 title for the fourth-straight year, compared to about 27% for Cal.

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Pool-Naming Drama Stems From Mack Horton’s 2019 Podium Protest

Mack Horton’s behavior at the 2019 World Championships is having ripple effects more than 6 months later, as a facility weights donning his name.

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20 Swimmer Stereotypes We Love and Hate

Swimmers are a breed apart. Here are some of the characters we share the lane and the pool with at practice and in competition.

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Mathematically Speaking: How Do Smith/Finke Records Compare To Dressel?

American records by Robert Finke (1650 free) and Kieran Smith (500 free) were earth-shattering – but were they as historic as Caeleb Dressel’s 50/100 frees?

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Beyond The Lane Lines: Liu Xiang Joins Olympic Campaign; Condorelli In The Sun

Get your fix on smaller swimming stories from around the web in this week’s edition of Beyond the Lane Lines, featuring Italian pro Santo Condorelli.

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Un Amore Possibile

Un amore possibile.Non giudicare un nuotatore dalla velocità e dalla tecnica, giudicalo da come stende il braccio per accarezzare l’acqua

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How Bobby Finke’s 14:12 Made Me Feel

Finke’s swim feels approachable in a way that other races do not. And that’s what made it one of the most beautiful races I’ve seen in a long time.

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The Hungry Swimmer: Let’s Talk About Pasta 2.0

For athletes, carbohydrates are very important, as they are our body’s preferred source of energy. Carbs, namely complex carbohydrates, are not the enemy.

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How to Get SwimSwam’s 2020 Swimsuit Issue With The Adam Peaty Cover

Subscribe to SwimSwam and receive 4 issues, including the 2020 Olympic Preview and the Olympic Year in Review, our biggest issues of the four-year cycle.

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Swim Mom: 5 Tips to Help Your Swimmer During Championship Meets

It’s the time of year when swimmers get to reap the rewards of months of hard work. Here are five tips to help your children have fun during championships.

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SwimSwam Pulse: 55% Pick Michigan To Win Men’s Big Tens

After a whopping 72% picked the Michigan women to win Big Tens, another majority (55.2%) of voters picked the Wolverine men to win their conference meet.

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