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6 Reasons to Love SwimSwam Magazine and the College Preview

If you subscribe to SwimSwam Magazine, you can instantly view the 2016 Olympic Preview and all back issues as digital magazines. The College Preview ships August 29th.

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Pikes Peak Athletics Western Senior Zones Video

Pikes Peak Athletics created a video for their 2016 Senior Zones.

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We Cry With and For You, Missy Franklin

It may take longer and be more difficult than your ascent to the top of the swimming world was in 2012. But when you reach the mountaintop again – as I expect you will — it will be more fulfilling than ever.

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The Age Old Rivalry of Distance V. Sprint: Who Are Better Swimmers?

Sprinters and distance swimmers have been claiming that their specialty is better than the other, but who is really the superior?

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Twitter Recap: Phelps’ Final Swim, a Gold, Lights Up Twitter

The United States ended with 16 of the 33 total gold medals, and Michael Phelps finished off his career with his…

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Boarding Group B and the 800 Free Relay

2016 RIO OLYMPIC GAMES Rio de Janeiro, Brazil Swimming: August 6-13 Olympic Aquatics Stadium, Barra Olympic Park, Rio de Janeiro…

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8 Things You Didn’t Know About Anthony Ervin

Laid back, tatty’d up, and blisteringly fast, Anthony Ervin has been carving up pools worldwide over the course of his two part career. Here are 8 things you might not have known about the American sprinter.

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6 Reasons to Love SwimSwam Magazine and the College Preview

If you subscribe to SwimSwam Magazine, you can immediately view the 2016 Olympic Preview and all back issues as digital magazines. The College Preview ships August 22nd. You’ll have that issue in your hands in early September.

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Lessons From the 2016 Olympics For Age Group Swimmers

As this year’s Olympic swimming comes to a close and I get ready to return to the deck in September with my young swimmers, I took a moment to figure out some simple shareable lessons from this year’s Olympic swimming.

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Twitter Recap: America Rules Twitterverse on Night 7

Anthony Ervin, the youngest AND oldest Olympic champion in history.

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Lochte’s Possible Final Olympic Race: Brutal Truths About Swimming

“This sport has no mercy.” An article by Charles Hartley.

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#SwimMomMonday: A Conversation with Simone Manuel’s Mom, Sharron

SwimSwam proudly presents the series, SwimMomMonday in which “ordinary” swim parent Anne Lepesant talks to “extraordinary” swim parents about the…

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Shouts From the Stands: An Open Letter to Missy Franklin

This is an open letter to Missy Franklin written by Lynn Kachmarik who is a swim coach, educator and a mom.

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#SwimMomMonday: Meet Nathan Adrian’s Mom

This week Anne talks with Cecilia Adrian, mother of Olympic gold medalist, Nathan Adrian.

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