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2016 Rio Olympic Preview: U.S. Men Overpowering In Medley Relay

The Americans come in as the favorites in the medley relay with lots of talent and depth on all four legs.

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The Official SwimSwam Rio 2016 Olympics Preview Schedule

Don’t miss a second of our pre-Olympic coverage with this handy central bookmark post, where we’ll link out to our event-by-event previews as they drop and track our medalist predictions as we make them.

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Rio 2016 Olympic Previews: Horton Threatens Sun Repeat In M 400 Free

The men’s 400 freestyle at the 2016 Rio Olympic Games looks like it’ll bring a lot more competition than the field in 2012, with 8 men already under 3:45 this year.

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Follow Great Britain Swimmers on Twitter and Instagram

Now that the 2016 Great Britain Olympic roster has officially been announced, we put together a list of the athletes, with their Twitter and Instagram accounts. Follow them along their Rio Journey!

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Dan Wallace Makes Move To Millfield Hoping To Ignite Spark For Rio

After lackluster performances at British Olympic Trials and the European Championships, Scottish swimmer Dan Wallace is making a move to Millfield.

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Mare Nostrum Barcelona: Siege für Glania, Deibler und Koch

  2016 Mare Nostrum Tour – Barcelona Saturday, June 11 – Sunday, June 12, 2016 Barcelona, Spain Meet Website Start Lists…

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Mare Nostrum Barcelona: Day 2 finals live recap

  2016 Mare Nostrum Tour – Barcelona Saturday, June 11 – Sunday, June 12, 2016 Barcelona, Spain Meet Website Start Lists…

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Mare Nostrum Barcelona, day 2: Prelims recap

2016 Mare Nostrum Tour – Barcelona Saturday, June 11 – Sunday, June 12, 2016 Barcelona, Spain Meet Website Start Lists Results…

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2016 Mare Nostrum Tour – Canet: Day 1 Finals Live Recap

Live recap of day 1 finals at the Mare Nostrum Circuit – Canet en Roussillon.

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2016 Mare Nostrum Tour – Canet: Hosszu Shines At Day 1 Prelims

Katinka Hosszu took the top seed in all four of her events this morning at the 2nd stop of the Mare Nostrum Circuit In Canet en Roussillon.

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British Olympic Team Bound for Barcelona

Britain’s swimmers destined for the Rio 2016 Olympic Games will continue their preparations this weekend when they compete at the Mare Nostrum in Barcelona.

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5 Storylines To Watch, All The Links You Need For 2016 Mare Nostrum – Canet

A number of Japanese stars, including world champ Kanako Watanabe, are joining the Mare Nostrum Tour in its second stop – Canet en Roussillon, France.

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5 Big Things From Day 1 of Arena Pro Swim Series – Santa Clara

Tonight, Conor Dwyer swam a 1:45.41, less than a tenth of a second off his best time of 1:45.32 from the 2013 World Championships. That swim was over a second faster than Dwyer has been at any meet since July of 2013.

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Mimosa Jallow And Other Top-Notch Names from the European Championship

Other names you dread seeing until they achieve success over and over again. The best contemporary example is Ranomi Kromowidjojo. Somewhere around 2011 she passed from “dear god how do you spell that” to “got this…kromo-wid-jojo”.

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Gregorio Paltrinieri: “My goal is a gold in Rio”

While there were several swims of special significance, the 1500 that was swum by Italy’s Gregorio Paltrinieri was the most momentous.

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