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Katie Ledecky

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"I just like to swim…fast. I don't think about the distance."

Freshmen Drabot, Sweetser Shine as Stanford Downs ASU

Freshman Katie Drabot had a standout performance on Friday night as the Stanford Cardinal beat Arizona State on the road.

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2016-2017 Women’s NCAA Power Rankings – January Edition

Texas is surging with a big win over Georgia, but no one can quite unseat Stanford at the top of our first Power Rankings of 2017. The Cardinal are still the team to beat, though midseason rest meets caused some major shakeups behind them.

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Sarah Sjöström erhält Preis aus den Händen ihres kleinen Bruders

Olympiasiegerin und Weltrekordhalterin Sarah Sjöström ist zum zweiten Mal hintereinander Schwedens Sportlerin des Jahres geworden. Die Gala fand in dieser…

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Sjostrom Scores 2nd Consecutive Swedish Sports Woman Of The Year Award

Sweden’s Sarah Sjostrom earned her nation’s Sports Woman of the Year award for the 2nd consecutive year.

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Un-Rested, Regan Smith Drops 4:41 500 Free at Club Meet

14-year-old phenom Regan Smith just posted the 6th-fastest time ever in the girl’s 13-14 age group in the 500 free, and she didn’t even taper for it.

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Phelps, Ledecky Nominated for 2017 Laureus World Sports Awards

Swimming stars Michael Phelps and Katie Ledecky have been named as nominees for the 2017 Laureus World Sports Awards.

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Familiar Schedule, But No Relays, for the 2017 USA Worlds Trials

There will be a familiar schedule for the 2017 Phillips 66 National Championships and World Championships Trials, albeit without any relays contested at this meet.

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Vote Here for Ledecky, Phelps, Manuel, Hosszu: 2016 USSA Athlete OTY

Michael Phelps, Katie Ledecky, Katinka Hosszu, and Simone Manuel have all been nominated for the United States Sports Academy’s Athlete of the Year Awards.

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Ledecky, Lochte Drug Tested 3 Times Each by USADA in 2016 Q4

The United States Anti-Doping Agency (USADA) publishes a list of all athletes drug tested in each quarter of each year. The numbers for the fourth quarter of 2016 have been published, with multi-time Olympians Katie Ledecky and Ryan Lochte each leading the way with three tests.

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8 Reasons to Love SwimSwam Magazine

If you love swimming, here are 8 reasons to subscribe to and love SwimSwam Magazine.

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The Top 16 Swimming Stories of 2016

The New Year is upon us! So we at SwimSwam are wrapping up our 2016 Swammy Awards with a look back at the 16 biggest stories of the year 2016.

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2016 Swammy Awards: Top 10 Swims of the Year

Hungarian iron lady Katinka Hosszu wasted no time redeeming herself after missing the 400 IM podium in 2012.

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The Top 20 Most-Commented SwimSwam Stories of 2016

SwimSwam published well over 11,000 stories in the year 2016. Some skated by without comment from readers, but some spurred…

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2016 Swammy Awards: Female Swimmer of the Year Katie Ledecky

Though Katie Ledecky has been an Olympic gold medalist since she won the 800 free at age 15 in 2012, the teenage distance phenom truly left made her mark on the Olympic stage in 2016.

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Best Swimming Photos 2016: Above the Surface

We sat down again with SwimSwam photographer Mike Lewis to pick out some of our favorite photographs from 2016.  Earlier…

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