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Katie Ledecky

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

Team USA Comes Out On Top for 6th Straight Summer Olympics

Team USA definitely made their mark in Rio, topping the Olympic medal count for the 6th summer Olympics in a…

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Katie Ledecky to Throw Out First Pitch at Washington Nationals Game

We’ve seen Katie Ledecky crown herself Olympic champion on multiple occasions and smash world records the past couple weeks in Rio,…

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7 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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Katie Ledecky Belongs With Bob Beamon and Secretariat

Charles Hartley writes about why Katie Ledecky belongs in the same category as Bob Beamon and Secretariat.

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Phelps, Ledecky Among Finalists For Team USA Best of the Games Awards

Swimming fans can cast their votes for Phelps and Ledecky, as well as 8 Team USA favorites from other sports, until September 6th.

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Simone Manuel and Lia Neal’s “One Lit Team” USA Music Video

Simone Manuel and Lia Neal can add swimming filmmakers to their already-packed resumes.

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From a Week of Pride, to a Week of Shame for U.S. Olympic Swimming

Charles Hartley expresses that we should go back to the American pride we had just a week ago, and stop talking about Ryan Lochte.

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How Do Regular People Try On Competitive Swimsuits?

Not very well. This BuzzFeed video is a must-see.

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Where Penny Oleksiak’s Performance Ranks Amongst Best Teens In Olympic History

Penny Oleksiak was the most dominant teenager at the 2016 Olympic Games by far, taking home one gold, one silver, and two bronze medals for Canada in the pool.

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Developing swimmers for a Life Time.

Life Time is a SwimSwam partner. “Golden Growth.” That’s what USA Swimming has said of the recent surge across the…

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Scoring the 2016 Olympic Games: Americans Dominated On Both Sides

Scoring the 2016 Olympic Games as if it were an NCAA Championship meet, the Americans blew away the competition amassing nearly 1000 total points.

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Blueseventy Swim(s) of the Week: Ranking the Rio World Records

The Rio Olympics provided plenty of fodder for our weekly Blueseventy Swim of the Week. So to take advantage, we’re technically counting down 7 swims of the week: ranking each of the world records set in Rio.

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As Rio Wraps, Olympic Swimmers Put Back Into Storage Until 2020

With the competitive swimming portion of the 2016 Rio Olympics wrapping up this week, the International Olympic Committee (IOC) has begun returning swimmers to their storage unit, where they’ll remain until fans care about swimming again in the year 2020.

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Most Dominant Swims of the 2016 Olympic Games Days 7 and 8

Daily Dominance is the best way to describe the swimming competition in Rio.

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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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