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Michael Phelps

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“If you want to be the best, you have to do things other people aren’t willing to do.”

LA To Host Team USA Awards On November 29

The 2017 Team USA Awards presented by Dow, Best of the Year, will take place at Royce Hall on UCLA’s…

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Jay Litherland Adds 200/400 Free To IM’s, No 200 Back At Trials

Jay Litherland has added the 200 & 400 freestyles to his US Nationals lineup, along with the 200 & 400 IM.

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Jimmy Feigen A Surprise Entrant At U.S. Nationals

Jimmy Feigen is entered in the 50 and 100 free at U.S. Nationals, a surprise considering we haven’t seen him compete since Rio.

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Happy Olympic Day: Check Out The 20 Most-Decorated Olympic Swimmers Ever

June 23 marks Olympic Day, a holiday dedicated to the Olympic movement and its three pillars: move, learn and discover. To celebrate, we’re giving swim fans a chance to move (their mouse to scroll lower down this page), learn (about the most-decorated Olympic swimmers of all-time) and discover (some swimming legends they may not have previously known).

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Becca Meyers, Brad Snyder Nominated for More Espys

Becca Meyers (above) won the 2015 ESPY Award for Best Female Athlete With a Disability.

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Phelps, Murphy, Ledecky, Manuel & Hosszu Score ESPY Nominations

Check out the swimmers among this year’s ESPY nominees…hint, one is known as the GOAT.

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2017 U.S. World Trials Preview: Everyone Chasing Kalisz In 400 IM

Chase Kalisz has swum incredibly well this season, and his world leading 4:09.43 puts him in the driver seat at World Trials.

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German Philip Heintz Joins Exclusive Club of Sub-1:56 200IM Swimmers

Philip Heintz set a new German record in the 200m IM (LC) in 1:55,76 on Thursday at the German National…

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Philip Heintz nun einer der schnellsten Lagenschwimmer aller Zeiten

Eine Weltklasseleistung lieferte Philip Heintz mit seinen beiden deutschen Rekorden über die 200 m Lagen ab: Er ist nun der…

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Get The SwimSwam 2017 World Championships Preview Magazine

With over 75 pages of features covering the 2017 World Championships, you will get everything you need to enjoy the biggest competition of the year.

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Michael Phelps Goes To Shark School, Races Great White

Fans of the GOAT will be treated by two appearances during this summer’s Shark Week on the Discovery network.

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New Event Proposals For 2020 Tokyo Olympics

As you no doubt have heard and internalized, the International Olympic Committee signed off this week on a proposal to…

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Phelps on New Events: “What Else Are We Going to Add? 75m Frees?”

While he does support the women’s 1500, an event in which men have been able to swim for more than a century at the Olympics, adding new events “takes away from the sport.”

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Phelps To Receive Legend Award At Nickelodeon Kids’ Choice Awards

Michael Phelps will receive the Legend Award at the 4th annual Nickelodeon Kids’ Choice Sports Awards.

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Beyond The Lane Lines: Nathan Adrian Becomes Wal-Mart Category Expert

Beyond the Lane Lines this week reports Nathan Adrian is making waves in the retail world.

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