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

“It’s Something New”: Hali Flickinger On Olympics, Mental Health & Finding Home

Coming off of winning two medals at the Tokyo Olympic Games, Flickinger details what it took to get there amidst the pandemic and moving to Arizona.

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Caeleb Dressel Named Sports Illustrated Athlete of the Year

Dressel competed in 6 events in Tokyo, 3 individual and 3 relays, winning 5 Gold medals, and breaking 4 Olympic Records, as well as 2 World Records.

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Five Races to Watch at Winter Juniors East

Stanford commit Josh Zuchowski may challenge 2016 Olympian Jacob Pebley’s 2011 meet record in the 200 back and is one of our five races to watch.

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2021 U.S. Open Championships Live Recap: Day 4 Finals

Thomas Heilman has dropped the 100 free but will race the 200 fly, which allows him the opportunity to go after Phelps’ 200 fly NAG Record (1:59.02).

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Thomas Heilman Breaks 13-14 Record in 100 Fly, Takes #1 Seed into US Open Final

14-year old Thomas Heilman knocked a full second off his own NAG Record in the 100 fly Thursday and qualified first into the final at the US Open.

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Baylor Nelson Jumps into All-Time US Top 10 with Sub-2 Minute 200 IM

Baylor Nelson broke 2 minutes in the 200 IM for the first time on Thursday evening, jumping to #9 all-time in the U.S. 17-18 rankings.

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Luke Hobson Crushes National Age Group Record in 500 Free with 4:09 in 500 Free

University of Texas freshman Luke Hobson knocked more than two seconds off his previous 17-18 National Age Group Record on Thursday evening in Minneapolis.

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Luke Hobson Breaks Michael Phelps’ 17-Year-Old 500 Free NAG In 4:12.12

University of Texas freshman Luke Hobson dropped more than four seconds in the 500 free to break Michael Phelps’ 17-18 NAG Record set in 2004.

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Michael Phelps’ 30 Olympic Finals Scored with ISL Rules

What if Michael Phelps swam in the ISL? Even if we never see it, we can apply ISL rules to Phelps’s Olympic races and see how things turn out.

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Kristof Milak Contro Se Stesso: Video Analisi Comparativa Mondiali/Olimpiadi

Il nostro Stefano Nurra ci offre un’analisi sulle prestazioni del detentore del record del mondo nei 200 metri farfalla Kristof Milak

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Swim of the Week: Chalmers Lowers One of the Vaunted Super-Suited Freestyle WRs

Kyle Chalmers erased the third-oldest individual world record last week, one of the many male freestyle marks that had remained since the super-suit era.

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Swimming’s TopTenTweets: Official 2021 SwimSwam Costume Contest

We’re back this week with swimming’s TopTenTweets presented by Arena, where we round up the best of the swimming Twitterverse.

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Kristof Milak Vs. Kristof Milak: A Tokyo 2020 Comparative Analysis

Kristof Milak, who clobbered Phelps’ WR, cannot be compared to anyone else but himself.See why Stefano Nurra thinks we still haven’t seen his best 200 fly yet

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Swimming’s TopTenTweets: Adam Peaty Reveals His Breakfast of Champions

We’re back this week with swimming’s TopTenTweets presented by Arena, where we round up the best of the swimming Twitterverse.

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Swimming’s TopTenTweets: Michael Phelps’ Football-Playing Twin?

We’re back this week with swimming’s TopTenTweets presented by Arena, where we round up the best of the swimming Twitterverse.

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