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Missy Franklin Takes Time to Visit Tsunami-Stricken Sri Lankan Village

In her role as Laureus Ambassador, Missy Franklin visited a village in Sri Lanka, a place still feeling the after-effects of the 2004 Indian Ocean Tsunami.

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Historical Trends in NCAA Championships: Women’s Edition (Infographics)

No women’s team in the NCAA has risen further than Kelsi Worrell’s Louisville Cardinals since 2009.

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Golden Goggles Voting Update: Jaeger Leading Race Of The Year

Voting for USA Swimming’s Golden Goggle Awards has been open for just over a week now, and the front-runners are starting to become clear. One race that isn’t so clear, though, is Male Race of the Year, where surprise leader Connor Jaeger sits above Michael Phelps, Ryan Lochte and Jordan Wilimovsky.

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2015 FINA World Cup Singapore: Day 2 Finals

With Day 1’s finals cancelled due to alarming haze levels in the open air OCBC Aquatic Center, athletes are more than ready to throw down some speed on Day 2 of the FINA World Cup Singapore

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2015 FINA World Cup Singapore: Day 1 Prelims

Five events were swum in the prelims on Saturday morning, including a top-seed in the 50 breaststroke from American Kevin Cordes, who is based out of Singapore.

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Singapore World Cup Preview and All the Links You Need

Cameron van der Burgh and Masato Sakai will battle for World Cup points in Singapore…

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Touch The Wall Exclusive Video Starring Missy Franklin

In advance of the DVD release of their film Touch the Wall, filmmakers Grant Barbeito and Christo Brock caught up with Missy Franklin to ask her a few questions to their star’s experience of being in the film.

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2015 FINA World Cup Beijing: Day 2 Finals Live Recap

Cate Campbell keeps on bringing it! 52.96 for Aussie gold in women’s 100m freestyle tonight in Beijing.

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The Official SwimSwam Ballot For the 2015 Golden Goggle Awards

Based on SwimSwam’s votes, Katie Ledecky should be coming home from the Golden Goggles Awards with some new pieces of shiny eye-wear after another season in which she was basically unbeatable internationally.

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2015 FINA World Cup Beijing: Day 2 Prelims Recap

Once again the Campbell sisters of Australia will go head to head in the women’s 100 freestyle…

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2015 FINA World Cup Beijing: Day 1 Finals Recap

American star Missy Franklin started off the 2015 Beijing World Cup stop with a bronze medal in the women’s 200 freestyle.

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Ledecky, Franklin, Anderson Up For Female Athlete Of Year Golden Goggles

USA Swimming is preparing for the 2015 Golden Goggles Awards and are beginning to release the nominees for the 2015…

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6 Storylines to Watch at the 2015 Beijing FINA World Cup

Emily Seebohm is part of a loaded women’s backstroke field assembling in Beijing.

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World Championship Relays Highlight Relay Performance Of The Year Nominees

USA Swimming is preparing for the 2015 Golden Goggles Awards and are beginning to release the nominees for the 2015…

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USOC: “There Is Work To Be Done Between Now And Rio”

Michael Phelps was dropped from the Worlds roster, a fact which didn’t help the U.S. Worlds medal haul the USOC examined earlier this week.

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