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Mollie O’Callaghan on World Champs, Aussie Sprint Culture, & Dean Boxall

O’Callaghan reveals that she was not originally a freestyle specialist, her 100 and 200 only coming around to a world-class level in the past 2 years.

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Lilly King Overcomes COVID to Win First World Title in 200 Breast (Podcast)

The 200 was where King felt the most confidence in Budapest. She describes her strategy for that final as “I was trying to out-race everybody”.

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Todd DeSorbo Sheds Light on USA’s Decision-Making for 2022 Worlds Relays

DeSorbo breaks down specifics on how he keeps his energy up through long 8-day meets, his role as a head coach, and relay selection for Team USA.

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What Is It Like Being the NBC On-Air Reporter at the World Aquatic Championships?

We sat down with NBC’s Nick Zaccardi, who interviewed most of Team USA’s athletes at the world championships just seconds after they finished competing.

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Justin Ress on 50 Back World Title, Overturned DQ Saga, & Revitalized Career

After just 3 months of training, Ress went all best times at the US Trials in April, then came to Budapest and walked away with his first world title.

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Carson Foster on Building His Mental Fortitude When Racing From Behind

Foster takes us through his first LCM world champs and describes the work that he’s been putting in towards his mental stamina, specifically in the 400 IM

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SwimSwam Breakdown: 2022 World Championships Edition

We discuss our World Champs fantasy draft, the most intriguing storylines from Budapest, and the rest of the summer moving forward.

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Lani Pallister Details COVID at Worlds, Heart Surgery, Eating Disorder, & Mono

Lani has been able to keep a positive attitude but doesn’t hold back in saying she was very down about missing the 800 final which she had qualified for.

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Ryan Held on Splitting 46, Winning Gold at LCM Champs for 1st Time in 6 Years

Ryan Held, who won relay gold in 2016 then missed every other LCM champs since, got his redemption swim, splitting 46 and earning gold again

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How Much Does Mental Training Affect Athletic Performance at the Highest Level?

Agustina de Giovanni of the DC United soccer team spoke to SwimSwam about her philosophy on training athletes for high-performance on the mental side

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Notre Dame Head Coach Chris Lindauer on Building Up a Program in South Bend

Chris was a long-time assistant coach at Louisville under Arthur Albiero but is stepping into his first head coaching role with the Fighting Irish

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SwimSwam Podcast Hits 1,000,000 All-Time Audio Downloads

Audio is only one way fans listen to the podcast. Across Instagram and Youtube our reach is just over 17 million and it’s climbing fast.

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Dan Lotano: No Swim History At Age 35 To World Number 1 Master In 5 Years

41-year-old Dan Lotano, who set the US Masters National 50 fly record in 22.52, swims at USMS Spring Nationals.

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SwimSwam Breakdown: World Champs, Katinka Hosszu, & If Super Suits Were Legal

we preview the upcoming World Championships and play Sink or Swim with Katinka Hosszu Being in Paris, if Super Suits were Still Legal, and much more

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Chris Jones on Developing Olympic Student-Athletes at University of Edinburgh

Chris started the program in 2008 and since then they’ve put a ton of athletes on international teams, including 5 Olympians.

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