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Emma McKeon on Retiring Twice After Major Intl. Meets In her Teenage Years

Mckeon reveals after she went to her first major international meet, she decided she wanted to focus on her social life instead and retired from swimming

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Grace Countie Details Action-Packed Condensed Dual Meet Season for UNC

Countie particularly shined in the last of these against Duke, where she won the 100 back and 100 free and was a part of the winning 2medley/ 4free relays

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Dave Durden Explains How Cal Men Focus on Qualifying for NCAA’s

We’ve seen some exceptional swimming from the bears in the last few months, and Durden breaks down the purpose behind each race since November

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Izzy Ivey Reflects on Discovering Who She Was Outside of “Isabel the Swimmer”

Ivey admits that the 2020 NCAA’s getting cancelled was a tipping point for her in terms of having to discover who she was outside of swimming

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Pavel Sankovich Shares Tips and Tricks to Develop Elite-Level Underwaters

Sankovich delves into his focuses, his kick counts, and even a few of his favorite sets, including 3×300 descend that sound much easier than they are

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Emma Reaney: The More you Lean on Others, The Better Everything Else Will Be

Reaney notes the best year of her swimming was also the year she was in the best headspace and living with 4 of her teammates. 

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Olympic Coach Ben Titley Shares Theories on Removing Lactic Acid for Swimmers

Titley notes that if you ever see Swim Canada at a Pro Swim in the US, they will do a full swim set after their racing session

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Kristen Stege Describes the Upside of Switching From Sprinting to Distance

Stege takes us through her last year of swimming and why she has actually warmed up to distance swimming after adamantly opposing it as an age group swimmer

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Todd DeSorbo Breaks Down Epic Dual Meet Finishes for UVA Men’s & Women’s Teams

DeSorbo said that unusually enough, the UVA men’s team has made a habit of taking dual meets down to the last relay since his arrival in Charlottesville

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McKeown’s Coaching Staff Explains Methodology of 17-on, 4-off Training Cycles

We covered McKeown’s 21-day training cycles when we spoke with her, and now we get a behind-the-scenes look at why this training method works

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Florent Manaudou Reveals the Downside of Being a Superhero

Manaudou hits on training in France pre-Olympics, his free time outside of the water, and what he gained by taking a break after the 2016 Olympic Games.

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SwimSwam Viral Video of the Month – January: @yagirlmadz

This month’s video comes from Madison Sweeney, who shows us the drastic improvement she’s made in her diving from high school to college

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