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Dissecting Kate Douglass’s 6-Medal Performance at the 2023 World Championships

Douglass reflects on her huge event lineup in Japan, including swimming the 200 breast and 100 free back-to-back through prelims, semis, and finals.

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How Jack Alexy Became America’s Top Male Sprinter

Alexy discusses the changes he made this season that led to improvement in his racing, including staying late to workouts to spend more time in the water

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Shayna Jack on World Records, Racing Katie Ledecky, & Partnership with Dean Boxall

Jack discusses what makes the training at St. Peters Western under Dean Boxall so electric and her strategy for racing Katie Ledecky in the 200 free.

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World Champion Hubi Kos Breaks Down “the Bowman Effect”

Kos describes how training in the training environment that Bowman has created in Tempe helped him get to the top of the podium in Fukuoka, Japan.

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Sam Short on Distance Training, Going Out Fast in Races, and Becoming a World Champion

Sam Short won a medal of every color at the 2023 World Champs in Fukuoka, earning gold in the 400 free, silver in the 800 free, and bronze in the 1500 free

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Full Debrief with Kyle Chalmers of the 2023 World Championships

We had a full sitdown with Kyle Chalmers, the 2023 world champion in the 100 free, 400 free relay, and mixed 400 free relay.

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Kyle Chalmers WANTED to be Out in 23.0 in the 100 Free Final at World Champs

The seasoned vet was so comfortable with his backend speed that his goal was to go out in 23.0.

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How Moving to a Smaller Club Helped Matt Richards Become a World Champion

SwimSwam caught up with Matt Richards, the unexpected world champion in the 200 freestyle in Fukuoka.

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What’s the Hardest Set Distance Phenom Luka Mijatovic Did in Training This Summer?

Luka credits his consistent time droops this whole summer to his hard training, revealing the hardest sets he can remember from this season

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Henry McFadden on Making Worlds Team: “I learned how to destroy practice every day”

Henry describes his experience with Team USA at their training camp in Singapore, revealing a set of 20×50 that he did very well on.

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The History of World Records Getting Broken at World Championships

Turns out, that number isn’t super high in terms of international meets all-time but it does track for the last few decades in terms of world championships 

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