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Trenton Julian Explains 1:54.71 200 Fly, #1 Time Among Americans

Trenton Julian blew the field away in this 200 fly final. The 22-year-old did what we were expecting: take the race out fast.

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Olympic Champion Tom Dolan on Swimming the Perfect 400 IM

There are a lot of layers to this analysis, including swims from Kalisz, Foster, Litherland and Seto, and we air them out entirely.

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Caroline Burckle Discusses Mental Health and Well-Being for Olympic Athletes

Mentla health was brought to the forefront of the Games when Olympic gymnast Simone Biles withdrew from the team competition.

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See 2910 New Swim Jobs You Might Love

If you don’t like the career you’re in, you might want to work in the swimming community and be a part of our swimming family! Go here to see 3310 Swim Jobs.

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SwimSwam’s Top 10 Races of the 2020 Tokyo Olympic Games

For the last day of the 2020 Olympic Games, we brought you our Top 10 swims from Tokyo, Top 5 for men and Top 5 for women

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Natalie Coughlin Speaks to Olympic Pressure During Your 1st Games vs. Your 2nd

Coughlin explains that at her first Olympics in 2004, there was a freedom that wasn’t at her 2nd Olympics, coming in as a defending champion in the 100 back

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Lenny Krayzelburg Gives Perspective on Men’s Backstrokes, the Olympic Mindset

I ask Lenny “How do you balance having a great swim but not winning the race?” and he didn’t really have an answer because Lenny mostly just won races

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Cody Miller Shares Breaststroke Knowledge, Analyzes Women’s 200 WR & Men’s 100

Cody goes DEEP on the women’s 200 breast, revealing what he saw as the difference-maker for Olympic champion Tatjana Schoenmaker

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SwimSwam’s Top 5 Swims of the #Tokyo2020 Olympic Games: Day 7

We saw two world records, an Olympic record, Katie Ledecky with the 3-peat, and a very questionable coaching decision for Team USA’s mixed relay on Day 7

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Double Olympic Champ Tom Dean Breaks Down 200 Free, 4×200 Free Relay

Dean breaks down both of his golden races, describing how he adjusted to the Olympic environment and embraced the pressure of an Olympic final

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SwimSwam’s Top 5 Swims of the #Tokyo2020 Olympic Games: Day 6

We saw #3, #2, and #1 all-time performance =s in 3 different individual events on Day 6, plus we ask the question: What is USA doing in the mixed medley?

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See 2896 New Swim Jobs You Might Love

If you don’t like the career you’re in, you might want to work in the swimming community and be a part of our swimming family! Go here to see 3296 Swim Jobs.

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Sprint Legend James Magnussen Floats Idea of Dean Boxall Coaching in US NCAA

We talk about most of the big races that have happened so far and specifically Australia’s golden moments form the last 5 days

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SwimSwam’s Top 5 Swims of the #Tokyo2020 Olympic Games: Day 5

There were some of the closest races we’ve seen this Games on Day 5, topped by the men’s 100 free, 800 free, and women’s 4×200 free relay

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Melanie Margalis on Why It’s So Impressive to Sweep the IMs at the Same Meet

Margalis swim nerds it up, delving into why it is so difficult to have both your 200 IM and 400 IM fire on the same level at the same meet

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