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USA Swimming Announces 36-Member Roster For 2023 Pan American Games

U.S. Olympic gold medalist Brooks Curry is among the swimmers that will represent the Stars and Stripes at the Pan Am Games in Santiago, Chile, in October.

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Study Indicates Watching Olympic Videos Can Positively Affect Swimmer Performance

The study set out to see the effect of social media use prior to training, but instead shows the positive impact watching Olympic videos can have.

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2026 Commonwealth Games Potentially Getting Postponed To 2027

The Commonwealth Games Federation is willing to push back the dates of the quadrennial event after Victoria, Australia’s surprising withdrawal as hosts.

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Carli Cronk Headlines U.S. Team Headed To World Deaf Swimming Championships

Cronk heads to the World Championships after winning a record 12 gold medals at the Deaflympics last year.

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Did The Tight Turnaround From Trials Impact The U.S. Performance In Fukuoka?

The U.S. team had 22 days from the end of Nationals until the start of the World Championships, a relatively small window compared to previous years.

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What Will It Take To Qualify For The 2024 NCAAs…In Long Course?

Using the NCAA’s conversion formula, we can take a look at what type of long course swim might earn an NCAA Championship slot next season.

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What Will It Take To Qualify For The 2024 NCAA Division I Championships?

Now that the ‘A’ and ‘B’ cuts for the 2023-24 season have been released, the invite times for the NCAA Championships figure to continue to get faster.

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How Did We Do? Reviewing SwimSwam’s 2023 World Championship Predictions

The dominance of Kaylee McKeown and Regan Smith in the women’s 100 and 200 backstroke was one thing we correctly predicted in Fukuoka.

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Which Cuts Got Faster? Comparing The 2024 NCAA Championship Standards To Last Season

The men’s 100 breast saw one of the biggest year-over-year improvements, with the NCAA ‘A’ cut dropping three-tenths all the way down to 51.10.

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NCAA Releases 2024 Championship Standards, Long Course Conversion Formula

The majority of men’s events have seen the ‘A’ cut get faster, while only a handful of women’s races got quicker and one got significantly slower.

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2023 Para Worlds: Simone Barlaam Goes Six-For-Six As Italy Caps Off Dominant Showing

Barlaam set a new world record in the men’s 50 freestyle S9, clocking 23.96 to bring the mark under 24 seconds for the first time.

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Bearsharktopus Aquatics Head Coach Bobby Allison Added To SafeSport Database

Allison was added to the database on July 31 with a temporary suspension and a no contact directive under allegations of misconduct.

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UCSC Tops Team Race, Kim, Nicol Among High Point Award Winners At Canadian Championships

The University of Calgary Swim Club piled up the points en route to claiming the overall, junior and women’s team championship banners in Toronto.

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Zhang Yufei Unleashes 55.47 Fly Split At WUGs, Now Owns Five of Top 10 Fastest Ever

Zhang’s leg stands up as tied for the eighth-fastest in history, and is faster than what she split at the 2023 World Championships (55.50).

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Laon Kim Drops 1:49.62 To Become Youngest Canadian Sub-1:50 In 200 Free

Despite only turning 15 recently, Kim is already the #1 Canadian ever in the 15-16 age group and is within striking distance of the 15-17 NAG record.

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