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One Year Later, Looking At What Led Klete Keller To The Capitol Riots

January 6 marks the one-year anniversary of the U.S. Capitol riots where American Olympic swimmer Klete Keller was identified and ultimately charged.

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SwimSwam’s Top 100 For 2022: Men’s #100-76

Our Top 100 For 2022 series takes off on the men’s side with swimmers ranked 100 through 76th, including French sprint star Florent Manaudou (pictured).

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College Swimming Weekly Preview: Jan. 6-9, 2022

Will Chan and the University of Michigan are scheduled to face off with Big Ten rival Indiana on Saturday.

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SwimSwam’s Top 100 for 2022: Women’s #100-76

The first edition of our Top 100 series that ranks the best female and male swimmers in the world for 2022.

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USA Swimming Confirms Cancellation of Pro Swim Series Event In Knoxville

The event, scheduled for January 12-15 in Knoxville, Tenn., has been canceled due to COVID-19.

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2022 Tennessee Diving Invitational Kicks Off Monday In Knoxville

Tennessee will be joined by conference rivals Alabama, Auburn, Missouri and South Carolina, along with Miami (OH) and Wisconsin at the invite.

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Mauricio Ramirez, Adam Batson Added To U.S. Center For SafeSport Database

Mauricio Ramirez of Chicago, Ill., and Adam Batson of Chapel Hill, N.C., were both added under temporary suspension for allegations of misconduct.

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2021 Swammy Awards: Viral Video of the Year, Dean Boxall Goes Wild

After watching his swimmer win Olympic gold in epic fashion, Dean Boxall’s reaction quickly made its way across the internet.

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2021 Swammy Awards: Top 10 Swims of the Year

Caeleb Dressel provided us with many memorable moments in 2021, highlighted by his first career individual Olympic gold medal in the 100 freestyle.

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2021 Swammy Awards: Asian Coach of the Year, Norimasa Hirai

The Japanese National Team Head Coach, who heads up the training group at Toyo University, led Yui Ohashi to double gold at the Tokyo Games.

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Swim of the Week: Emre Sakci Busts Through 25-Second Barrier In 50 Breast

Sakci broke the world record in the men’s 50 breaststroke by three-tenths of a second, becoming the first swimmer sub-25 in history at 24.95.

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SwimSwam Pulse: 30% Peg Hansson As Biggest Breakout Performer of SC Worlds

Hansson narrowly edged out Joshua Liendo and Shaine Casas for first place in the tightly contested poll.

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Competitor Coach of the Month: Chris Plumb

Plumb led the Carmel Swim Club girls to a standout performance at Winter Juniors – East, sweeping the relays and winning 10 total events.

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Ultra Swimmer of the Month: Nic Fink

Fink swept the men’s breaststroke events in the ISL Final and then won six medals at the 2021 Short Course World Championships in Abu Dhabi.

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Hungarian Liliana Szilagyi Reveals Her Father Abused Her “Since I Was A Child”

Two-time Hungarian Olympian Liliana Szilagyi revealed that she was abused by her father from a young age all the way up until 2016.

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