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Deaf WR Holder Matthew Klotz Reportedly Eyeing Hungarian Olympic Team In 2024

There are a number of hurdles the U.S. Deaflympic champion would need to jump over in order to represent Hungary in Paris.

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World Aquatics Clamps Down On Kenya With Further Sanctions, Extends Ban Indefinitely

Kenyan athletes will no longer be able to compete at World Aquatics events until a successful election takes place.

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Weekly Wonders of Age Group Swimming – 8/12/2023

Santa Clara Swim Club’s Mia Su is among our latest Weekly Wonders of Age Group Swimming after a strong showing at U.S. Junior Nationals.

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2023 LEN U23 Championships: Day 1 Finals Live Recap

Ireland’s Ellen Walshe will tackle the women’s 100 fly and 200 IM on the opening night of the LEN U23 European Championships in Dublin, seeded second in both.

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SwimSwam Pulse: 51% Think SEC Will Be Swimming’s Most Competitive Conference

With Texas set to join Florida and other elite programs in the SEC, SwimSwam readers believe the conference will be the best swimming has to offer.

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arena Swim of the Week: 17-Year-Old Iona Anderson Hits 57.16 100 Back (SCM) In Australia

Anderson came within nine one-hundredths of the Australian Age Record for 17-year-olds held by current world record holder Minna Atherton.

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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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