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2013 FINA World Day 4 Finals Photo Vault: Le Clos Defends Butterfly Crown

2012 Olympic Champion, Chad le Clos, defends his 200 fly crown at 2013 Worlds. (Photo Credit: Victor Puig, victorpuig.com)

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Ledecky 1500 Free World Record – Nearly Complete Race Footage

1500 free World Record race footage is courtesy of Universal Sports Network. (Photo credit: Victor Puig, victorpuig.com)

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Agnel 200 Free Worlds Win – Complete Race Footage

Ryan Lochte hugs Agnel after his Worlds win. Men’s 200 freestyle World Record race footage is courtesy of Universal Sports Network. (Photo Credit: Victor Puig, victorpuig.com)

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Team SwimSpray Wins at Lake Tahoe and Podiums at Mid-Atlantic Triathlon Champs

Team SwimSpray’s masters swimmers won their category in the Trans Tahoe Relay at Lake Tahoe, Nevada/California. The team, comprised of Andrew Chadeayne (SwimSpray’s inventor), Easton Chen, Julia Peppiatt, Ming Ong, Amara Rivera, and Peter Wong (SwimSpray’s Chief Operating Officer) – finished first in the Mixed 114+ division and 33rd overall with a time of 4:13:54. (Photo courtesy SwimSpray)

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Sun Yang 800 Free Worlds Win – Post Race Interview

Men’s 800 Freestyle – FINALS – 2013 FINA World Championships reported by swimswam / Braden Keith:  This was not the two-man race…

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Missy Franklin 200 Free Worlds Win – Post Race Interview

Missy Franklin has been nothing but golden at this meet. Though she scratched the 50 backstroke semifinal, her most vulnerable event, she is now three-for-three in finals with gold medals, swimming a 1:54.81 for victory in the women’s 200 free. (Photo Credit: Victor Puig, victorpuig.com)

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Chad le Clos 200 Butterfly Worlds Win – Post Race Interview

Olympic Champion Chad le Clos began a South African medal run on Wednesday by winning the men’s 200 fly in 1:54.32. (Photo Credit: Victor Puig, victorpuig.com)

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Video of Jimmy Feigen High School Sprint Records In Honor of Feigen’s 2013 Worlds Performance

In honor of Jimmy Feigen’s 100 free semi final at the 2013 FINA World Championships, and because swim fans everywhere asked for it , here are his 50 and 100 yard free High School National Record swims. (Photo Credit: Tim Binning, theswimpictures)

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Cameron van der Burgh 50 Breast Worlds Win – Post Race Interview

The South African day four medal haul jumped to three when teammates and training partners Cameron van der Burgh and Giulio Zorzi took gold and bronze in the men’s 50 breaststroke, with times of 26.77 and 27.04, respectively. (Photo Credit: Victor Puig, victorpuig.com)

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Wilfrid Tevoedjre 86th at Worlds in 100m Freestyle (1:07) – Post Race Interview Courtesy of FINA

To FINA’s credit, they captured this interview. We forget sometimes that everyone starts their journey to success somewhere. Tevoedjre may have only gone a 1:07 100m free, but he has goals to go 1:00, and that’s something all swimmers can respect. (Image courtesy of FINA)

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The USA Swimming Foundation Heads to Southern California For the US Open and Speedo Jr Nationals

Join Olympic gold medalists Cullen Jones, Janet Evans, and Jason Lezak to support the USA Swimming Foundation’s mission to Save Lives and Build Champions. (Photo Credit: Tim Binning, theswimpictures)

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FINIS Partners With Under Armour to Offer Technical Products to Sponsored Teams

FINIS, a world leader in technical swimming products announces a partnership with Under Armour Inc., an innovative performance brand specializing in apparel, footwear…

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