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Chad le Clos 100 Butterfly Worlds Win – Post Race Interview

Olympic and World Champion in the 200 butterfly Chad le Clos of South Africa won his first major international title in the 100 butterfly today in Barcelona winning in a lifetime best of 51.06. (Photo Credit: Victor Puig, victorpuig.com)

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Cesar Cielo 50 Free World Championships Win – Post Race Interview

Cielo celebrates his 50 free Worlds win the way we expect him to…with HUGE EMOTION! (Photo Credit: Victor Puig, victorpuig.com)

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Missy Franklin 200 Back 2013 Worlds Win – Post Race Interview

Missy Frankling looks very tired from winning all of those gold medals… (Photo Credit: Victor Puig, victorpuig.com)

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Jeanette Ottesen Gray 50 Butterfly Worlds Win – Post Race Interview

Ottesen Gray won Denmark’s first gold medal of the competition, winning the 50 butterfly in a new Danish record of 25.24 (Photo Credit: Victor Puig, victorpuig.com)

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2013 Worlds Day 7 Prelim Photo Vault: Efimova Breaks Hardy’s Suit-Era World Record!

Yuliya Efimova broke Hardy’s “suit-era” world record by .01. The previous record was 29.80 by Hardy in August of 2009 in Federal Way, Washington. (Photo Credit: Victor Puig)

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Cochrane Could be 1st Canadian To Ever Win 6 Medals at World Championships

Ryan advances through the 1,500-metre with a time of 14:55.15. Cochrane will enter Sunday’s final in second position as he attempts to become the first Canadian to ever win six medals at worlds. (Photo Credit: Tim Binning, theswimpictures)

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Dolfin 2014 Swimwear Line Available Now Including Platinum 2 Series Tech Suits

Platinum 2 Series Tech Suits (Image courtesy of Dolfin Swimwear)

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John Naber to Host USA National Team Alumni Party at the US Open

If you are a USA National Team Alum, and you live in Southern California or you are attending the US Open Championships, then this message is for you. John Naber, 4-time Olympic gold medalist, is hosting a USA National Team Alumni Social. (Image courtesy of Wikipedia)

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2013 FINA World Championships Day 6 Finals Photo Vault: Florent Favorite in Finals of 50 Free

Florent Manaudou, men’s 50 freestyle semi final, 2013 FINA World Championships (Photo Credit: Victor Puig)

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Ryan Lochte 200 Back Worlds Win – Complete Race Footage

Men’s 200 backstroke race footage is courtesy of swimswam partner Universal Sports Network. (Photo Credit: Victor Puig, victorpuig.com)

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Men’s 4×200 Free Relay World Championships – Post Race Interview

Lochte split a 1:44 on the 4×200 freestyle relay to help Team USA to a 2013 Worlds gold medal. (Photo Credit: Tim Bining, theswimpictures)

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Yuliya Efimova 200 Breaststroke World Championships – Post Race Interview

Pedersen, who broke the world record in the semi-final led the race for 150 meters that was when Efimova made her charge. Efimova tralied Pedersen by 27 one-hundredths of a second at the final turn, but came off the wall determined to collect her first world championship. (Photo Credit: Victor Puig, victorpuig.com)

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Daniel Gyurta 200 Breaststroke World Championhips Winner – Post Race Interview

At the halfway point of the men’s 200 breaststroke it looked liked anyone’s race, that was until Olympic champion Daniel Gyurta of Hungary made his move in the third leg of the event. (Photo Credit: Tim Binning, theswimpictures)

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Clary 200 Back World Championships – Post Race Interview & Complete Race Footage

Olympic champion Tyler Clary took third in a time of 1:54.64, which is a season’s best but close to a second off his lifetime best and Olympic winning time of 1:53.41. (Photo Credit: Victor Puig, victorpuig.com)

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Cate Campbell 100 Free World Championship Win – Post Race Interview & Complete Race Footage

Campbell was motivated indeed going out in a time of 24.85, 61 one-hundredths of a second ahead of Britta Steffen’s 2009 world record. Sarah Sjostrom of Sweden made a push in the last 15 meters when Campbell began to tie up, but did not have enough to catch the Australian who won the event in a time of 52.34. (Photo Credit: Victor Puig, victorpuig.com)

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