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FINIS Set of the Week: Love It or Hate It

Any well-crafted workout will lead to strong reactions: fist pumps from some and eye rolls from others. This set is a major fist pump for distance swimmers.

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Swim Across America Receives $2 Million Donation from Merck

Swim Across America announces that Merck is making a $2 million charitable contribution, allowing the non-profit to raise more funds for cancer research.

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Michael Phelps and Family Star In New Master Spas Video

Olympic star Michael Phelps, his wife Nicole, and their son Boomer explore the water via Michael Phelps Signature Swim Spas.

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Olympic Achievement: Counsilman-Hunsaker Teams with Myrtha for U.S. Trials Pool

Counsilman Hunsaker, Myrtha Pools, and USA Swimming collaborated on the design for the U.S. Olympic Trials training, warmup and competition pools in Omaha.

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Can Australia’s Jack McLoughlin Make Podium in the 1500 Free?

Funky Trunks sponsored athlete Jack McLoughlin has already put in impressive performances in the 400 and 800 Free and now has his eyes on the 1500.

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BSN Sports Swim Team of the Week: Princeton Tigers

Princeton University is known primarily for its world-class undergraduate education, but it also has one of the oldest swimming programs in college athletics.

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Swim.com Becomes Official Workout, Training Platform of U.S. Masters Swimming

U.S. Masters Swimming members will be able to track their workouts and compete with each other on the Swim.com platform.

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Olympian Aimee Wilmott Will Face Tough Competition in 400 IM at Worlds

Funkita sponsored Olympian Aimee Willmott, a British medley swimmer, will face some tough competition in the 400 IM later this week.

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Chadwick, Neal, Pebley and Coan Sign With LendingTree

Four Olympic and World Champion swimmers — Michael Chadwick, Jacob Pebley, Lia Neal & McKenzie Coan — signed a formal team sponsorship deal with LendingTree.

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Fastskin Phoenix Club Challenge: Rise Like A Phoenix

Upload a video to your Instagram of you or your teammates jumping/diving into the pool – played in reverse! Tag @Speedo & include #FastskinPhoenix.

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New in Commit: Formatting

Don’t waste your coaching brain power on paper that won’t stand the test of time! Watch and learn how to stop writing workouts on paper.

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Five Ways to Improve Your Taper

In swimming, the idea of the perfect taper is mysterious and elusive. It is one of the biggest challenges for both the coach and the swimmer.

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Competing and Training in the U.S. in an Olympic Year

Attorney Joshua Bratter currently serves as the official Immigration Counsel to ASCA and he is SwimSwam’s Immigration Expert.

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Can Australia Medal in the Men’s 400 Free?

Funky Trunks sponsored athlete Jack McLoughlin is motivated to make an impact in Gwangju, ranking #4 in the world this year in the 400.

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