Opinion

SwimSwam’s Top 100 For 2022: Women’s #50-41

After winning European and SC World titles in 2021, Israeli’s Anastasia Gorbenko is in line for more hardware in 2022.

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SwimSwam’s Top 100 For 2022: Men’s #75-51

Following a big short course season, Great Britain’s Ben Proud is primed to do some damage in 2022.

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Revisiting The ISL Scoring System: An Analysis of Jackpot Points (Part 1)

The first of a four-part series that takes a look at the current ISL scoring system and the impact made by jackpot points.

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SwimSwam Pulse: 58% Say Titmus & Ledecky Had The Better Showdown In Tokyo

Readers preferred the dual between Ariarne Titmus and Katie Ledecky in the women’s 400 free over the clash in the men’s 100 free at the Tokyo Olympics.

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SwimSwam’s Top 100 For 2022: Women’s #75-51

Our Top 100 For 2022 series continues with the women’s 51st through 75th-ranked swimmers for the upcoming year.

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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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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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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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SwimSwam Pulse: 48% Think Dahlia Has Best Shot To Rebound and Make 2022 Worlds

Nearly half of voters believe Kelsi Dahlia has the best chance of qualifying for the 2022 Worlds team among 2016 Olympians that missed the Tokyo squad.

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SwimSwam Pulse: 56% Think King Shouldn’t Have Been DQed In ISL Final

Voters are conflicted on whether or not the Cali Condors should’ve been disqualified in the women’s 400 medley relay during the ISL Final.

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SwimSwam Pulse: 75% Like The 200 Medley Relay Moving To Opening Night At NCAAs

Our most recent poll asked SwimSwam readers how they felt about the 200 medley relay moving to Day 1 of the NCAA Championships.

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SwimSwam Pulse: 66% Predict ASU Men To Place 6th-10th At NCAAs

The Arizona State men won 10 of 18 swimming events en route to placing second in the team standings at the NC State Invitational.

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SwimSwam Pulse: 49% Would Base U.S. Short Course Worlds Selection Off SCM Times

Coleman Stewart was left off the U.S. SC World Championship team despite recently breaking the world record, bringing the selection criteria into question.

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SwimSwam Pulse: Fans Most Excited For Georgia Tech, Wolfpack Invites In Week 1

Our most recent poll showed that the Georgia Tech Invite, featuring the Florida Gators and Georgia Bulldogs, brought the most anticipation for readers.

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Shouts From The Stands: Was Ledecky’s Tokyo 200 Free A Fluke?

With the 200/1500 double, Ledecky was well off her season-best time and finished outside of the podium in the women’s 200 free in Tokyo.

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