Opinion

Top 10 Men’s Swimmers Who Never Won an Olympic Gold Medal

If it weren’t for Michael Phelps, would we be discussing Laszlo Cseh in the conversation as greatest male swimmer of all-time?

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I’ll Never Forget The Feeling Of Finding Out My Season Was Over

“My advice is to cherish it and make memories. Collegiate sports are such a short part of our lives, but they’re an incredibly beautiful part.”

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Top 10 Women’s Swimmers Who Never Won an Olympic Gold Medal

American swimmer Katie Hoff broke American Records, World Records and won 3 Olympic medals in ’08, but in spite of huge expectations, none of them were gold.

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Opinion: Lamenting The Closure Of Nearby City’s Public Summer Pools

From a water lover’s perspective, a bit of sad news came out of a Kentucky city’s overall coronavirus combatting campaign.

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SwimSwam Pulse: 81% Would Rather Have Olympic Gold Over World Record

A vast majority of SwimSwam voters said they’d rather have an Olympic gold medal than a world record in the most-voted SwimSwam poll in history.

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SwimSwam Pulse: 38% Think Farris Should Delay Harvard Return Until After Tokyo

It was a relatively close poll result, with 38% of voters saying Dean Farris should take another year to focus on the Olympics before returning to Harvard.

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Shouts From The Stands: Leveling the Playing Field

COVID-19 has hit a massive reset button. So, what exactly does this mean? Opportunity. 

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Would You Rather Break A World Record Or Win An Olympic Gold Medal? (POLL)

Would you rather break a world record, or win an Olympic gold medal? Vote on which side of the fence you fall on.

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SwimSwam Pulse: 47% Support Postponing 2020 Olympics

Our poll ran both before and after the IOC postponed the 2020 Olympics. Nearly half of voters supported postponement over cancellation or ‘wait-and-see’.

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Shouts From The Stands: The Aftermath

Little did we know that our “Treat Every Day Like It’s Your Last Day to Race” would actually turn into our actual last day to race.

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SwimSwam Pulse: 57% Had Picked Texas To Win Men’s NCAAs

The meet won’t happen due to the NCAA’s cancellation, but a solid majority of SwimSwam voters expected Texas to win the men’s NCAA title.

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Shouts From The Stands: Shutdown, But Not Shutout (A Win In Wake Of COVID-19)

“This growth will carry over to the next championship meet. Their quench for success will be even greater. The drive to bounce back will be stronger.”

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Editorial: Coronavirus Can’t Take Your Season Away

Though you may not see the improvements you’ve made show up on a scoreboard in numeric form, the growth in who you are and how you swim is still there.

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SwimSwam Pulse: 50% Picking Stanford To Win Women’s NCAAs

Just over half of voters are picking Stanford to repeat as NCAA champs on the women’s side, compared to just under 25% for Virginia.

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The Real Reason Why Coronavirus Won’t Cancel the 2020 Olympic Games

Whether you believe the coronavirus will be a pandemic, or you believe it will pass with the coming of spring, one thing is clear: the Olympic impact…

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