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Fukuoka 2023, North America Day 4: What Does Team USA Do For The Women’s Medley Relay?

As Team USA’s top relay performer so far, Kate Douglass (pictured) will be a big topic of discussion when it comes down to selecting medley relay lineups.

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Ethan McKendry Returns Home After Cardiac Arrest at Columbus Sectionals

Ethan McKendry (left), the 15-year-old swimmer who went into cardiac arrest at the Columbus Sectional Championships, has returned home to Flint, Michigan.

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Was this Disqualification at the 2023 World Championships “Unjust”?

What’s your opinion on the backstroke to breaststroke turn “conversation” currently happening at the 2023 World Championships?

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What Is Going On With Team USA?

Not since 1994, not in 29 long years, has Team USA competed through Day 1 of World Championships without winning a gold medal. What’s up?

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Swimming Australia Calls McKeown’s DQ “Unjust,” and They Might Have a Point

Whether-or-not Kaylee McKeown’s disqualification in the 200 IM semi-finals was legit, an apparent violation by a medalist was missed – twice.

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Sunday’s World Record Haul Will Be a Day That Swimming Remembers Forever

Sunday’s opening to swimming portion of the 2023 World Aquatics Championships provided show-stopping swims and a day that made swimming history.

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SwimSwam Pulse: Weinstein’s Upset, Andrew’s Miss Biggest Surprises of U.S. Nationals

Claire Weinstein ran down Katie Ledecky to win the women’s 200 free at U.S. Nationals, one of the biggest surprises of the meet.

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Looking at the Most and Least Likely World Records to Be Broken in Fukuoka

Call me crazy, but I think Kaylee McKeown (or Regan Smith) is most likely to break a world record in the women’s 100 backstroke.

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Want Different Results? Ask Different Questions

As coaches, we’ve never fully arrived as a leader, but we can always grow into our potential, just as our swimmers do.

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Swimming’s TopTenTweets: The 2023 World Championships Are Underway

The video of Katie Grimes’ spin move during the Women’s 10K final at Worlds is just one of our top ten tweets of the past week.

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Hasty Awards Team of the Month: Cincinnati Marlins

“I want to pilot the program back to success on the state and national levels,” said new Cincinnati Marlins head coach Brandon Voorhies.

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Hasty Awards Team of the Month: Opelika Swim Team

Tyler McGill (pictured), an Olympic gold medalist at London 2012, is in his fifth year leading the growing Opelika Swim Team group.

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The Hits And Misses Of The 2023 U.S. National Championships

As Team USA prepares for the World Championships, we break down our biggest takeaways from their showing at this year’s National Championships.

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The Zen of Swimming

How did you find zen in swimming? Swimmers become creatures of habit as time goes on. Swimmers have to find ways to create new sparks again.

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Boston Announces SwimSafe Initiative including Free Lessons for Youth

Through the SwimSafe Initiative, Boston will be providing free swim lessons, life jackets and lifeguard training to residents this summer.

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