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Support Remains For Public Referendum Of Budapest 2024 Olympic Bid

As Hamburg, Germany’s 2024 Olympic bid was defeated, opposition is still present in the city of Budapest, Hungary.

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Taking Control Of Your Mental Health & Understanding Your Triggers

Reacting to our triggers is normal, but if we don’t recognize them and respond to them appropriately, they may actually cause a downward spiral, making us feel worse and worse.

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Shouts from the Stands: You’re the Only Thing in Your Way

As an age group swimmer, I have gotten many injuries. Just when I aged up into the 13-14 age group, I managed to injure my shoulder at a not too severe level, but it got in the way of my swimming.

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12/14/15 In Briefs: Former Irish Olympian Injured; South Dakota Pool

Get your dose of swim new around the web with this edition of “In Briefs”

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Swimming’s TopTenTweets of the Week: #4 Speedos at a Volleyball Game

#10 Thank you #Indy for an amazing #MutualDuel! (📷: @GettyImages) pic.twitter.com/t2AWsv8ALc — USA Swimming (@USASwimming) December 13, 2015 Duel in…

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Holiday Season – 5 Things Every Swimmer Needs

Holidays are the most wonderful time of year, but we know they can be plenty stressful and expensive, too. Here are five easy-to-find suggestions for the swimmers in your life that won’t bust your budget.

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Exeter City Swimming Club Voices Concerns Over Pool Proposal

Great Britain’s Liam Tancock is somewhat in the center of a heated battle between his home club of Exeter City Swimming and the Exeter City Council.

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Brazil’s ‘Globo’ Secures Olympic Broadcast Rights Through 2032

Globo snags lucrative deal to broadcast Olympics in Brazil through 2032.

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5 things to remember at big meets

While it’s fun to get up and swim fast, it can also be pretty intimidating. Here are five things to remember at any big swim meet.

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After Hamburg Rejection, Crossroads Looming On Olympic Identity

As the IOC considers its 2024 bids beginning next year and eventually selects a host in the year 2017, the future identity of the Olympic movement hangs in the balance.

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South Africa’s Calvyn Justus Is A Man With A Plan (Interview)

South Africa’s Calvyn Justus is steadily moving up the swimming-food-chain and is making his own way both in the pool and out.

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What Retta Claus is Buying Good Swimmers for Christmas

Senior SwimSwam Writer, Retta Race, has transformed into “Retta Claus” to bring you her list of unique gift ideas this season. She and her trusty elf, Archie, have scoured the swimmerverse to bring you the most original Holiday gifts for the significant swimmers in your life.

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35 Reasons You Know You Swam in the 2000’s and 2010’s

#29 – The Lenny Krayzelburg to Aaron Peirsol transition made you simultaneously happy and devastated.

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How Long Does it Take to Create Good Swimming Habits?

You’ve made the decision to change your habits in the pool for the better. Here is how long it will take to make those changes stick.

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12/08/15 In Briefs: Tamsin Cook Award, Aussie OWS Canceled, Grenfell

In Briefs: Tamsin Cook, 2nd from left, has been awarded the Railtrain Junior Sports Star of the Year. The 17-year-old is pictured here with Marguerite Oliver from the Hancock Family Medical Foundation, fellow Australian swimmer Brianna Throssell, and Gina Rinehart.

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