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Japan Possibly Following Germany With Anti-Doping Law Legislation

Japan is now considering legislation to criminalize doping in sports.

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5 Ways to Help You Transition from the Athlete Life to Real Life

January marks the beginning of the countdown to taper season. Really, you know your coach is going to wait until the last minute (casual one week taper), but you can’t help but be excited about the prospect.

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Swimmer Makes Forbes ’30 Under 30′ List For Clean Tech Startup

Case Western Reserve University senior Felipe Gomez del Campo knows how to stay busy.

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How can you set nutrition goals that will help you race your best?

With the start of the New Year comes New Year’s resolutions. We like to think of resolutions as goals, and these goals will help you become a better swimmer. Goals give us an edge in 3 ways…

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Seahawks QB Russell Wilson Credits Swimming For NFL Durability

Count Super Bowl-winning quarterback Russell Wilson among the many professional athletes who use swimming as cross-training exercise to improve performance in their primary sport.

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What Was Swimming Like 100 Years Ago?

Let’s take a bit of a break from wondering what 2016 will bring by looking back to what our swimming lives would have been like 100 years ago.

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Michael Andrew To Appear on ESPN’s Outside The Lines

The dynamic duo that is swimmer Michael Andrew and his father/coach Peter Andrew are set to appear on ESPN2’s Outside the Lines on Sunday.

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15 top swimming photos from 2015 – above the surface

There was a lot of excitement in and around pools in 2015.  We’ve been scouring the archives at SwimSwam to…

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A Letter to my Closest Teammate

Swim Friends Definition: 2 aquatic athletes bound by the mutual experience of pain, and the mutual respect for the others perseverance through long swim practices, often in highly chlorinated pools, on nights when their other friends were out at parties.

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8 Strategies For Game Day Swim Coaching Greatness

Pam Swander is the North Region Manager, Senior Division Lead and Senior 1 Lead Coach for SwimMAC Carolina. Her career spans 30+ years. She’s what I call swim-wise. See her “8 Strategies For Game Day Swim Coaching Greatness” here…

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You Finished Swim Practice and You Are Starving

Courtesy of Swimtern Bryana Cielo, a high school swimmer with an opinion shared 15,000+ times on Facebook.

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Dear Swimming, The Best Thing That Ever Happened To Me

“I held onto you because no matter how much you broke me down, you’ve made me so much stronger emotionally, intellectually, and academically. And I wouldn’t trade that strength for anything.”

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Top 15 Underwater Swimming Photos from 2015

It’s that time of year when many of us look back taking stock of the year’s major events. It’s been a…

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Allison Schmitt Adidas Swim Photo Vault

Allison Schmitt models Adidas Swim gear.

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