Lifestyle

SwimSwam’s Top 100 For 2025: Men’s #90-81

After winning an upset SC world title in the 200 breast in 2024, Carles Coll Marti will aim to take the next step in the long course pool in 2025.

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SwimSwam’s Top 100 For 2025: Women’s #80-71

Airi Mitsui tops this portion of the list, coming in at #71 on our Top 100 rankings for 2025 for her 200 fly speed and world ranking.

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Your First Open Water Race: What to Expect

We all feel pre-race jitters and discomfort when we hit the open water. SwimTrek shares advice on what to expect and how to make friends with the starter gun.

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Olympic Swimmer Klete Keller Among More Than 1,500 Pardoned for January 6 Insurrection

Klete Keller stood out above the crowd in the U.S. Capitol on January 6, 2021, wearing his Team USA jacket. He was released from probation by President Donald Trump.

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Swimming Gave Me Everything — Now, It’s Time to Fight for Its Future

A call-to-action as college swimming & diving faces strict roster limits set to be implemented in the pending settlement of the House v. NCAA case.

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Aussie Olympic Champion Shayna Jack Joins “I’m A Celebrity…Get Me Out Of Here!”

26-year-old Shayna Jack of Australia has joined this season’s cast of the reality TV show, “I’m a Celebrity…Get Me Out of Here!”

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Legendary swimming photographer Heinz Kluetmeier passes away

Heinz Kluetmeier, the only photographer to be inducted into the International Swimming Hall of Fame, passed away this week.

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Bloodied By Cam Newton, Nathan Adrian Exits Special Forces Reality Series

36-year-old Nathan Adrian may not be racing in a pool but the father of two is still competing, recently sparring with former NFL quarterback Cam Newton.

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Beyond The Lane Lines: LA2028 Olympic Venues Hit by Wildfires So Far

American Olympic champion Gary Hall, Jr. speaks out about the Palisades fire’s impact on Los Angeles’ ability to host the 2028 Olympic Games.

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SwimSwam’s Top 100 For 2025: Women’s #100-91

Helena Rosendahl Back breaks onto the list of Top 100 women for 2025 after earning gold at the Euro Championships and silver at 2024 LC Worlds in the 200 fly.

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SwimSwam Pulse: 40.6% Pick Rio Olympic Success As Hosszu’s Biggest Achievement

Hosszu’s career at the top of the sport spanned two decades, but her defining moment came over the course of one week in August 2016 at the Rio Olympics.

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We Must Save Ourselves’: Track Coach’s Inspiring Speech Resonates Deeply in Swimming

Track and Cross Country Coach Sam Seemes gave a speech last month about the state of the sport, and the things he said ring just as true in swimming.

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Reviewing SwimSwam’s Top 100 For 2024

Tomoyuki Matsushita (left) was unranked last year but won silver in the 400 IM in Paris, while Leon Marchand (center) backed up is #1 ranking with four golds.

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Mount Horeb Freshman Competes Solo at Sauk Prairie Dual Meet

Gavin Beglinger, a freshman at Mount Horeb High School, competed by himself against Sauk Prairie, who greeted him with cheers and open arms.

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14x World Champion Olivia Smoliga Launches ‘In Depth Swim Academy’ (PODCAST)

Though Smoliga has been out of the pool, she’s still had chlorine on her mind as she announces her brainchild, In Depth Swim Academy

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