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Swimmers, Parents, Coaches. It’s Been Your Year

Swimmers, coaches, parents, this has been your year and it will be next year as well. You have won every day, you have won it all.

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SwimSwam Pulse: 30% Peg Hansson As Biggest Breakout Performer of SC Worlds

Hansson narrowly edged out Joshua Liendo and Shaine Casas for first place in the tightly contested poll.

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Femke Heemskerk Reflects on Illustrious Career, Post-ISL Retirement

Femke cited a lack of motivation when she was training and realized she’d never felt that way before, which led her to decide to step away from the pool

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Zoe Bartel Goes In-Depth on Mid-Season Retirement, Relationship with Swimming

Bartel goes into detail about her relationship with swimming, starting when she was young and actually tried to quit swimming when she was 16.

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‘Twas the Night Before Christmas (Swimmer’s Edition)

Celebrate the Holidays: SwimSwam style with a swimmer’s take on the classic Charles Dickens poem “Twas the Night Before Christmas”.

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SwimSwam Pulse: 48% Think Dahlia Has Best Shot To Rebound and Make 2022 Worlds

Nearly half of voters believe Kelsi Dahlia has the best chance of qualifying for the 2022 Worlds team among 2016 Olympians that missed the Tokyo squad.

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How to Get The Olympic Year In Review SwimSwam Magazine

The 2021 Olympic Year In Review is coming in at nearly one pound. 7-time Olympic champion Caeleb Dressel is our cover…

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Swimming’s TopTenTweets: A Week Of Fast Swimming And Awards In Review

We’re back this week with swimming’s TopTenTweets presented by Arena, where we round up the best of the swimming Twitterverse.

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The Newest Golden Bear: Quinn From Team IMPACT Joins The Cal Women’s Swim Team

Quinn, who was diagnosed with leukemia in 2019, is a 6-year-old from Northern California who loves to swim, surf and scooter.

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Taylor Ruck Opens Up On Eating Disorder That’s Plagued Career In Recent Years

Canadian Olympian Taylor Ruck reveals the issues she’s had with an eating disorder in recent years in an interview with Canadian paper The Globe and Mail.

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Practice + Pancakes: A Day in the Life at the W Hotel in Abu Dhabi

I take you through a day in the life of what staying here is like, from the extravagant 9th floor pool deck to the enormous breakfast buffet. 

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SwimSwam Pulse: 56% Think King Shouldn’t Have Been DQed In ISL Final

Voters are conflicted on whether or not the Cali Condors should’ve been disqualified in the women’s 400 medley relay during the ISL Final.

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Thoracic Outlet Syndrome

A look into a swimmer’s experience with thoracic outlet syndrome and how it can be handled.

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The Community of CUMSD: The Unparalleled Beauty of a Close Swim Team

A swimmer’s journey to rekindling his love for the sport by joining a college team as a walk-on and discovering a true brotherhood and community there.

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Katie Ledecky on Move to Gainesville and Training at the University of Florida

SwimSwam caught up with Katie Ledecky to talk about her recent move to Gainesville to train with Coach Anthony Nesty at the University of Florida.

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