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Ask Swim Mom: My Parents Embarrass Me

“Although we want to be supportive and involved, there should be a limit to our involvement if we are negatively impacting our kids.”

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SwimSwam Pulse: 37% Want To See Butterfly Skins Race in ISL Season

Butterfly (37.2%) and breaststroke (26.3%) led our poll, with readers most excited to see multi-round skin races of the short-axis strokes.

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QUIZ: Can You Name Each Member of the 2016 U.S. Olympic Swim Team?

Can you name each member of the 2016 U.S. Olympic swim team? Test your knowledge in our latest and toughest swimming quiz.

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Where’s Waldo Caeleb Dressel?

Take a mid-week break with SwimSwam’s very own take on ‘Where’s Waldo’. Challenge your teammates to this fun, swimmer pic scan.

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NY Breakers Best Cali Condors 51-49 In 2020 ISL Logo Bracket

It was a thriller to wrap up our 2020 International Swimming League logo bracket, with the New York Breakers besting the Cali Condors by just 2% of the votes.

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SwimSwam Podcast: “Professor” Anthony Ervin Teaches the Lessons of Sprinting

Ervin gets into the lessons he’s learned as a sprinter and what it takes to become a successful one on the world’s biggest stage.

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Shouts From The Stands: Numbers

In swimming, everything is measured by numbers. But ultimately they are far from what is most important.

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Jeff Julian Hospitalized With Adenocarcinoma

Rose Bowl Aquatics and Cali Condors coach Jeff Julian revealed in his blog this week that he has been hospitalized with adenocarcinoma.

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Swimming’s TopTenTweets: The 12 Year Old Coming For The Phelps Crown

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

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The Bad Kicker

“We’ve all gone through those kick practices that seem like all you are doing is kicking for your life for the entire time.”

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SwimSwam Pulse: 64% See COVID Impacting ISL Results

Almost two-thirds of voters expect coronavirus cases to have a significant impact on the outcome of this year’s International Swimming League season.

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SwimSwam Podcast: Mike Alexandrov on What Happens After Swimming

After a long and successful career, Alexandrov shares how he moved into his life after swimming in the film titled “Afterlife”. 

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2016 Olympic Gold Medalist Penny Oleksiak Signs With ‘Phelps’ Brand

2016 Olympic gold medalist Penny Oleksiak has signed with the ‘Phelps’ brand – Michael Phelps’ swimwear and swimming product brand.

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Swimming’s TopTenTweets: Featuring Not One, But Two Posts About Nathan Adrian

We’re back with swimming’s TopTenTweets presented by Arena, where we round up the best of the swimming Twitterverse. Featured Instagram Post of the…

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Opinion: William & Mary Leadership Miscalculated What Mattered

Leadership of William & Mary, including athletics director Samantha Huge, miscalculated the sports culture of the school.

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