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The Olympics That Would Have Been: Post-Meet Medal Table Analysis

The United States’ 29 gold medals were it’s most since 1984, while 19 total medals for Australia almost equalled its 2012 and 2016 numbers combined.

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SwimSwam Podcast: Ous Mellouli on Winning 15 Gold Medals, $150K at 1 Meet

We dove deep into a piece of trivia you may not know about: Mellouli’s performance at the inaugural Pan Arab Games in 2011.

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Joshua Edwards-Smith Grabs 5 Golds At West Aussie Qualifier

West Australia’s competition calendar got underway last week with emerging age group swimmers taking to the HBF Stadium pool.

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Daiya Seto Casually Posts 54.6 SCM 100 IM In 3-Lane Pool

World champion and Olympic medalist Daiya Seto of Japan posted a video of an official, yet speedy race today, August 3rd.

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See 2423 New Swim Jobs You Might Love

If you don’t like the career you’re in, you might want to work in the swimming community and be a part of our swimming family! Go here to see 2823 Swim Jobs.

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Rebounding From Cancellation, 2021 Mare Nostrum Tour Dates Revealed

New dates for the three-meet 2021 Mare Nostrum Tour have been announced, with the host cities looking to move on after the 2020 edition was cancelled.

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Irish Medley Relay Blows Away National Record In Unofficial Trial

Get hyped on this Monday by watching a speedy foursome of Irish swimmers throw down their nation’s fastest 200m medley relay.

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Tokyo Sees Record Coronavirus Cases 1 Year Out from Rescheduled Olympics

Tokyo, and the whole country of Japan, is seeing a rise in new coronavirus cases a year out from the rescheduled Olympic Games.

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SwimSwam Podcast: Felix Aubock on 4-Nations Meet, Training Better Than Ever

Aubock mentions that he’s training with their high-performance group, and he’s doing things in practice that he’s never done before.

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The First Olympic Pool in the Maldives Is Under Construction

By the end of this year, Maldives will have their first Olympic-sized swimming pool in Malé. Most of the country’s current training facilities are floating…

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Rio Shirai Makes Her Presence Known At Hyogo Prefectural C’ships

19-year-old Rio Shirai made some waves over the weekend, competing at the Hyogo Prefectural Championships, one of several taking place in Japan.

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Pammer Nears Austrian 100 Free Record While Gigler Takes 2 In Graz

Heiko Gigler grabbed two golds so far at the Austrian National Championships over the weekend, with more swims to come from Graz.

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Watch Sun Jiajun Become China’s 3rd Fastest 100 Breast Swimmer Ever

Watch 2018 Youth Olympic Games gold medalist Sun Jiajun hit a lifetime best in the men’s 100m breast at this week’s Chinese national team test meet.

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Race Video: Yang Junxuan’s 1:55.53 200 Free Victory At Chinese Test Meet

The speedy outings at this week’s Chinese test mete may just be a preview of what’s to come from the likes of Yang Junxuan.

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Watch Zhang Yufei’s 56.47 100 Fly Lifetime Best

Check out what a 56.47 100m fly looks like, courtesy of 22-year-old Chinese swimmer Zhang Yufei. She crushed that PB competing in time trials.

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