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5 THINGS TO WATCH FOR: Day 1 Finals at 2014 World Short Course Championships

The men’s 100 fly semi-finals, with Ryan Lochte (above), Chad le Clos, and Kosuke Hagino, among others, should be an exciting affair.

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3 Proven Ways to Develop and Support Motivation

How do we move from wanting or desiring to reach a goal to taking action in order to get it? In other words, what are the best ways for us to motivate ourselves, or to motivate others?

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Short Course World Championships Day One Prelims Live Recap

Chad Le Clos’s battle with the United States’ Tom Shields in the 100 fly will be one of many races to look out for on Day 1 of the Short Course World Championships.

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Around the federations: Denmark, Germany, Great Britain gear up for Doha Worlds

Hear from some National Team Directors about their federation’s goals and preparation for the Short Course World Championships.

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Coughlin, Leverenz, Grevers, And Godsoe Selected As SC World Championship Team Captains

This afternoon USA Swimming announced that the World Championship Team in Doha selected their team captains for the meet. Natalie…

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Testing the Pebble Watch on Swim.com

One of the newest innovations in swim training are swim watches. A few years ago you could only use a Garmin to monitor your open water swimming, but now there are several swim watches that will record data while you swim in a pool.

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Watch 2024 Washington DC Olympic Bid Promotional Video

Washington DC is one of four cities vying to be the American bidder for the 2024 Summer Olympic Games, along with Los Angeles, San Francisco, and Boston.

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Shallow Water Blackout: The Quiet Killer – The Facts

In most swimming pool or non-diving situations when the victim’s medical history is irrelevant, blackouts occur due to prior hyperventilation, followed immediately by rapid, repetitive breath-holding.

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Blog do Coach: FINA Approves 10PM Finals Schedule for Rio 2016 Olympics

Above: Unrelated picture of Missy Franklin from this summer’s Pan Pac Championships.

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Australia Shuts Out Gold Medalist Sun Yang

Swimming Australia’s High Performance Director, Michael Scott, announced that Chinese swimmer, Sun Yang, is “no longer welcome in Australia.”

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Hangzhou, China to Host 2018 World Short Course Swimming Championships

Hangzhou, China, known for its natural beauty, has been selected to host the 2018 World Short Course Swimming Championships.

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SwimLabs – Where Entrepreneurship and Swimming Collide

Over 400,000 people are registered with USA Swimming, and tens of millions of take swim lessons every year. Why not use this growth and combine it with your entrepreneurial spirit?

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Olympic Star Michael Phelps Is Out Of Rehab

Olympic icon Michael Phelps is out of rehab reports TMZ Sports. After Phelps second DUI arrest, he entered a treatment…

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4 Reasons To Give The BridgeAthletic Gift Package This Holiday Season

To give your loved one a Bridge training program this coming season/year, visit their site here and use the promo code CYBERMONDAY.

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2014 FINA Women’s Water Polo Player Of The Year Maggie Steffens

For the second time in three years USA Women’s Senior National Team athlete Maggie Steffens has been named the FINA Women’s Water Polo Athlete of the Year.

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