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11 Gold Medalists from 2021 Short Course Worlds Won’t Try to Defend Titles in 2022

Shaine Casas will be representing the US at SC Worlds, but won’t be defending his title in the men’s 100 backstroke.

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US Open, Minnesota Invite, Winter Jrs, AND SC World Champs | SWIMSWAM BREAKDOWN

We dissect the US Open and Minnesota Invite as well as preview the upcoming Winter Jr Champs East/West and Short Course World Championships

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Cate Campbell Details Menstrual-Related Health Scare That Nearly Ended Her Career

“It’s so important to talk about female health and talk about the things that we have to go through and how that impacts us,” says Aussie Cate Campbell.

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Nathalia Almeida Wrangles Up Double Gold On Night 1 Of Brazilian Summer Championships

2020 Olympian Nathalia Almeida led the first night of the 2022 Brazilian Summer Championships by taking the women’s 200m free and 400m IM events.

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Li Bingjie, Zhang Yufei Head Up Chinese Roster For Melbourne

Li Bingjie, who clocked a new 400 freestyle World Record earlier this season, will lead the Chinese roster for the FINA Short Course World Championships.

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2022 Short Course Worlds Picks And Previews: Women’s Breaststroke

Showdowns consisting of swimmers like Ruta Meilutyte, Lilly King, and Kate Douglass are impending for the women’s breaststroke races at short course worlds.

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2022 Short Course World Championships: Official SwimSwam Preview Index

Australian Emma McKeon is part of a star-studded roster for the host Australians at the 2022 World Short Course Championships. How many medals will she win?

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Israel’s First Olympic Swimmer Nachum Buch Dies at 89

Israel’s first Olympian and pioneer in Jewish swimming, Nachum Buch, died on November 7th in Melbourne, Australia, at 89.

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Andreea Dragoi on Balancing Swimming & Beauty Pageants, Growing Up with David Popovici

Dragoi started modeling in Romania but it was only in the US, once she moved to San Jose to study and swim, that she took on beauty pageants.

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Which Female Swimmer Has the Fastest 4-Stroke 800 Meter IM Add-Up?

Canadian teen sensation Summer McIntosh sparked an interesting question after further-flexing her wide-ranging versatility at last weekend’s U.S. Open.

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Entry Lists For 2022 Short Course World Championships Released

Triple Olympic gold medalist and 2022 world champion Kaylee McKeown is set to race the women’s 50, 100 and 200 backstroke, plus the 200 IM, in Melbourne.

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Yusra Mardini Discusses #1 Netflix Movie “The Swimmers” About Her Life as a Refugee

Mardini and her sister, Sara, are the subjects of the #1 Netflix movie “The Swimmers”, which tells the story of the two crossing the Agean Sea

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Do You Love Swimming? See 4,006 Swim Jobs You Might Love

If you don’t like the career you’re in, you might want to work in the swimming! Go here to see 4,006 Swim Jobs.

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Kamminga’s Back In Business With 58.90 100 Breaststroke

After having taken the bulk of the fall off due to dealing with a series of illnesses, Dutch breaststroking ace Arno Kamminga proved he is on the mend.

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Tes Schouten Adds 100 Breaststroke Dutch Record To Rotterdam Resumé

21-year-old Tes Schouten added another Dutch national record to her Rotterdam Qualification Meet resume, building on her 200m performance from earlier.

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