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Missy Franklin ranked as #4 Most Marketable Athlete over the next three years

Just a few months into her professional career, Missy Franklin has earned distinction as the world’s 4th-most-marketable athlete in SportsPro’s annual rankings.

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The 8 Most Interesting Long Course U.S. Open Records

Below, we’ve looked at some of the most surprising US Open records in the books, and what they mean historically to the sport of swimming.

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Team Arena Combines for 13 Medals at Arena Pro Swim Series at Charlotte

Tom Shields topped Olympic gold medalists Ryan Lochte and Michael Phelps to win the 100-meter butterfly.Shields posted a time of 52.12 seconds to earn the victory in the 16th-fastest time in the world this year.

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9 things we learned from the 2015 Charlotte Pro Swim Series meet

The fifth stop of the Arena Pro Swim Series wrapped up in Charlotte last weekend. As the dust settles on one of the fastest and deepest Pro Swim Series meets yet, here are 9 big things we learned:

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CoSport, Rio 2016’s Official Ticket Re-Seller For United States, Temporarily Suspends Olympic Ticket Sales

CoSport, the official re-seller of Rio 2016 Olympic tickets for the United States, is temporarily suspending ticket sales due to…

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Construction Begins on Temporary Pools Inside Soccer Stadium for 2015 World Championships

Construction has begun on the temporary pools being installed at the Kazan Arena for the 2015 FINA World Aquatics Championships.

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Emma Reaney Reflects On Her Experience At Notre Dame And Looks Ahead Towards Rio

Emma was unable to compete in Charlotte over the weekend because she was still in South Bend, IN, for Notre Dame’s Commencement weekend.

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Time Lapse: 2015 Arena Pro Swim Series Charlotte

SwimSwam photographer Mike Lewis produced this time lapse video from the 2015 Arena Pro Swim Series Charlotte.

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Star Sprinter Amy Bilquist Forced To Sit Out Of Charlotte Due To Injury

“We are trying to view this not as a set back, but as a perspective change. I can now focus on different parts of my strokes and really focus on my upper body and technique.”

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2015 Arena Pro Swim Charlotte: Watch Katinka Hosszu Break 200 IM US Open Record; All Day 4 Race Videos

Katinka Hosszu won the 200 IM, breaking Julia Smit’s US Open record from 2009 with a time of 2:08.66.

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Records, Stereotypes Fall in LGBTQ Movement

Proud to Play: Where the Gay and Athletic Communities Intersect by Oliver Goodman | [email protected] “Stereotypes are like records,” Jack…

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Katinka Hosszu Sets New US Open Mark in 200 IM

Katinka Hosszu set a new US Open record in the 200 IM as she won her fifth event at the Arena Pro Swim Charlotte on Sunday evening.

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Final Session in Charlotte Highlighted by Lochte Victory, Hosszu Heroics

Ryan Lochte will have two chances on Sunday to earn his first win of the 2015 Arena Pro Swim Series – Charlotte.

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Kirsty Coventry Scratches Final Session of Pro Swim – Charlotte With Back Soreness

SwimMAC Carolina’s Kirsty Coventry has pulled out of the final session of the 2015 Arena Pro Swim Series at Charlotte.

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Arena Pro Swim Series Charlotte – Images from deck

We’re in the final day of the 2015 Arena Pro Swim Series stop in Charlotte, North Carolina and there’s still…

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