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5 Men’s Races To Watch At Swimming’s 2019 U.S. Open

Ryan Lochte is chasing a 5th Olympic team, Chase Kalisz a bounce-back year, and Carson Foster a place among the top senior IMers in one of our races to watch.

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5 Women’s Races To Watch At Swimming’s 2019 U.S. Open

12 of last year’s top 13 Americans are entered in the 400 IM this week in Atlanta. That includes 17-year-old national champ Emma Weyant & star Katie Ledecky.

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Going To Glasgow: Russians In Line For Potential Sweep of Men’s Butterfly

A strong Russian squad, led by Oleg Kostin, Aleksandr Popkov, and Alexander Kudashev are all threats to win gold in the men’s butterfly events.

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Typhoon Wreaks Havoc On SEA Games Venues In The Philippines

A typhoon wreaked havoc across the Philippines, the host nation of this year’s SEA Games. Several sporting events were postponed as a result.

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Going To Glasgow: Rapsys & Romanchuk Look To Shut Down Italians

2019 World Championships silver medalist Mykhailo Romanchuk will look to deny Gregorio Paltrinieri of Italy the 1500m gold in Glasgow.

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Elizabeth Beisel on Survivor, Episode 10: A Play-Or-Eat Gamble

Her two best allies were voted out back-to-back in a twisty double tribal last episode. Elizabeth Beisel now has to regain her footing in the game.

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Mixed Relays Eliminated from 2022 Youth Olympics Swimming Program

Kristof Milak springboarded from a 3-gold medal performance at the 2018 Youth Olympics to a World Record in the summer of 2019 in the 200 fly.

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Stars Preview Their Meets in Glasgow Ahead of 2019 Euros

Florent Manaudou, Siobhan O’Connor, Gregorio Paltrinieri and Kliment Kolesnikov spoke to the media ahead of the start of short course Euros this week.

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Going To Glasgow: Morozov’s Path To Sprint Gold Goes Through Manaudou & Grinev

Russia’s Vlad Morozov is coming off earning the World Cup Series title for the men, but will he have what it takes to continue the winning trend in Glasgow?

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Going To Glasgow: Litchfield May Lead British Surge In Men’s IM Events

Olympic finalist Max Litchfield is descending upon Tollcross International Swimming Centre in Glasgow to make a run at the men’s IM events.

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Mallory Comerford Signs with Arena

14-time World Champion (7 in long course, 7 in short course, all relays) Mallory Comerford has signed her first major suit…

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Rutgers Set To Host Annual Invitational

The Rutgers women’s swimming and diving hosts the annual Rutgers Invitational at the Rutgers Aquatics Center beginning on Wednesday, Dec. 4.

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Olympiacos Grabs a Point in Barceloneta, Jug Downs Szolnok

Despite being three goals down, Olympiacos managed to save the big game against Barceloneta to a tie to keep its top ranking.

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Mia Thatcher Sends Verbal to SCAD; Will Join Her Brother Joel Next Fall

In addition to being a stellar swimming recruit, Mia Thatcher is an accomplished artist. She drew her commitment announcement to SCAD.

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Beyond the Pancakes: Braden Holloway on NC State Recruiting

When SwimSwam was in Raleigh shooting Practice + Pancakes with NC State, we also sat down with Braden Holloway to speak about recruiting at the college level

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