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2018 U.S. Nationals Day 4 Finals Preview: It’s Anyone’s Game in the Men’s 400 Free

Defending national champion Zane Grothe leads 5 qualifiers with sub-3:50s in the final of the men’s 400 free.

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2018 U.S. Nationals: Day 4 Prelims Live Recap

Regan Smith and Olympic medalist Kathleen Baker will go up against a stacked 100 back field after tying for the 200 back win.

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2018 British Summer C’ships Day 5: Feisty Freestylers Perform

The penultimate day of the 2018 British Summer Championships brought additional fast swims from the key players making their mark in Sheffield this week. Jack Thorpe topped the podium in the men’s 19+ 50m freestyle, nabbing a new Scottish national record in the process.

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Jay Litherland Speaks Mostly Japanese at Home (Video)

Though the speak english with their Georgia teammates, the Litherland triplets speak almost exclusively in Japanese to their parents

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2017 ACC Champ Ky-Lee Perry Time-Trials Lifetime Best in 50 Free

USA SWIMMING NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIPS – TIME TRIALS July 25th-29th, 2018 Meet Mobile search: “Time Trials -2018 Phillips 66 National Champs,”…

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Spectator Alcohol Sales Flowing Smoothly at 2018 U.S. Nationals

SwimSwam caught up with USA Swimming CMO Matt Farrell to find out how alcohol sales have gone at Nationals.

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2018 U.S. Nationals Day 4: Bethany Galat Scratches 100 Breast A Final

Bethany Galat of Aggie Swim Club, who finished 2nd in the 200 breast on Thursday, scratched the 100 breast final.

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Brooke Forde: “I was not expecting a time like that” (Video)

Forde, who led the race until the final stretch, also put up a big best in 4:35.09. That’s a best by 4 seconds and ranks her #5 in the world

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Regan Smith Lowers Own 100 Back World Junior Record In 59.09

Without even swimming a best time, Regan Smith has broken the World Junior Record in the 100 backstroke.

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Italians Win Double Gold at Open Water Cup in Navia

The Italians, Pasquale Sanzullo and Veronica Santoni, doubled down the titles in the 4th leg of the LEN European Open Water Cup in Navia. What’s more, in the men’s event they did a complete sweep of the medals.

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Two 100 Breast Swim-Offs Lined Up At US Nats Day 4

A pair of swim-offs are set up for the men’s and women’s 100 breaststrokes on day 4 of U.S. Nationals.

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Sixth-Place Emily Weiss Reinstated To 100 Breast Final After DQ

17-year-old Emily Weiss has been reinstated to the women’s 100 breast final after originally being disqualified for multiple dolphin kicks off the start.

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9-Seed Emily Weiss and 18-Seed Emily Escobedo DQed in 100 Breast

A slew of swimmers have been DQed for “multiple dolphin kicks” off the wall in the 100 breast.

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Grieshop: “The energy that the Cal bears have is unmatched” (Video)

Cal’s Sean Grieshop had a breakthrough swim. He hadn’t swum a best time since setting the World Junior Record at 4:14.00 at 2016 Trials

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Katinka Hosszu to Train Under Swiss Coach Árpád Petrov

After training with Dave Salo at USC through the summer until the 2018 European Championships, Hosszu will join Árpád Petrov.

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