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Ana Marcela Cunha Named Brazilian Athlete of the Year By COB

25km open water World Champion Ana Marcela Cunha has been named Brazil’s female Athlete of the Year by the Brazilian Olympic Committee.

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2015 Swammy Awards: National Development Award – Singapore

Our National Development Swammy is for a nation that exceeded expectations in the year 2015 or broke through to new heights over the previous year. Singapore fits very firmly in both categories, with the new ground broken being the nation’s first-ever World Championships medal.

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2015 Swammy Awards: Viral Video of the Year – Louisville Airport Training

For most swimmers, the plane ride home from competition is a chance to relax, recover and get ready for the next practice. But some teams just refuse to leave the training grind – even while stuck in an airport.

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How to do a Perfect Backstroke Start – Video

World Champion Junya Koga shows us both the incorrect and correct feet positioning while Gary Hall Sr. explains why correct feet positioning matters in the start, launch and entry.

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Former Paralympic Swimmer Lands ESPN Gig

American Paralympic swimmer Victoria Arlen is changing gears and heading to the ESPN network beginning in January. Arlen, who earned four Paralympic…

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2015 Swammy Awards: Missy Franklin, NCAA Female Swimmer of the Year

Check out all of our 2015 Swammy Awards here. 2015 NCAA Female Swimmer of the Year Missy Franklin Missy Franklin had always targeted…

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2015 Swammy Awards: Will Licon, NCAA Male Swimmer of the Year

It’s not often we see an American record holder upset in their primary event at the NCAA Championships. It’s even less common that we see two different American records holders take the fall. But in 2015, Will Licon managed to take down a pair of them all by himself.

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The 5 Best Things About Christmas For A Swimmer

For swimmers, Christmas has an extra special meaning, especially after a hard year of racing and training. Here’s 5 reasons why…

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Florent Manaudou Commits to the 50-100 Double

Following his world-leading 47.98 in the 100m free at the Christmas meet in Nîmes over the weekend, Marseille’s Florent Manaudou confirmed he will be attempting the 50-100 free double at the 2016 French Olympic Trials in Montpellier.

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Florida Coaching Legend June Woolger Passes Away

June Woolger, a longtime coach in the state of Florida, has passed away. She was 80 years old. Woolger was…

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2015 Swammy Awards: Katie Ledecky, U.S. Female Swimmer of the Year

Katie Ledecky collected an incredible 5 gold medals at the World Championships in Kazan.

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How the Coach Stole Christmas

‘Twas the night before training camp and all through the pool, swam little swimmers in Speedos looking cool. While coaches schemed and plotted with maligned crooked grins, yelling “get out your paddles, your buoys and fins!”

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2015 Swammy Awards: Michael Phelps, U.S. Male Swimmer of the Year

Phelps’ post-race emotion was something we hadn’t seen from him in 6 years

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Cal Commit ‘Aukai Lileikis Wins 13 Events at Hawaiian Age Group Champs

National Junior Team swimmer ‘aukai Lileikis dominated his final short course Hawaiian Age Group Championship meet last weekend by picking up…

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Former Virginia High School State Champion Passes Away

Former Dominion High School swimmer, John Paul (“JP”) Popovich passed away in his sleep on December 18th.

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