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LeBron James Named AP Athlete of Year Over Phelps

For the second time in two days, an American swimmer has finished second in the Associated Press’s Athlete of the Year voting, with Michael Phelps falling 8 votes shy of basketballer Lebron James.

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Phelps, Hosszu, Ledecky, Sjostrom Up For AIPS Awards

A quartet of swimmers are up for the AIPS Male and Female Athletes of the Year awards as given out by the International Sports Press Association.

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2016 Swammy Awards: Africa Male Swimmer Of The Year – Video

With 2 Olympic silver medals from Rio and a short course world record, Chad Le Clos is your African Male Swimmer of the Year Swammy Award winner.

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Legendary Minnesota Coach, Swimmer Tim Daly Passes From Cancer

Former Minnesota swimming standout and longtime swim coach Tim Daly passed away on Christmas Eve. Daly was 58.

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Comparing D3 Powerhouse Emory to D1 Teams

The Emory women are big favorites to continue their dominance of Division 3 this year (they’ve won 7 straight national…

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2016 Swammy Awards: Africa Female Swimmer of the Year Farida Osman

Egyptian swimming has been on a roll over the past Olympic quad, and it culminates in back-to-back Africa Female Swimmer of the Year Swammy Awards for Farida Osman.

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2016 Swammy Awards: NCAA Women’s Coach of the Year

To see all of our 2016 Swammy Awards presented by TYR, click here 2016 NCAA WOMEN’S COACH OF THE YEAR: JACK BAUERLE, University…

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British Swimming’s Alexei Evangulov Excited For Future

The past 12 months has seen British Diving make history yet National Performance Director Alexei Evangulov believes the sport can…

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Simone Biles Wins AP Female Athlete of the Year Over Ledecky

A battle of young Olympic stars came down to just 11 votes, with gymnast Simone Biles eking out the Associated Press’s Athlete of the Year award over Katie Ledecky.

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2016 Swammy Awards: Caribbean/Central Am. Female Swimmer of the Year

To see all of our 2016 Swammy Awards presented by TYR, click here 2016 CARIBBEAN/CENTRAL AMERICAN FEMALE SWIMMER OF THE YEAR: ALIA…

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17 New Years Resolutions for Swimmers

Struggling to figure out what kind of New Years Resolutions you want to set yourself next year? Here are 17 resolutions for swimmers to help you get started.

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Arteta, Deferrari, Ceballos, Kobrich, Bardach Triple At ARG Champs

Andy Arteta, Nico Deferrari, Macarena Ceballos, Kristel Kobrich and Virginia Bardach each won three events to highlight Argentina’s national championship meet.

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The Best Underwater Swimming Photos of 2016

2016 was a great year in our sport with amazing imagery. We sat down with swimming photographer Mike Lewis and…

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Swimming Canada’s Stat-Based Talent ID System Predicted Oleksiak

Penny Oleksiak was identified as a potential podium earner when she was just 14 years old.

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Exclusive: Brazilian Matheus Santana Makes Move To SwimMAC Elite

One of Brazil’s young sprint stars, Matheus Santana of 2014 Youth Olympic Games fame, is headed to Charlotte to train under 2016 U.S. Olympic Women’s Head Coach David Marsh.

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