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SwimSwam Pulse: 55% Favor Ledecky Over Hosszu Through 2 Days

More than half of voters picked Katie Ledecky as the early female swimmer of the meet choice.

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NCAA Update: College Stars Play Key Roles, Earn 800 Free Relay Medals

Texas Longhorn Townley Haas was one of seven NCAA swimmers who earned medals in the 4×200 freestyle relays earlier this week in Rio.

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JUEGOS OLÍMPICOS RÍO 2016: FINALES DÍA 5

JUEGOS OLÍMPICOS RÍO 2016 Rio de Janeiro, Brasil Natación: Agosto6-13 Estadio Olímpico Acuático, Parque Olímpico de Barra, Río de Janeiro…

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Weir Baffled By Coaches Relay Decision: ‘I can’t make any sense of it’

Amanda Weir was shocked with the decision made by the American coaches to leave her off the women’s 400 free relay.

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Uxbridge Swim Club Hires Mischa Sommerville

Uxbridge Swim Club hires new head coach.

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Natalie Coughlin Questions U.S. Relay Selection Decision

American swimmer Natalie Coughlin, a 12-time Olympic medalist who missed qualifying for the Rio 2016 Olympic Games, says she was surprised…

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Lochte and Phelps: On 12 years of brilliant rivalry and friendship

The rivalry between Michael Phelps and Ryan Lochte, an era that ends with tonight’s 200 IM final, is a beautiful example of the unique dynamic of what we call “swim friends.”

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Day 6 Prelims Preview: Manaudou’s Time To Shine In Men’s 50 Free

Florent Manaudou finally gets his opportunity to shine individually here in Rio with the men’s 50 free getting underway today.

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2016 Rio Olympic Games: Day Five Finals Live Recap

Swimming’s blue ribbon event will give way to a Aussie-American duel with a Canadian somewhere in the middle. Kyle Chalmers and Cameron McEvoy of Australia will be trying to take down both Nathan Adrian and Caeleb Dressel of the United States.

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Why Cool Down Exercises and Recovery are So Important for Swimmers

Part of a total performance swimming plan is recovery and the cool down exercises that you do after working out. Let’s focus on a few reasons why this step is critical to maintaining optimal performance.

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Shouts From the Stands: Nothing’s Changed

Jennie Mack explains how nothing has changed from Rio 1990, to Rio 2016 – as shown in the above picture of the diving competition pool that has turned green.

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Honoring Seven Baltimore Paralympians That Will Compete in Rio

Seven Baltimore Paralympians who will represent Team USA in Rio in September are being honored by the Mayor.

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Dwyer/Haas Full Press Conference post 800 Free Relay (Video)

The most dominant swim of Olympic night four was a classic.

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Relay Roundup: Women’s 4×200 Freestyle Relay Split Breakdown

The U.S. women reversed their fortunes to top Australia in the 4×200 freestyle relay last night.

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TritonWear Race Analysis: 2016 Olympics Men’s 100 Freestyle

TritonWear brings you the 2016 Summer Games with daily in-depth race analysis of every final.

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