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USOC Increases ‘Operation Gold’ Payouts By 25% Beginning in 2017

Katie Ledecky’s 4 golds and 1 silver medal were worth $115,000 in prize money from the USOC in 2016. In 2020, the same haul will be worth $143,750.

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The Two Important Nuances of a Great Kicker

I want to bring your attention to two common, but not widely recognized, problems of the kicking motion that adversely affect kicking speed. Neither is related to propulsion, but both are related to frontal drag.

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Penny Oleksiak Named Canada’s Athlete of the Year

After becoming the first Canadian to win 4 medals in a single Games, and the youngest Canadian to ever win gold, Penny Oleksiak was named as Canada’s best athlete of 2016 on Tuesday.

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USA Water Polo Inks Four-Year Deal with Sports Anaheim

USA Water Polo announced on Monday, in a joint press conference with USA Volleyball and USA Badminton, that it had entered into a four-year agreement with Sports Anaheim.

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Das Jahr 2016 in Bildern – mit Marco Koch

Angefangen beim Euro Meet in Luxemburg 2016 bis hin zu den Kurzbahn-Weltmeisterschaften in Windsor – Marco Koch hat an zahlreichen…

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Weltmeister Marco Koch startet beim Euro Meet 2017 in Luxemburg

2017 EURO MEET 27. bis 29. Januar 2017 D’Coque Aquatic Center in Luxemburg Veranstaltungsseite Start Lists/Results Live Streaming   Neben…

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Michael Phelps’ Under Armour Ad Named Best of the Year 2016

Under Armour ad “Rule Yourself” featuring GOAT Michael Phelps has been named the best of 2016 by Adweek. The agency behind the ad was Drog5, and the director was Martin de Thurah.

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Scoring The NCAA Women’s Teams Based on Midseason Rankings

Per the request of some of our commenters, we’ve gone through and scored out how the NCAA division 1 team battle would go based on the midseason rankings.

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College Swimming Preview: 12/15/2016-12/19/2016

This weekend in college swimming, holiday invitationals are dominating the schedule.

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Koch, Lacourt, Cseh to highlight Euro Meet Luxembourg in January

2017 EURO MEET January 27th-29th, 2017 D’Coque Aquatic Center in Luxembourg Meet Site Start Lists/Results Live Streaming After the confirmation…

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Midland University Signs First Swimmer Ever

The Midland University swimming team has announced Joseph Berrick as the program’s first official recruit. The Lincoln, Nebraska native will…

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Oakland Signs Nine For 2017 Roster

Oakland swimming and diving head coach Pete Hovland announced Tuesday the addition of nine student-athletes during the fall signing period. The men’s…

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Blueseventy Swim of the Week: Le Clos Back On Top At SC Worlds

Disclaimer: BlueSeventy Swim of the Week is not meant to be a conclusive selection of the best overall swim of…

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FGCU Diving Team Heads To Clemson

After fine tuning their craft for the better part of the past month, members of the FGCU diving team will…

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Baerens And Reiswig Earn Mountain West Weekly Swimming Honors

Nevada senior Teresa Baerens is the Mountain West Swimmer of the Week, while San José State junior Cari Reiswig has…

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