Barry Revzin

2020 ISL Match 1 – King, Murphy and Sjostrom Sweep MVP Awards (Prize Money)

Cali Condors’ Lilly King dominated the MPV standings in the first match of the 2020 ISL season, scoring 87.5 points.

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Opinion: Current-Chasing Is The Rules Violation No One Is Talking About

Swim fans are a rule-enforcing bunch. For evidence of that look at the comment section of the following topics: doping, para-swimming, breaststroke pullouts.

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Budapest Lane Changes Hold No Explanatory Effect On Speed

It is often the case where studies are concerned that positive results get published but negative results do not.

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A Look At The Stats From Budapest World Championships

Now that the World Championships in Budapest have come to a close, let’s take a look back at the numbers and see what’s interesting.

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Degrees of Dominance (with Peaty, Ledecky, and Sjostrom)

The numbers support what the eye can see: Adam Peaty is historically-dominant in the men’s breaststrokes.

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FINA Should Treat Hosszu As More Than Just Another Swimmer

FINA announced recently that it would cap the number of events each swimmer could enter at a single World Cup stop at four.

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The Top 16 Swimming Stories of 2016

The New Year is upon us! So we at SwimSwam are wrapping up our 2016 Swammy Awards with a look back at the 16 biggest stories of the year 2016.

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FINA: “No Current Detected” in Rio Pool at Any Stage of Competitions

In response to journalism questioning whether swimmers in certain lanes had a boost in performance, FINA has expressed confidence that the Rio 2016 pool was current-free.

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