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The 5 Quintessential Swimming Storylines For the 2016 Rio Olympics

Has Olympic fever hit yet? Check out this guide to catch up on the 5 biggest stories you need to know to follow all the Olympic swimming action from Rio 2016, beginning Saturday morning.

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The Official SwimSwam Rio 2016 Olympics Preview Schedule

Don’t miss a second of our pre-Olympic coverage with this handy central bookmark post, where we’ll link out to our event-by-event previews as they drop and track our medalist predictions as we make them.

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Dive Into the Records with Barry Revzin

Barry Revzin shares with us the world records progressions over the year, with graphs and explanations.

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Meet the 2016 US Olympic Swim Team: Abbey Weitzeil

Weitzeil is a sprint freestyle specialist and was champion of both the 50 and 100 freestyles at the 2016 US Olympic Trials in Omaha earlier this summer.

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Campbell and Abood Discuss Russia, Time Change, and Swimming at Auburn

While training at Auburn University, an interview was conducted with head coach Jacco Verhaeren, Australian swimming performance manager Wayne Lomas, and…

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Cate Campbell on 100 Free: “Everyone Is the Hunted! I Am the Underdog”

Some of the Australian Olympic swim team members spoke with the press yesterday about the upcoming Olympic Games. Cate Campbell and Matt Abood…

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Rio 2016 Olympic Previews: Australia Chasing WR in Women’s 400 Free Relay

As we head into the 2016 Rio Olympic Games, Australia looks like the team to beat in the women’s 4×100 free relay. This year, the Aussies have 3 women under 53 seconds, with Cate Campbell (52.06), Bronte Campbell (52.58), and Emma McKeon (52.80) sitting 1st, 2nd, and 4th in the World Rankings.

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Michael Bohl Talks Relay Takeovers as Aussies Train at Auburn

The Australian swim team is finding time outside of hard training to relax and strengthen the team dynamic with little time to go before Rio.

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Get To Know Aussie Olympians Outside The Pool (Videos)

Which of their Aussie Olympic teammates is most likely to be a movie star?

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Rio 2016 Olympic Preview: Campbells Look To Go 1-2 In Women’s 100 Free

Newly-minted World Record Holder Cate Campbell of Australia is the one to beat in the women’s 100m freestyle event at the 2016 Olympic Games.

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Cate Campbell’s Surprise Find as World Record Changes Hands

Swimming’s latest world record holder Cate Campbell did a double take when she walked onto the pool deck for her first training session at the University of Auburn.

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Follow the Australian Olympic Swim Team on Twitter and Instagram

Follow the Australian swim team on their social media accounts during their Olympic adventures.

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US Men Lead Top-3 Olympic Seeds, Women Narrowly Edge Aussies

The US men and women both lead the Olympic swimming psych sheets for seeds in the top-3, but Australia isn’t too far behind for second in both.

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Sprint Queen Cate Campbell’s Journey To Rio (Video)

Get a high-level glimpse into what got Cate Campbell this far and what still drives the phenomenal athlete to get up and out of bed every morning.

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U.S. Trials’ Impact On World’s Top 5 In Each Event: Women’s Edition

Katie Ledecky holds two #1 times in the world in Olympic events.

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