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Day 4 Finals Preview: Phelps & Le Clos Set For Epic Battle In 200 Fly

Michael Phelps and Chad Le Clos will do battle tonight in what could be the race of the Games.

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2016 Rio Olympic Games: Day Three Finals Live Recap

The heated grudge-match between Lilly King and Yulia Efimova will take place last night.

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2016 Olympics: Day 3 Finals Photo Vault

Thanks to Simone Castrovillari for these Olympic swimming photos.

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2016 Rio Olympic Games: Day Three Prelims Live Recap

Michael Phelps will be competing in the heats of the men’s 200m butterfly shortly after where he’s not exactly the favorite. It looks to be a three man race right now between Phelps and his two rivals: Chad le Clos of South Africa and Laszlo Cseh of Hungary. Both have said their fair share of talk about Phelps making this one of the most anticipated races of the games.

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Alexandra Wenk im Halbfinale über 200 m Lagen

Olympische Spiele 2016 Rio Rio de Janeiro, Brasilien Schwimmen: 6. bis 13. August Olympic Aquatics Stadium, Barra Olympic Park, Rio…

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Day 3 Prelims Preview: Phelps To Debut Individually In 200 Fly Heats

Michael Phelps will make his individual debut in Rio this morning in the 200 fly heats.

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She Does It Again: Ledecky Smashes WR With 3:56.46 In 400 Free

Katie Ledecky’s campaign for 2016 Olympic dominance has started out perfect – just like Ledecky in individual international finals.

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2016 Rio Olympic Games: Day 1 Finals Preview

Hungary’s Katinka Hosszu will look for her first Olympic medal tonight after narrowly missing the wolrd record this morning in the women’s 400 IM.

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22 Swimmers To Bear Their Nations Flag at the Opening Ceremonies

22 swimmers will bear the flag at the 2016 Opening Ceremonies.

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Rio 2016 Olympic Previews: Opposites Collide In Women’s 4×100 Medley Relay

After missing the podium in this race at the 2015 FINA World Championshps, the defending Olympic champions from Team USA will be pushed hard by the Australian in their attempt at 400 medley relay redemption in Rio.

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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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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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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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2016 Rio Olympics Preview: American Women on WR Hunt in 800 Free Relay

The American quartet will be chasing gold as well as the Chinese World Record of 7:42.08.

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