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Sports Icon Mark Spitz Shares His Wisdom On The Mind Of An Olympic Champion

Mark Spitz shares his 1968 to 1972 journey to becoming the greatest Olympian of all-time. Mark is funny, insightful and full of swimming wisdom.

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How Fast Will Caeleb Dressel Swim At U.S. Olympic Trials?

This is version two of the Dressel Olympic prediction game. My last predictions were way too safe, and commenters heckled me to for being a wimp.

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Olympic Icon Mark Spitz Shares Wisdom Ahead of the 2021 Tokyo Games

In this podcast 9-time Olympic gold medalist Mark Spitz unpacks who he feared, his secret warmup, and what fueled his passion to win.

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Katie Ledecky’s Stanford Olympic Training Camp Is the Secret Sauce

Katie Ledecky clearly has the secret training sauce. This spring she made me look like a wimp. So, we have to play the prediction game again!

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Will Olympic Champion Anthony Ervin Make the 2021 U.S. Olympic Team?

Anthony Ervin, the oldest individual Olympic gold medalist in swimming history, will be competing at U.S. Olympic Trials. Will he make the team?

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Will Olympic Champion Nathan Adrian Make the 2021 U.S. Olympic Team?

Will 5-time Olympic champion Nathan Adrian make the U.S. Olympic Team? It’s a fair question. He’s on the march toward his 4th U.S. Olympic Trials.

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Day In The Life of NBC Sports Voice of Swimming Rowdy Gaines At The Olympics

NBC’s Voice of Swimming, Rowdy Gaines, has the dream job. Who wouldn’t want a front-row-center seat at the Olympics? But what’s it really like?

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Caeleb Dressel Plays Swim Nerd Analyst On The ISCA International Cup

Caeleb Dressel unpacks his ISCA swims, and we play the prediction game. We’ll play again after his Mission Pro Swim appearance as well. Stay tuned.

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How Fast Will Simone Manuel Swim at the 2021 U.S. Olympic Trials?

Simone Manuel swam well at the San Antonio Pro Swim. I think she’s going to sweep the 50-100m free at US Olympic Trials. See my predictions…

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Will Swim Star Michael Andrew Make the 2021 U.S. Olympic Team?

Michael Andrew’s 1:58.05 200 IM in San Antonio is the top time in the United States. Will he make the 2021 U.S. Olympic Team?

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Will Ryan Lochte Make the 2021 U.S. Olympic Team?

Predictions: “I’m bullish on Lochte’s making the Olympic Team. Lochte has 200 IM mastery. But who cares what I think? What do you think?”

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How Fast Will Katie Ledecky Swim at the 2021 U.S. Olympic Trials?

Distance icon Katie Ledecky swam fast at the San Antonio Pro Swim. Now that we’ve seen her in action, how fast will she swim at U.S. Olympic Trials?

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How Fast Will Lilly King Swim at 2021 U.S. Olympic Trials?

Olympic Champion Lilly King crushed her competition over ISL’s second season. How fast will she swim at the 2021 U.S. Olympic Trials?

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Will Swim Star Shaine Casas Make the U.S. Olympic Team?

Shaine Casas is the swimmer to watch. His star is rising fast! Can this Texas A&M standout make the 2021 U.S. Olympic Swimming Team?

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Will Regan Smith Make the 2021 U.S. Olympic Team in These Events?

World champion Regan Smith came off of brutal winter training to win the 100 back, 100m fly, and 200 fly at the San Antonio Pro Swim.

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