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In Memoriam: The Stories of the Biggest Moments During Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games

If you’re into more than just the numbers, here’s a narrative-style rundown of the most electric moments of the Tokyo Olympic Games as they happened.

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SwimSwam Tokyo Olympics Awards: Dressel and McKeon Swimmers of the Meet

Caeleb Dressel and Emma McKeon are the most decorated athletes at the Tokyo Olympic Games. Dressel earned 5 golds and McKeon earned 4 golds and 3 bronzes.

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Olympic Gold Medalist Zach Apple Throws Out First Pitch at Cincinnati Reds Game

Two-time Olympic gold medalist Zach Apple threw out the ceremonial first pitch at the Cincinnati Reds game Tuesday night at Great American Ballpark.

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How Did We Do? Reviewing Our Hits (And Misses) Of The Olympic Pick ’em Contest

SwimSwam’s official selections ended up placing tied for 24th in the Olympic Pick ’em Contest, while editor-in-chief Braden Keith tied for fourth.

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Katie Ledecky to Ring the NYSE Closing Bell Today

The stop is Ledecky’s latest in media tour of New York City this week.

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Katie Ledecky Talks GOAT Status, Tokyo 2020 in Appearance on The Tonight Show

Katie Ledecky is coming off a historic Olympics, even by her standards.

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Stanford Leads The Tokyo 2020 Medal Count By NCAA Program

The past, present, and future women of Stanford swimming collected a total of 7 medals in swimming at the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games.

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Watch All of Katie Ledecky Race Video from the 2020 Tokyo Olympics

Katie Ledecky became the first-ever women’s 1500m free Olympic champion. She won gold in the race at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics.

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Watch: All of the American Gold Medal Videos from the 2020 Tokyo Olympics

Team USA brought home 11 gold medals at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics. Watch the victory videos here.

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Watch All the Olympic Record Swims from the 2020 Tokyo Olympics

Watch as Kristof Milak, Ragen Smith, Zac Stubblety-Cook, Zhang Yufei, and many others break Olympic Records at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics.

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Breakout Names from the 2016 U.S. Open That Became Tokyo 2020 Olympians

The 2016 U.S. Open was held right before the Rio 2016 Olympics for swimmers that *just* missed the team. Some standout names from that meet are now Olympians.

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Olympic Results Digest: All The Medalists & Records Set In The Pool In Tokyo

Everything you need for a quick refresher on what went down over eight days of swimming in Tokyo’s Olympic Aquatics Centre.

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Swimming’s TopTenTweets: Important Message From Summer Finke

We’re back this week with swimming’s TopTenTweets presented by Arena, where we round up the best of the swimming Twitterverse.

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Emma McKeon Leads All #Tokyo2020 Olympic Swimming Individual Medalists

Emma McKeon leads all Tokyo 2020 Olympic swimming medalists with 7 medals, 4 gold and 3 bronze. Caeleb Dressel had the most golds with five.

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Evaluating Team USA’s Performance in Swimming at the Tokyo 2020 Olympics

An American gold medal and World Record in the final men’s 400 medley relay helped heal a lot of wounds from earlier in the meet.

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