Katie Ledecky

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"I just like to swim…fast. I don't think about the distance."

Murphy, Ledecky & King Help Launch USADA’s Virtual Drug-Testing Program

Athletes are trying out a new USADA virtual drug-testing program done at home. Lilly King and Katie Ledecky are among the program’s first participants.

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Katie Ledecky vs Rebecca Adlington, 2012 London Olympic Games

Dive into the data and look closer at one of the fiercest duels in swimming history: Katie Ledecky vs. Rebecca Adlington.

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Cal’s Abbey Weitzeil Wins 2020 Honda Sport Award for Swimming

After setting an American record in the 50 free during the shortened 2019-20 NCAA season, Weitzeil becomes the sixth Cal swimmer to win the award.

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Presenting The Swimmer Version Of Monopoly: SwimOpoly

Jarod Arroyo and Vica Dow have created SwimOpoloy, featuring some of the sport’s best athletes in place of properties.

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When to Watch Swimming on NBC Sports’ Olympic Games Week

The 2-week chunk of retro-Olympic programming will include 2 shows dedicated entirely to 23-time Olympic gold medalist Michael Phelps.

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How to Get The Olympic Perspective Issue With The Caeleb Dressel Gold Cover

The next issue of SwimSwamMAG addresses the COVID-19 impact on the Olympics, and we project how elites will perform in 2021 with an extra year of training.

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Semifinal Shockers: 10 Epic Swims From Semifinals That Inspired Us

Here we count down some of the greatest performances from semifinal races of the last 20-ish years. These races are just as memorable as the finals.

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USC Commit Erica Sullivan Waiting on Coaching Hire Before Confirming NCAA Plans

With both USC head coach Dave Salo’s departure and the Olympic postponement, the rising distance star has some big decisions to make.

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The Oldest (And Most Underrated) World Record: Grant Hackett’s SCM 800 Free

Hackett’s 7:23.42 world record set in July of 2008 is almost six seconds faster than anyone else in history.

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Women’s Recruiting Class Rankings Revisited: Top 12 Schools For 2016-2019

This Stanford class went 3-for-3 in NCAA titles over their collegiate career, but Tennessee’s seniors put up the most points over their three seasons.

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Swimmers Worldwide React To Tokyo 2020 Postponement

In light of the 2020 Olympic postponement, Olympic qualifiers and hopefuls across the globe have taken to Instagram and Twitter to share their thoughts.

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Katie Ledecky Wants To Race The Men: GMM Presented By SwimOutlet.com

Provided coronavirus doesn’t derail the rest of the year, how fast will Katie Ledecky swim this summer at the 2020 Olympic Games?

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Pancake Hot Take: Top 5 Swim(mer)s & Surprises from Des Moines/Pac-12s

This weekend really blew my socks off for a beginning of March, in-season meet. We saw many top times in the world & so many historic, top-10 all-time swims.

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Smith & Murphy Lead PSS As 16 of Top 20 Swims of Season Come In Des Moines

Backstrokers Ryan Murphy and Regan Smith lead the 2020 Pro Swim Series as the Des Moines stop produced 16 of the top 20 swims of the season in FINA points.

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R. Smith, Andrew Lead Des Moines Money Earners, Smith Leads Entire PSS

Regan Smith earned the most prize money of any athlete for a second-consecutive Pro Swim Series stop, and she now leads the entire series in earnings at $13K.

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