Mark Spitz

Swimmers Who Have Set The Most World Records In A Single World Championships

Lilly King was on fire in 2017, setting four world records at the World Championships in Budapest.

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With 5th World Championships Berth, Ledecky and Kalisz Join Exclusive List

Chase Kalisz and Katie Ledecky were selected to compete at their fifth World Championships later this summer, joining 13 Americans on an exclusive list.

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Has American Age Group Swimming Power Shifted East?

TAC Titans’ star Claire Curzan is one of a slew of USA Swimming stars that developed on the eastern seaboard and should make noise in Budapest next month.

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Brendan Burns Pulls Off Huge Upset, First Hoosier Since 1973 To Win 200 Fly

Despite the fact that only 2 out of 713 people picked him to win the event in Pick’ems, Burns won the 200 fly with a new best time of time of 1:38.71.

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Alex Walsh and Kate Douglass: The Most Dominant Duo In NCAA History?

Douglass and Walsh both went three-for-three in individual events at NCAAs this year, a feat that has only happened three times in history between teammates.

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Kate Douglass Is First To Win Individual NCAA Titles In Three Different Strokes

Douglass is the first swimmer, man or woman, to win individual events across three different strokes, not factoring n individual medley races.

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Swimmers With The Most World Records Set In One Calendar Year

Michael Phelps set a total of nine world records in 2008, including seven at the Beijing Olympics. But he’s not the swimmer with the most WRs set in one year.

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2021 Swammy Awards: Todd DeSorbo wins US Coach of the Year Honors

Virginia head coach Todd DeSorbo is the 2021 Swammy US Coach of the Year, having won Women’s NCAA championship and coaching multiple Olympic medalists.

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Caeleb Dressel Named Sports Illustrated Athlete of the Year

Dressel competed in 6 events in Tokyo, 3 individual and 3 relays, winning 5 Gold medals, and breaking 4 Olympic Records, as well as 2 World Records.

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Michael Phelps’ 30 Olympic Finals Scored with ISL Rules

What if Michael Phelps swam in the ISL? Even if we never see it, we can apply ISL rules to Phelps’s Olympic races and see how things turn out.

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CSU Sacramento to Host Olympic Swimming Forum on Transition to “Civilian Life”

7-time Olympic gold medalist Mark Spitz (above) is one of five panelists alongside other big names Summer Sanders, Mike Burton, Jeff Float and Debbie Meyer.

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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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The Five Best Swimming Stats From The Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games

Caeleb Dressel was one of the history-makers at the Tokyo 2020 Olympics, joining rarefied air with five gold medals.

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The Golden States: Which U.S. States Are Home to the Most Olympic Medalists?

Since the 1896 Olympics, athletes born in California have won 491 Olympic gold medals for Team USA. New York has the 2nd-most Olympic gold medals with 246.

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Emma McKeon Becomes First Woman Since 1964 To Lead Medal Count At An Olympics

By winning seven medals in Tokyo, McKeon became the first woman since Soviet gymnast Larisa Latynina to lead an Olympic Games in medal count.

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