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“If you want to be the best, you have to do things other people aren’t willing to do.”

2025 USA Swimming Summer Junior Nationals: Day 3 Finals Live Recap

15-year-old Gabi Brito of Beach Cities Swimming is expected to be one of the top contenders in the girls’ 100 butterfly final.

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Michael Phelps, Ryan Lochte Share Meme Criticizing Team USA’s Performance at Worlds

Michael Phelps and Ryan Lochte, the two most name-brand American swimmers alive today, have both shared a picture of a tombstone with “United States Swimming” written on it.

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Carmel’s Yi Zheng Posts 4:18.55 400 IM, Becoming #7 15-16 All-Time

Zheng dropped exactly two seconds off his lifetime best from last month and has dropped 10 seconds in the last year.

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McIntosh: “Our Big Goal Was To Break That World Record” (World Championships Flash Quotes)

Hear what your favorite swimming stars had to say after their swims on night five, with quotes courtesy of World Aquatics.

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WATCH: Summer McIntosh’s 2:01.99 200 Fly & Other Day 5 Worlds Race Videos

Didn’t catch the action from night five of the 2025 World Championships? No worries, SwimSwam has compiled a list of all available race videos.

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The Baltimore Ravens Ask Michael Phelps for a Swim Lesson…And He Says Yes!

Retired swimmer Michael Phelps, the most decorated Olympian in history, has been a lifelong Ravens fan. Members of the team asked for his help, and he has apparently obliged.

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2025 World Championships: Day 5 Finals Live Recap

Leon Marchand will be racing the clock in tonight’s final of the men’s 200 IM after he smashed the 14-year-old world record by a massive margin in the semis.

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Bowman Legacy Going Strong As Casas Goes 1:54.30 200 IM, #4 Performer As Part Of Texas 1-2-3

Shaine Casas pushed Leon Marchand closer than he has been in years in the 200 IM, and is now hot on the heels of Michael Phelps and Ryan Lochte’s best’s

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2025 Worlds, Day 5 North America Recap: Illness Lingers, But U.S. Step Up With Gritty Swims

Several medal opportunities for American swimmers fell by the wayside on Thursday, but the athletes who did compete came up big.

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Contextualizing Leon Marchand’s 1:52.69 200 IM (Or Trying To)

Leon Marchand does not really do normal, and he showed that once again in the 200 IM semi-finals. Here’s to (hopefully) helping you wrap your head around it

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2025 World Championships: Day 4 Finals Live Recap

Luca Urlando has established himself as the frontrunner in the men’s 200 fly heading into tonight’s final at the 2025 World Championships in Singapore.

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Leon Marchand Crushes Mind-Bending 1:52.69 200 IM World Record

Four-time Olympic champion Leon Marchand destroyed American Ryan Lochte’s former World Record in the 200m IM during tonight’s semi-finals.

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2025 World Championships: Day 4 Swims You Might Have Missed

Leon Marchand’s World Record performance took all the attention, and rightly so, but the USA’s Shaine Casas set a new personal best in the event for the first time since 2022.

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Luca Urlando Wins First World Title, Joins Sub-1:52 Club With 1:51.87 200 Fly

Team USA’s Luca Urlando clocked a 1:51.87 to win the men’s 200 butterfly world title, and he remains the fourth-fastest performer in history.

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2025 Worlds, Day 4 North America Recap: Urlando Wins First U.S. Medal In 200 Fly Since 2011

Urlando’s gold medal marks the first time the U.S. has reached the podium in the men’s 200 fly at the World Championships since Michael Phelps won in 2011.

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