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Schooling Surpasses Crocker for Fastest Ever Textile 100 Fly

Joseph Schooling won gold and set a new textile record with his 50.39 victory in the 100 fly Friday night in Rio.

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TritonWear Race Analysis: 2016 Olympics Men’s 100 Butterfly

TritonWear brings you the 2016 Summer Games with daily in-depth race analysis of every final.

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Watch: Schooling Defeats Phelps-le Clos-Cseh Silver Tie Trio 100 Fly

Watch Joseph Schooling pull of a huge upset over triple silver medalists Michael Phelps, Chad le Clos, and Laszlo Cseh.

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6 Reasons to Love SwimSwam Magazine and the College Preview

If you subscribe to SwimSwam Magazine, you can immediately view the 2016 Olympic Preview and all back issues as digital magazines. The College Preview ships August 22nd. You’ll have that issue in your hands in early September.

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Olympische Spiele 2016: Impressionen. (Fotos)

Dies sind wieder einmal die Schwimmwettbewerbe der Amerikaner – und des Michael Phelps. Aber auch viele andere Namen und Geschichten…

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Olympia 2016: Historische Schwimmnacht in Rio

Olympische Spiele 2016 Rio Rio de Janeiro, Brasilien Schwimmen: 6. bis 13. August Olympic Aquatics Stadium, Barra Olympic Park, Rio…

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Lessons From the 2016 Olympics For Age Group Swimmers

As this year’s Olympic swimming comes to a close and I get ready to return to the deck in September with my young swimmers, I took a moment to figure out some simple shareable lessons from this year’s Olympic swimming.

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Rio Rapid Fire: Day Seven Finals

In a fashion that has become remarkably common for the outstanding athlete, Katie Ledecky demolished her own world record en route to a repeat gold medal in the women’s 800m freestyle.

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Phelps, Le Clos & Cseh Win Silver In First Ever Olympic 3-Way Tie

Michael Phelps, Chad Le Clos and Laszlo Cseh tied for silver in the first ever three-way tie in Olympic history.

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See The First Ever #PhelpsFace Tattoo (Yes, An Actual Tattoo)

Remember Michael Phelps’ game face from the ready room? This guy will remember it forever.

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Twitter Recap: America Rules Twitterverse on Night 7

Anthony Ervin, the youngest AND oldest Olympic champion in history.

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Ervin Passes Phelps to Become Oldest Swimmer to Win Solo Gold

Anthony Ervin of the USA became the oldest swimmer to win an individual gold medal tonight with his victory in the 50 free, sixteen years after he won the same event in Sydney.

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ASIA: Joseph Schooling “Stops the Nation” with Singapore’s First Ever Olympic Gold

All eyes in Singapore were on swimming at the 2016 Rio Olympic Games tonight, as Swimming Singapore billed the men’s 100 fly as “The Race That Stops The Nation.” Now the Singaporeans have their first ever Olympic gold medal of any sport, courtesy of Joseph Schooling in the men’s 100 fly.

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2016 Olympics: Day 7 Finals Photo Vault

Thanks to photographer Simone Castrovillari for these Olympic swimming photos.

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Joseph Schooling Stuns The World; Defeats Phelps To Win 100 Fly Gold

On day 7 of the 2016 Rio Olympic Games, rising star Joseph Schooling shocked the world in the men’s 100 fly final, winning gold and stopping Phelps from taking four straight titles in the event.

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