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

Golden Goggles Voting Update: Jaeger Leads Phelps By 1% For Race of the Year

Men’s race of the year continues to be the tightest battle, with Connor Jaeger and Michael Phelps separated by just 1 percent. Interestingly, Phelps has 2 nominations for race of the year, which may be spreading his votes.

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Phelps Entered in 6 Races, Adrian Absent from Minneapolis Entries

Michael Phelps will have a heavy lineup at the Arena Pro Swim Series’ first stop of the 2015-2016 season.

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Olympic Experience: Does It Really Matter?

DeSantis and the Viking take a look at the stats to determine how much past Olympic experience should weigh in toward national selection criteria.

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Le Clos Works To Tone Down Phelps Trash Talk

Le Clos clarifies some recent quotes fired off at Michael Phelps.

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Workaholics Star Anders Holm to host 2015 Golden Goggle Awards

Collegiate-swimmer-turned-actor Anders Holm will serve as host and singer Andra Day is scheduled to perform at the 2015 USA Swimming Golden Goggle Awards on Sunday, Nov. 22, at the JW Marriott Los Angeles L.A. LIVE.

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Brand Q&A: Catching up with MP Michael Phelps

“This fall featured the debut of the MP line of training suits and the brand continues to expand its offerings.”

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The Main Set: Michael Phelps With Ricky Berens

On week five it’s Phelps Phelps Phelps. Go along with Mitch and Loretta on a huge throwback journey through Phelps’ career dating all the way back to the 2000 Olympic trials in Sydney.

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Phelps, Ledecky Headline Star-Studded Field Set for Arena Pro Swim Minneapolis

Olympic champions Missy Franklin, Katie Ledecky, Ryan Lochte, and Michael Phelps highlight the nearly 50 USA Swimming National Team members expected to compete.

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Why Eminem Should Be On Every Swimmer’s Playlist

Eminem found himself on Michael Phelps’ playlist at one time and now science says the GOAT’s resulting performance was perhaps correlated to that fact.

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Golden Goggles Voting Update: Jaeger, Phelps Down To Wire For Male Race of Year

The race of the ballot right now is men’s race of the year, in which Connor Jaeger still narrowly leads Michael Phelps in voting by a single percentage point.

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USA Swimming Announces Duel In The Pool Roster; No Phelps Or Ledecky

The Indianapolis team will be lead by Ryan Lochte, Missy Franklin, and Simone Manuel, the hero of the 2013 Duel in the Pool Team.

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How Fast Will Michael Phelps Swim In 2016? Gold Medal Minute presented by SwimOutlet.com

After a stunning U.S. Nationals, how fast will Michael Phelps swim in 2016? Also, what was his best race at U.S. Nationals in San Antonio?

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What Makes A 2016 Olympic Champion? (Updated 2015 Formula Version)

A year has passed since Swimnex released its mathematical predictions for the 2016 Olympics, and the Swimnex creators have tweaked their formula to come up with an updated set of predictions with less than a year to go before the Rio Games.

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Want to be ultra successful in the pool, but you’re not getting there?

Here are the 9 things you have to do and 9 famous quotes to motivate you along the way…

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Le Clos: “No le tengo miedo a Michael Phelps.”

La comunidad nadadora se encendió en el verano cuando el medallista de oro Olímpico sudafricano Chad Le Clos habló comparando su rendimiento en el Campeonato Mundial de la FINA 2015 con los del 22 veces medallista Olímpico Michael Phelps en el Campeonato Nacional de EE.UU.

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