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

The Evolution Of Competitive Swimwear

Swimwear has come a long way during the sport’s history, with today’s textile tech suits a far cry from what we saw in the early 1900s.

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Sarah Sjostrom’s 14-Year Gap Between Individual World Records Is The Biggest In History

Sjostrom’s 14-year gap between individual world records is nearly double the next-highest mark in long course meters.

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Sarah Sjostrom Ha Il Divario Maggiore Tra Il Primo E L’Ultimo WR (14 Anni)

La svedese Sarah Sjoatrom è la nuotatrice che ha il divario maggiore nella storia tra il primo e l’ultimo record mondiale, 14 anni

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Watch All 10 Of The World Records Set at The 2023 World Championships

Watch Ruta Meilutyte (50 breast) and eight other World Records go down at the 2023 World Championships.

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With Phelps’ 4IM Record Done and Dusted, What’s the New Oldest Record?

With Leon Marchand handily dismissing Michael Phelps’ 400 IM World Record, we dive into the books to see what the new oldest record remaining is.

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A De-Briefing Of Team USA’s Prospects Headed Into The Paris Olympics

Now that the dust has settled on the 2023 World Championships, where is Team USA at headed into the Paris Olympic games next summer?

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Watch All Of Leon Marchand’s Races From The 2023 World Championships

Watch Leon Marchand go three for three winning the 200 IM, 400 IM, and 200 butterfly at the 2023 World Championships, including a new WR in the 400 IM.

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SwimSwam’s Awards for the 2023 World Championships — Men’s Edition

Qin Haiyang set four Asian records in his first five swims en route to SwimSwam’s Male Swimmer of the Meet honor for the 2023 World Championships.

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SwimSwam’s Awards For The 2023 World Championships — Women’s Edition

In this article, SwimSwam gives out several awards for some of the top female swimmers at the 2023 World Championships that happened last week.

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2023 Far Westerns: Shareef Elaydi Breaks Decade-Old Pacific LSC Record in 200 Fly

Now only Max Miranda (2:02.54), Dare Rose (2:01.89), and the legendary Michael Phelps (1:59.02) rank above Elaydi among 13- and 14-year-old Americans.

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The History of World Records Getting Broken at World Championships

Turns out, that number isn’t super high in terms of international meets all-time but it does track for the last few decades in terms of world championships 

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Ranking The Top 15 Male Swimmers of the 2023 World Championships

In this article, we rank who we think were the top 15 male swimmers that competed at the 2023 World Championships in Fukuoka, Japan.

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Sean Green Wins 400 IM In 4:18.62 To Become #6 15-16 All-Time

Sean Green dropped over four seconds off of his best time which he swam at this meet a year ago. He now is the #6 15-16 ever.

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El futuro de Bob Bowman es una incógnita

“Tengo que pasar esta semana, llegar a casa, pensar en cómo se ven los escenarios y luego decidiremos”, dijo de cara a París 2024.

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After 2 Years Away From Diving, Tom Daley Announces Return With Paris 2024 in Sights

A recent trip to the Olympic and Paralympic Museum in Colorado Springs made the 29-year-old Olympic champion realize he’s not done with the sport just yet. 

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