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

SwimSwam Tales: Ascolta Il Primo Episodio, Il Più Grande Di Sempre

Swimswam Italia presenta Swimswam Tales, il podcast dedicato alla vita e alla carriera dei più grandi nuotatori della storia

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SwimSwam Pulse: 46% Pick Men’s 200 Back As Next Super-Suited WR In Danger

Our most recent poll asked SwimSwam readers to pick between five of the tougher remaining world records from the super-suit era.

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Michael Phelps habla claro sobre su salud mental durante la pandemia

Michael Phelps ha hablado sobre el estado de su salud mental y ha detallado por qué el momento actual es particularmente difícil para él.

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Adam Peaty Speaks Candidly About Drinking, Depression & Moving On

We’re used to hearing Adam Peaty set big goals and have a clear vision in mind. But there was a time when the Olympic champion was living under darkness.

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Michael Phelps Gives Raw Account of His Mental Health During the Pandemic

In a first-person narrative told to ESPN, Phelps details why the current moment is particularly hard on his mental health.

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Beyond The Lane Lines: Phelps, Ikee, Klueh, Meili, Bovell & More

Loads of big names are included in this edition of Beyond the Lane Lines, including Michael Phelps, Rikako Ikee, and Trinidad & Tobago Olympian George Bovell.

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Looking Ahead to Tokyo for the Men’s 800 Freestyle Relay

Looking ahead to the Tokyo Olympics, there appears to be a crowded field in the men’s 800 freestyle relay, with no clear favorite for the gold.

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How to Get The Olympic Perspective Issue With The Caeleb Dressel Gold Cover

The next issue of SwimSwamMAG addresses the COVID-19 impact on the Olympics, and we project how elites will perform in 2021 with an extra year of training.

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Rio Silver Medalist Masato Sakai Restores Resolve For Olympic Berth

Remember Masato Sakai of Japan, the man who fell just .04 shy of 200 fly Olympic gold in Rio? The soon-to-be-25-year-old is back.

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Dolfin Swim of the Week: Thorpe’s Legendary Week of World Records in 2000

Twenty years ago, Australian Ian Thorpe kicked off a new millennium with three world records and a 400 free that still stacks up among the best in history.

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How To Raise A Champion

Developing extraordinary leaders in an ordinary world.

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Beyond the 8 Golds: Michael Phelps’ Goal Times For the 2008 Beijing Olympics

Though Michael Phelps set World Records in 4 of his 5 individual races in Beijing, he did not achieve all of the goal times he and Bowman had established.

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Junior Nationals Finalist Ange Harris Commits to Arizona State (2021)

Junior Nationals finalist Ange Harris of Sound Beach, New York has verbally committed to join the Arizona State Sun Devils class of 2025.

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Why Michael Phelps’ 50.45 Fly at 2015 Nationals Was A Big Deal

Michael Phelps had the best 100 fly swim of his ’10s career at the 2015 U.S. Nationals. Read on how Phelps crushed his swim racing against the clock.

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Michael Phelps – The Making Of A Champion

The story of how Phelps, the winningest Olympian in history, developed into the world’s greatest swimmer.

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