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Olympic Silver Medalist Masato Sakai Undergoes Shoulder Surgery

Masato Sakai (left) took the Olympic silver medal behind American icon Michael Phelps in the 200m fly at the last Summer Olympic Games. Since, the 23-year-old hasn’t been as explosive, leading to shoulder surgery this week.

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SwimSwam Pulse: 65% Pick Men’s 100 Fly Record To Fall in 2019

Almost two-thirds of voters predicted that the men’s 100 fly world record was mostly likely to fall in our latest poll, which picked four relatively difficult – but possible – records to be broken next year.

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Get Ready For College With The 2018 College Preview SwimSwam Magazine

The COLLEGE PREVIEW arrives in-home early September. OUR THEME: How to be a Student Athlete. We rank the TOP 50 NCAA SWIMMERS, and we deliver our first POWER RANKINGS, projecting who will be the 2019 NCAA Championship team.

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Conor Dwyer Throws Cubs First Pitch and Promotes Sun Safety

Conor Dwyer has graced the Wrigley Field mound many a time, but Saturday, he and his family promoted sun safety while he did so.

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Complete with Signature Warmup, Phelps Throws Diamondbacks First Pitch

Phelps took the mound representing his foundation for Drowning Impact Awareness Month.

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Carson Foster Does it Again: Re-Lowers 400 IM NAG Record in Finals

Carson Foster (right) and his brother Jake (left) finished 1st and 2nd in the 400 IM at the 2018 Junior Pan Pacific Championships.

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Il 16enne Carson Foster Abbassa I Record Juniores Di Phelps E Dressel

CAMPIONATI PAN PACIFIC JUNIORES 2018 23-26 Agosto 2018 Suva, Fiji Live Results/Psychs USA Swimming Meet Landing Page Full Meet Information…

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Carson Foster Bests Michael Phelps’ 15-16 400 IM NAG Record in Fiji

Foster took nearly three tenths off Phelps’ previous record.

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Prep For College With The 2018 College Preview SwimSwam Magazine

Prep for college with the 2018 COLLEGE PREVIEW. Our theme is HOW TO BE A STUDENT ATHLETE. We also rank the TOP 50 NCAA SWIMMERS and deliver our first POWER RANKINGS projecting the 2019 NCAA Championships.

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2018 Junior Pan Pacs Day 1 Preview: US Backstrokers, Tuggle & Urlando

Phoebe Bacon leads a stacked field of American female backstrokers set to compete in the 100 on day 1 of the Junior Pan Pacs in Fiji.

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5 Storylines to Watch at the 2018 Jr Pan Pacific Championships

Luca Urlando is a real threat to Michael Phelps’ 15-16 NAG record in the 200 fly.

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Japanese Teen Ishikawa Throws Down 51.92 1Fly National HS Record

While Japan is making major waves in Indonesia at the 2018 Asian Games, young stars like Shinnosuke Ishikawa are keeping the fire hot at home.

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2018 Asian Games Arrival: Hagino Tries To Repeat The Double

Japan’s Kosuke Hagino will be racing both the 200m and 400m IM events in Jakarta in a bid to repeat his titles from the 2014 edition of the prestigious Asian Games competition.

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Asian Games’ Arrival: Re-Live Schooling’s Rio Olympic Gold

Remember when Joseph Schooling rocked the world with his 100m fly gold in Rio? He’ll try to reproduce a similar monster swim in Jakarta next week competing in the Asian Games.

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SwimMom Musings: The Real Legacy of Michael Phelps and Why it Matters

Seems like everyone wants to speculate that Michael Phelps will return to competition and again go for Olympic gold. 

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