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"There's a lot to be said, but until you actually get into the water and do it, it all doesn't mean anything."

2017 FINA World Championships: Day 1 Finals Live Recap

Katie Ledecky will race for gold and try to upend her own world record in the 400 free tonight.

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Dressel Scorches 47.2 100 Free for New American Record

The former American Record of 47.33 done by Dave Walters in 2009 finally went down, as Dressel flipped in a scorching 22.2 en route to a record-breaking 47.26 on the 400 free relay leadoff.

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FINA World Swimming Championships Day 1 Photo Vault

So much action on deck and in the water in at the FINA World Swimming Championships.  SwimSwam’s photographer Mike Lewis is…

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Aussies, Italians DQed In Men’s 400 Free Relay Final For False Starts

Both the Aussies and Italians were DQed for false starts in the final of the men’s 400 free relay.

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Day 1 Relay Lineups: Haas, Pieroni Get The Nod On Men’s 4×100 Free

Blake Pieroni and Townley Haas were fast enough in the prelims to make it through to the final of the men’s 4×100 free relay.

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2017 FINA World Championships: Day 1 Finals Preview

Check out a preview for finals at the World Championships.

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2017 Worlds Previews: Brits Hoping Peaty Can Power Past USA for Gold

You can find links to all of our event-by-event previews and a compilation of our predicted medal-winners here. 2017 FINA…

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The Official SwimSwam 2017 World Champs Preview/Predictions Tracker

Don’t want to miss a single one of our 2017 World Championship event-by-event previews or predictions? We’ve got you covered. Bookmark this page and come back daily for updated predictions and links out to each new event preview.

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2017 Worlds Previews: USA Seeks Worlds Redemption in M. 400 FR Relay

After missing the final in the men’s 400 free relay in 2015, the USA is one of the major medal threats for gold at the 2017 FINA World Championships.

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2017 Worlds Previews: Can McEvoy Replicate 47.0 in Men’s 100 Free?

If McEvoy can replicate that incredible 47.04, he would be head and shoulders above the field, but he has yet to dip back into the 47-mid to 47-low range.

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USA Names 4 Team Captains for 2017 World Championships

Nathan Adrian was a captain in Rio and has been elected as one again for this year’s World Championships.

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2017 Worlds Preview: A New Champion In Men’s 50 Free

With the reigning Olympic and World Champions not in the lineup, the men’s 50 free is a relatively wide open event.

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The Most Wide Open Events At The 2017 FINA World Championships

Check out a breakdown of some of the more ‘open’ races at the 2017 World Championships.

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The U.S. Worlds Team Got Younger, But Not By as Much as We Thought

At 32 years, 127 days, Matt Grevers is almost 4 years older than any other member of Team USA.

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Get The SwimSwam 2017 World Championships Preview Magazine

2017 FINA World Championships start in less than a week, and you can get the SwimSwam Magazine World Championships Preview as a digital issue now.

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