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Making the US Olympic Team vs. Making the Podium at the Olympics, a Statistical Review

Hali Flickinger occupies a pretty unique space in American swimming history, threading a needle that nobody else has done in at least 40 years.

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Australia Bars Athletes From Cheering For Other Sports At Commonwealth Games

The new rule has been put in place to stop an outbreak of COVID-19 from affecting the Australian team as it did at the 2022 World Championships.

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Trio Added To Australian Para-Swimming Team For 2022 Commonwealth Games

Teenager Ruby Storm, champion swimmer Ben Hance OAM and elite performer Jack Ireland will be part of the full Australian squad in England later this month.

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Chinese Women Earn 4×200 Freestyle Victory In World Record Fashion

The Chinese women accomplished a massive upset in the women’s 4×200 free, snagging an Olympic gold medal as well as a new world record.

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Epic Swims: Misty Hyman Beats Madame Butterfly for 200 Fly Gold, Sydney 2000

In one the greatest upsets in swimming, Misty Hyman defeated Australian sensation Susie O’Neill for gold in the women’s 200m butterfly at the Sydney Olympics.

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Beyond The Lane Lines: Dolan & Savulich Honored; Cullen Welcomes Baby Boy

Catch some smaller stories from around the web in this edition of Beyond the Lane Lines, featuring Tom Dolan, Bobby Savulich, Cullen Jones and more.

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Watching Swimming: What Makes a Race Good?

Last Friday, SwimSwam published our Swammy Awards Top 10 Swims of the Year. The number one race was the men’s medley relay at the Asian Games.

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Happy Olympic Day: Check Out The 20 Most-Decorated Olympic Swimmers Ever

June 23 marks Olympic Day, a holiday dedicated to the Olympic movement and its three pillars: move, learn and discover. To celebrate, we’re giving swim fans a chance to move (their mouse to scroll lower down this page), learn (about the most-decorated Olympic swimmers of all-time) and discover (some swimming legends they may not have previously known).

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Trickett to be Inducted into the Sport Australia Hall of Fame

“I was blown away to be up there with the likes of Dawn Fraser and the other wonderful icons of our sport…

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Olympic Champion Kyle Chalmers Nominated for Prestigious Don Award

Kyle Chlamers was the surprise 100 free champion at the 2016 Olympic Games, and now the teen from South Australia has been nominated for a prestigious award by the Sport Australia Hall of Fame.

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Beringen Takes on an Increased Role With Swimming Australia

Swimming Australia has announced that Glenn Beringen will take on a full time role with the organization as the Gold Coast Gold National Youth Coach…

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Beringen and Keogh Named Gold Coast Gold Coaches

At the 2014 Commonwealth Games the Australians dominated the competition in the pool win 19 gold, 21 silver and 17…

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James Magnussen Headlines inaugural Swimming Australia Grand Prix

This Saturday May 17 the National Training Centre in Canberra will play host to 87 of the best swimmers from across Australia as they take part in the first Grand Prix event for 2014.

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Revenge of the Nerds: All-time Women’s Olympic Medal Winners

You might be surprised to learn that it’s Kirsty Coventry who has won the most individual Olympic medals, among women, of all time. Believe it. (Photo Courtesy: Facebook/Kirsty Coventry)

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