swimmers in the mainstream

Florent Manaudou Advances to Final 6 in Season 14 of France’s Dancing With the Stars Spinoff

Florent Manaudou and his dancing partner Elsa Bois have officially advanced to the top half of the French celebrity dance show Dans avec les stars.

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Erica Sullivan Launches Her First Post-Grade Film Project About Swimming: “Wet Season”

Olympic silver medalist Erica Sullivan has launched a fundraising campaign to support a short film she is producing about swimming.

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6-Time Olympic Medalist Swimmer Florent Manaudou Enters French Celebrity Dance Show

Florent Manaudou and his partner Elise Bois finished in the middle-of-the-pack on week 1 of the French reality dancing show.

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Deaf Swimming Record Holder & LSU Tiger Matthew Klotz Cast on Big Brother Season 25

Former LSU swimmer Matthew Klotz has been cast on Season 25 of the CBS reality television show Big Brother, where he’ll compete for a $750,000 grand prize.

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Memphis Rapper NLE Choppa Features Swimmer Michael Andrew in New Music Video “Champions”

Rapper NLE Choppa featured American swimmer Michael Andrew among the champions in his latest music video, Champions, which dropped on Wednesday.

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Ellie Simmonds to Appear on 2022 Season of Strictly Come Dancing

Five-time Paralympic gold medal winning swimmer Ellie Simmonds will appear on one of Britain’s most-watched television shows next season.

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Two Non-Swimming Film Projects by Swimming People That You Need to See

Two swimming people are producing big-time non-swimming projects that come out this summer, including a new 10-part Hulu docuseries about the LA Lakers.

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Emily Seebohm Competes on Australia Ninja Warrior

The three-time Olympic gold medalist Emily Seebohm has not raced in the pool since Tokyo, but she has made several reality television appearances.

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American Diver Briadam Herrera Wins Telemundo Reality Show Exatlón

Amercan diver Briadam Herrera (above) was one of two $200,000 champion prize winners on the show Exatlón Estados Unidos on Telemundo.

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The Olympic Trials Weren’t Lydia Jacoby’s First Time on a Big Stage

How did Lydia Jacoby handle the pressure at the US Olympic Trials and Olympic Games? It wasn’t her first time performing in front of a big crowd.

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Olympic Champion Pernille Blume Swaps Fins For Heels, Joins Danish Dance Show

Pernille Blume will spend some of her off-season in the dance studio, competing on the Danish celebrity dance show ‘Vild Med Dans’.

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Olympic Medal-Winning Divers Throw Out First Pitches at Red Sox Game

Olympic silver-medal winning divers Michael Hixon (above) and Jessica Parratto threw out the first pitch at Sunday’s Red Sox game – appropriately, they did it in synchronization.

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Swimming Sisters to Perform on America’s Got Talent Tonight

Tune into America’s Got Talent on NBC tonight at 8pm EST/7 pm CST to watch the audition for Hello Sister, a band made up of three swimming sisters.

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Seton Hall Record-Breaking Swimmer Mike LaRosa Named Dr. Biden’s Press Sec.

The press secretary for incoming First Lady Dr. Jill Biden is a former standout swimmer at Easton High in Pennsylvania and Seton Hall University.

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Michael Phelps Gives Advice to Athletes Preparing for Postponed Tokyo Olympics

Michael Phelps, the most decorated modern Olympian, gave those chasing the Tokyo Olympics advice for their final 8 months of preparations.

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