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2016 U.S. Olympic Trials: Day Six Prelims Preview

Caeleb Dressel (left) and Anthony Ervin (right) will swim 50 free prelims today and should find themselves battling again in the final.

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2016 U.S Olympic Trials: Day Four Finals Live Recap

Phelps is the top seed and heavy favorite in the 200m butterfly and will be looking to qualify for his fifth Olympic team, something only one other American swimmer (Dara Torres) has done during their career.

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Tom Shields: I’m very excited about the next few months (Video)

Tom Shields moved up a spot from his semi swim and held on at the end of the 200 fly to punch his ticket to Rio and become a first time Olympian

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2016 U.S. Olympic Team Trials: Day Four Finals Photo Vault

All photos courtesy Tim Binning, theswimpictures.com.  

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2016 U.S Olympic Trials: Day Three Finals Live Recap

On night three action returns to Omaha where six more roster spots are on the line for swimmers hoping to punch in their tickets to the 2016 Rio Olympic Games.

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Five Already-Qualified 2016 Olympic Teamers Scratch Prelims on Day 4

A large number of top-flight swimmers have scratched out of prelims this morning, including third seed 200 flier Maya DiRado, who is resting for the 200 IM tonight.

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2016 U.S Olympic Trials: Day Three Prelims Live Recap

After an eventful first few days of competition it’s finally time to see Michael Phelps return to Olympic trials action.

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2016 U.S. Olympic Trials Day 3 Finals Preview

Event finals tonight will include the the men’s 200 free, the women’s 100 back, the men’s 100 back, and the women’s 100 breast. Semifinals tonight will be the women’s 200 free, the men’s 200 fly, and the women’s 200 IM.

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2016 U.S. Olympic Trials: Official SwimSwam Preview Schedule

Check out the publication schedule for all 26 of our event-by-event U.S. Olympic Trials previews, plus links to each event page as it goes live.

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The Best Race To Watch Each Night Of the 2016 U.S. Olympic Trials

The men’s 100 back shapes up to be one of the races of the meet, with defending Olympic champion Matt Grevers looking to fend off the world’s #1 and #3 ranked swimmers: David Plummer and Ryan Murphy.

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2016 U.S. Olympic Trials Preview: Return Of The King In Men’s 200 Fly

Michael Phelps is vying for his 4th straight Trials title in the men’s 200m butterfly event.

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Tom Shields Adds Freestyle and Backstroke Entries to Trials Lineup

Tom Shields has decided to enter in 3 other events in addition to his specially fly races.

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2016 US Olympic Trials: Ranking Phelps’ +1 In the Men’s 100 Fly

After looking through results form US Nationals, Arena Pro Swim Series, NCAA’s, and even Sectionals and various club invitationals, the following list has been compiled with my predictions for how the race in Omaha will shake out.

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Combined Results from Pro Swim Series and Longhorn Elite Invite

Because the top swimmers in the nation are spread out this weekend, we’ve put together a list of the top 5 Americans in each race across all 3 meets to compare where the swimmers are at as they head towards Trials.

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Arena Pro Swim Series Day 2 Final Photo Vault

Fast swims keep on dropping at the Arena Pro Swim Series day 2.  The swimmings been fast and exciting with…

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