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Will Swim Star Katie Ledecky Get The 400 Free World Record Back?

10-time Olympic medalist Katie Ledecky lost her 400 free world record to Ariarne Titmus who dropped a 3:56.40 at the 2022 Australian Championships.

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Paralympic Champion Anastasia Pagonis Previews Para Worlds in Madeira

The 18-year-old Paralympian is in the midst of her preparation for the para world championships in Madeira, Portugal, which start on June 12

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WATCH: Grimes, Marchand, Weinstein, And Others Race At The Mission Viejo PSS

Watch race videos from the 2022 TYR Pro Swim Series in Mission Viejo, California here courtesy of USA Swimming’s YouTube channel.

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SwimSwam Breakdown: Teri McKeever, Bowe/Armstrong to Cal, and Titmus Aging Well

we discuss the Teri McKeever abuse allegations, Bowe/Armstrong moving to Cal, and Ariarne Titmus being one of the oldest in history to break a distance WR

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USA Swimming CEO Aims For U.S. Olympic Trials Attendance Record

25% of USA Swimming’s registered swimmers and their families are within an eight hour drive to Indy, something the Omaha location did not deliver.

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Watch Michael Phelps’ 7 Gold Medal Races from the 2007 FINA World Championships

Phelps set a total of 4 individual and 1 relay World Records at the 2007 FINA World Championships, providing somewhat of a preview of the Beijing Olympics.

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WATCH: Walkthrough of the Brand New 2022 Commonwealth Games Aquatics Facility

Construction on the Sandwell Aquatics Centre is complete with the facility set to host aquatic action at the 2022 Commonwealth Games later this summer.

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What Makes Mare Nostrum One of the Premiere Racing Circuits of the Year?

Consistently for the past 2+ decades, we’ve seen some of the fastest non-championship meet swims of the year come during the Mare Nostrum Tour

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Practice + Pancakes: Louise Hansson Suits Up for the ‘Hunter Armstrong’ Set

The set is 3 rounds of a 25 off the blocks, followed by 2×50 at back-end 100 speed. Louise does them on a descending interval (R1 – 90, R2 – 75, R3 – 60)

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Gregorio Paltrinieri: “Non Mollate Mai, Anche Nei Momenti Più Difficili”

Gregorio Paltrinieri “non mollate mai, anche nei momenti più difficili. Tutti abbiamo paura quando saliamo sul quel blocchetto.” Video

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Michael Andrew Moves Through Mare Nostrum with Worlds on His Mind

After getting an enormous amount of racing in over the 3-meet circuit, Andrew will stay in Europe and prepare for Worlds

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Luke Greenbank Coming Off “One of the best blocks of training I’ve ever done”

With a front half of 56.52 and a back half of 1:00.36, Greenbank of Great Britain/Loughborough beat the next closest swimmer tonight by nearly a second.

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Sophie Hansson Finding Success in Longer Breaststroke Training

Renshaw touched in 2:25.47 to McSharry’s 2:25.58, while Sweden’s Sophie Hansson was just behind in 2:26.70 for bronze.

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Nicholas Santos: “My best time is 22.6… I think I can swim faster”

For Santos, he’s been as fast as 22.73 so far this season, a time which situates him as the #2 swimmer in the world behind Russia’s Oleg Kostin

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James Guy on In-season Swims: “You have to swim fast at the right time”

After his races, Guy emphasized that in-season swims were good to practice, but the focus was is on swimming fast when it matters most.

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