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Column by John Lohn
CRANBURY, New Jersey, November 9. WE'RE counting down the days. A little less than two months remain before the high-tech suit craze comes to a close and the sport is no longer ruled by the material on swimmers' skins. To date, more than 200 world records have been set since Speedo unveiled the LZR Racer in Feb...
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COLORADO SPRINGS, Colorado, October 28. THIRTY-six top American swimmers, including 17 Olympians, will battle against a squad of European swimmers at the 2009 Mutual of Omaha Duel in the Pool in Manchester, England December 18-19. The event, which will be broadcast on NBC on December 27 from 2-4 p.m. ET, will star Olympic gold medalists Michael Phe...
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COLORADO SPRINGS, Colorado, October 16. THE USA Swimming Foundation today released the nominations for the Golden Goggle Awards, a star-studded awards gala celebrating the accomplishments of top American swimmers in 2009. The event will take place Sunday, November 22 at the Beverly Hilton and will feature the 2009 U.S. World Championships swim team...
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Guest editorial by Chris DeSantis, originally published at SwimmingWorld.TV
ATLANTA, Georgia, September 16. I had been anticipating last night for weeks. When I first heard of the show "Shaq Vs", I dreamed of Shaquille...
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Column by John Lohn
CRANBURY, New Jersey, September 14. TWO weeks ago, this column tossed out the argument that Michael Phelps was the most dominant athlete in the world. The reactions to that assessment were wide-ranging, many in disagreement and some on the same page. Whichever way the readers of this site went, there was a quality dial...
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LOS ANGELES, California, September 9. SPEEDO today announced the extension of its long-time partnership with swimming superstar Michael Phelps through 2013. Following his historic 8 Olympic Gold Medal haul in Beijing, Phelps' career-spanning commitment to the Speedo brand and a shared passion to help grow the sport of swimming globally now con...
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Updated with Katie Hoff comment.
FULLERTON, California, August 17. KATIE Hoff is the first of the big names with no ties to KING Aquatics to surface in connection with the USOC Post-Grad Center, first
reported by
Swimming World, to be housed in Full...
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PHOENIX, Arizona, August 17. NEWS from swimming, diving and the dance floor highlight today's news segment of
The Morning Swim Show.
Host Peter Busch talks about Sean Hutchison's move to California, Natalie Coughlin's upcoming appearance on a popular dancing competition, the top divers at last week's nationals and a Michae...
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Updated with USA Swimming press release
FULLERTON, California, August 17. IN an exclusive conversation with
Swimming World, KING's Sean Hutchison revealed that he would be heading to Fullerton, Calif., to open a United States Olympic Committee (USOC) Post-Graduate Center as part of the Fullerton Aquatics Sports Team (FAST).
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Guest editorial by John Craig
PHOENIX, Arizona, August 3. AFTER having been glued to the Internet and TV for the past week watching the meet, here are the impressions of one fan, in no particular order:
* I'm sick of the new suits. But I'm even sicker of hearing about them. Lost in all the publicity over the suits were a host ...
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Click here for the latest Swimming World coverage of the FINA World Championships, including full results and recaps
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ROME, Italy, July 28. AFTER Michael Phelps was upset by Paul Biedermann in the men's 200 free at the FINA World Championships, his coach Bob Bowman stated that Phelps is done competing internationally until the high tech swimsuit ban is implemented according to
The Associated Press.
"Probably expect Michael not to swim until they...
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Click here for the latest Swimming World coverage of the U.S. National Championships, including on-the-spot interviews!
LIVE Univers...
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PHOENIX, Arizona, July 8. INTERVIEWS with the top swimmers from the first night of finals at the USA Swimming nationals and world championship trials are now available for on-demand viewing.
Watch swimmers talk about their races in the women's 100 fly, men's 400 free, women's 200 IM, men's 100 breast, women's 400 free and men...
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By Jacob Kittilstad
PHOENIX, Arizona, June 5. A critical time in swimmers' careers is when the athletes make the transition from club swimming to college swimming. The change in training and surroundings takes swimmers out of a comfort zone, but many club coaches say they are confident their athletes will succeed.
Nick Rudich, hea...
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Guest editorial by David Guthrie
PHOENIX, Arizona, June 3. DAVID Guthrie, one of this year's runners-up for the
Swimming World Magazine Top 12 World Masters Swimmers of the Year honor, provided today's guest editorial.
Why the Revolution?
Swimmers are getting faster. Lots of them. A quick review of the 2008 World...
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Guest editorial by John Craig
PHOENIX, Arizona, May 25. SPORTS fans have always debated the hypothetical questions, for instance, how athletes from different eras would have fared against each other.
Luckily, with swimming, stopwatches have always been calibrated the same, so it's relatively easy to compare swimmers from different...
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Updated May 22 with official press release
AUBURN, Alabama, May 21. ACCORDING to an unnamed source close to the situation, Auburn University will announce that North Baltimore's Paul Yetter will be added to the Auburn Swimming and Diving program as an assistant coach.
Yetter has been on staff at the North Baltimore Aquatic Club sin...
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By John Lohn
CRANBURY, New Jersey, May 11. THE great ones never sit back, content with the past. They don't sit at a table and shine their Olympic medals. No, the sparkle they seek is located in elevating their greatness to another level. So, when Michael Phelps returns to competition this weekend at the Charlotte UltraSwim, the man who has ...
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