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Column by John Lohn
CRANBURY, New Jersey, October 12. THIS year marks the 10th year of competition this decade, and as a way to celebrate that anniversary,
Swimming World will be publishing the results of its Swimmer of the Decade balloting in the December issue. The process asked various
Swimming World contributors to suppl...
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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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Guest editorial by David Rieder
PHOENIX, Arizona, August 18.
SWIMMING World superfan David Rieder, who blogs on his site at
swimdr549.blogspot.com, is back with his thoughts on the sport of swimming heading into 2012 and the Olympics to be staged in London.
In the two week...
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Column by John Lohn
CRANBURY, New Jersey. August 17. The medal detector so successfully used by Brendan Hansen during his international swimming career has been in his garage for a year. And considering the state of the sport, with record-breaking that has been a sham at all levels, Hansen has no regrets about taking 2009 away from the po...
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INDIANAPOLIS, Indiana, July 8. SEVEN-time Olympic gold medalist Aaron Peirsol announced today that he would award $3,000 of his own money to the winners of his Race for the Oceans open water swim. The winners of the men's and women's 1 kilometer swim will win $1,500 each.
Excited by the message, Eric Shanteau, 2008 Olympian and cancer su...
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INDIANAPOLIS, Indiana, July 7. MARK Gangloff of SwimMAC Carolina knocked Brendan Hansen off the American pedestal as he scared the wo...
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PHOENIX, Arizona, July 6. WORLD records and the start of the USA Swimming world championship trials highlight today's news segment on
The Morning Swim Show. Following is the complete transcript of the segment, hosted by Peter Busch.
The big meet of the week is the USA Swimming world championship trials, which start tomorrow in Indiana...
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Guest editorial by John Craig
PHOENIX, Arizona, July 3. EVIDENTLY there are talks being held about the possibility of a USA vs. Europe dual meet in the near future. The U.S. had previously taken on Australia, a misguided idea since discontinued. The U.S. has 290 million people, Australia only 17 million, and the meet had too much of a Dav...
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Guest editorial by David Rieder
PHOENIX, Arizona, July 1.
SWIMMING World superfan David Rieder, who blogs on his site at
swimdr549.blogspot.com, provided us with the following analysis of recent groundbreaking swims from throughout the world.
Steffen and the World of Wo...
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SANTA CLARA, California, June 14. THE final evening of swimming at the Santa Clara Invitational featured some dominant swims, but none more commanding than Kirsty Coventry's impressive swim in the women's 20...
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Column by John Lohn
CRANBURY, New Jersey, June 8. IN this age of technological warfare – exactly what the suit companies have engaged in for the past year – much of the discussion has surrounded the integrity of the sport. And, for good reason, considering the plethora of ridiculous records which have been established at various levels – ...
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RIO DE JANEIRO, Brazil, May 6. THE first morning of long course finals action at the Maria Lenk Trophy meet featured the South American 200 breast records taking a beating.
Carolina Mussi completed a remarkable progression of the South American record in the women's 200 breast heading into the meet. Argentina's Augustina Giovanni owned ...
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Swimming World's NCAA Division I Landing Page
COLLEGE STATION, Texas, March 28. WHILE California's Sean Mahoney took the race out quicker than the field, Georgia's Neil Versfeld had way more in the tank heading home with an NCAA and U.S. Open...
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Swimming World's NCAA Division I Landing Page
COLLEGE STATION, Texas, March 28. THE final day of prelims came to a close at the NCAA Division I Men's Championships held in College Station, Texas. Auburn put together a strong morning to set the t...
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