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Special Sets: Training From Trials To The Olympic Games With Connor Jaeger and Coach Josh White By Michael J. Stott Through the voice of Michigan associate coach Josh White, this month’s “Special Sets” traces the training Connor Jaeger did in the period between the U.S. Olympic Trials to th...

A Gross Injustice: How Rick DeMont Lost His 1972 Olympic Gold Days After Winning It By John Lohn In 1972 at the Munich Olympics, 16-year-old Rick DeMont had won the 400 meter freestyle only to have his gold medal taken away several days later in one of the biggest injustices in Olympic hist...

The latest issue of Swimming World Magazine is now available for download in the Swimming World Vault! Top High School Recruits From The Class of 2020 By Chandler Brandes Swimming World takes a look at the swimmers it considers to be the 10 best high school recruits—both male and femal...

The latest issue of Swimming World Magazine is now available for download in the Swimming World Vault! A Good Indicator of Future Success: 60% of Swimming World's Male and Female High School Swimmers of the Year Go On To The Olympics By Andy Ross Since Swimming World first honored its ...

The latest issue of Swimming World Magazine is now available for download in the Swimming World Vault! Record Breakers: Five New High School National Record Holders By David Rieder Nine high school swimmers from eight different states combined for 11 public or independent school record...

The latest issue of Swimming World Magazine is now available for download in the Swimming World Vault! A Voice For The Sport: Male and Female High School Swimmer of the Year Tradition Temporarily Suspended By Craig Lord The tradition at Swimming World is to use the August and September iss...

The latest issue of Swimming World Magazine is now available for download in the Swimming World Vault! Non-Subscribers Can Download This Issue Here In this issue of Swimming World, read about the five high school swimmers who despite a short season due to COVID-19, broke a number of high s...

The Age-Old Debate: What is the Hardest Event in Swimming? By Elise Devlin, Swimming World Intern There’s nothing worse than getting a wide eyed, worrisome expression from your friend after you answered their question, “So, what event do you have next?” We’ve all been there. Lurking somewhere in you...

Duncan Scott (from July's Swimming World Magazine) Scotland’s Duncan Scott should be an Olympic medal threat next year in the 100 and 200 free and maybe even the 200 IM, and he will be a key cog for British 800 free and 400 medley relays with gold medal aspirations. ********** In a period of unprece...

Up & Comers Team Santa Monica's Zach Tower By Shoshanna Rutemiller Zach Tower, 12, of Team Santa Monica (Calif.) has done something many swimmers find difficult: he has found success in all strokes...at all distances! At the Mission Viejo ISCA Elite Showcase in February, Zach swam 10 indi...

The latest issue of Swimming World Magazine is now available for download in the Swimming World Vault! Non-Subscribers Can Download This Issue Here How They Train: Emily Overholt and Markus Thormeyer By Michael J. Stott EMILY OVERHOLT At age 15, Emily Overholt won three gold medals an...

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The latest issue of Swimming World Magazine is now available for download in the Swimming World Vault! Non-Subscribers Can Download This Issue Here Swimming Technique Concepts The Value of Hand Force Analysis Part IV: Freestyle By Rod Havriluk The first three articles in this seri...

The latest issue of Swimming World Magazine is now available for download in the Swimming World Vault! Non-Subscribers Can Download This Issue Here Aerobic Overload: Volume Revisited Part 2 By Michael J. Stott Last month, Swimming World examined the role of volume in aquatic tra...

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The latest issue of Swimming World Magazine is now available for download in the Swimming World Vault! Non-Subscribers Can Download This Issue Here Takeoff To Tokyo Series - Johnny Weissmuller: A Star of Swimming... And Hollywood By John Lohn The latest installment of our Takeof...

The latest issue of Swimming World Magazine is now available for download in the Swimming World Vault! Non-Subscribers Can Download This Issue Here Calling All Troublemakers: A Historical Look At Sprinters Part 1 By Bruce Wigo Sprinters are a different breed of swimmer. They’re ...