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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 Mental Prep: Before the Beep with David Curtiss By Shoshanna Rutemiller Three-time U.S. national team member and 50 freestyle national high school re...

The April issue of Swimming World features a dynamic figure within the sport of water polo as we debut our first water polo cover since 2009.  Who will be the water polo player featured on the cover? The April issue also showcases our annual World Masters Swimmers of The Year.  Each year, the staff ...

Mental Prep: Before The Beep With Nathan Adrian Nathan Adrian’s particular pre-race thoughts and practices complement the precision of his swimming. The defending Olympic gold medalist in the 100 free describes four phases of his mental and physical preparation leading up to the final of a big race:...

Mental Prep: Before The Beep With Laura Sogar As Laura Sogar mentally prepares for her race, she remains positive and confident, making sure that she’s done everything in her power to prepare so she can swim without any fear or regrets. In this month’s “Before The Beep” U.S. and NCAA national champi...

Mental Prep: Before the Beep with Natalie Coughlin By Shoshanna Rutemiller Mom. Entrepreneur. Author. Broadcaster. Natalie Coughlin’s personal biography has expanded and diversified since her explosive emergence on the international swimming scene in the 1990s. In 1998, she became the first high sc....

Mental Prep: Before the Beep with Bradley Tandy When 25-year-old Bradley Tandy of South Africa took his seat in the ready room at the Rio Olympic Games, he had the prudence to realize the gravity of the moment unfurling around him. It was the final of the 50 freestyle—the event with the least room f...

The latest issue of Swimming World Magazine is now available for download in the Swimming World Vault! Non-Subscribers Can Download This Issue Here Before the Beep: with Olivia Smoliga By Shoshanna Rutemiller Olivia Smoliga, by her own accounts, has officially made it! “I made it when I was ab...

The latest issue of Swimming World Magazine is now available for download in the Swimming World Vault! Non-Subscribers Can Download This Issue Here Mental Prep: Before The Beep With Amy Bilquist By Shoshanna Rutemiller Amy Bilquist is tough. She has had more than her fair share of struggles thro...

Mental Prep: Before The Beep With Ashley Twichell By Shoshanna Rutemiller USA Swimming’s Ashley Twichell has been chasing the Olympic dream for over a decade. Last summer at the 2019 World Championships in Gwangju, South Korea, she finally earned her place on the Olympic team by finishing sixth ove....

Mental Prep: Before the Beep with Allison Schmitt In total, Allison Schmitt has eight Olympic medals: four gold, two silver and two bronze. After an 18-month hiatus—a sample retirement from swimming post-Rio—Schmitt started coming to Arizona State University practices with her long-time coach Bob Bo...

Mental Prep: Before the Beep with Melanie Margalis Olympic gold medalist Melanie Margalis turned 26 in December. She plans to live to 100, so she recognizes that this professional swimming career of hers is a fleeting stage of her life—one that she plans to squeeze the most out of, but “not the end ...

Before the Beep with Margo Geer Margo Geer was done with swimming after the 2016 Olympic Trials. She entered the meet a serious contender in the 50 and 100 meter freestyle, but the meet proved to be lackluster and unenjoyable for Geer. She had been battling a shoulder injury, but she refused to let ...