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“If you want to be the best, you have to do things other people aren’t willing to do.”

Breeja Larson Looking To Join Bowman At ASU, Currently “In Limbo”

The 2012 Olympic gold medalist is aiming to join Bob Bowman at Arizona State University in the lead-up to the 2021 U.S. Olympic Trials.

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Looking Back at Day 6 of the 2012 and 2016 U.S. Olympic Trials

let’s go back and remember what was going on during the 6th day of the Olympic Trials back in 2012 and 2016.

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Looking Back at Day 5 of the 2012 and 2016 U.S. Olympic Trials

Let’s go back and remember what was going on during the 5th day of the Olympic Trials back in 2012 and 2016.

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Looking Back at Day 4 of the 2012 and 2016 U.S. Olympic Trials

Let’s go back and remember what was going on during the 4th day of the Olympic Trials back in 2012 and 2016.

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Looking Back at Day 3 of the 2012 and 2016 U.S. Olympic Trials

Let’s go back and remember what was going on during the 3rd day of the Olympic Trials back in 2012 and 2016.

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Looking Back at Day 2 of the 2012 and 2016 U.S. Olympic Trials

We still want to honor the would-have-been Day 2 of the 2020 Olympic Trials, by reliving Day 2 of the 2012 and 2016 Olympic Trials.

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Looking Back at Day 1 of the 2012 and 2016 U.S. Olympic Trials

It’s June 21st, and in addition to being Father’s Day, today was supposed to be the start of the 2020 US Olympic Trials.

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Remembering Tom Malchow’s 200 Fly World Record 20 Years Later

June 17 marked 20 years since Tom Malchow broke the 200 butterfly world record. It was the last time the record was broken prior to the Phelps era.

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Head Coach Paul Stafford Leaves Tucson Ford Dealers Aquatics

Stafford had been with the club since 2014, and prior to that, helped start the California-based Terrapins Swim Team.

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How to Get The Caeleb Dressel Olympic Gold Cover SwimSwam Magazine Issue

The next issue of SwimSwamMAG addresses the COVID-19 impact on the Olympics, and we project how elites will perform in 2021 with an extra year of training.

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Epic Swims: Michael Phelps Wins Gold, Breaks WR in 200 IM at 2007 Worlds

Among a career of dominant swims and a dominant 2008 Olympic Games performance, a year prior, in 2007, Phelps was possibly at his most dominant.

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Roadmaps 2.0 – Mapping International Swim Stars: Men’s 200 Fly

As we explore the evolution of the 21st century face of the men’s 200 fly thus far, who do you think will become the 2020s face of the men’s 200 fly?

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Bob Bowman Swimming Wisdom on Butterfly: GMM presented by SwimOutlet.com

In this GMM takeover of the SwimSwam Podcast, we dive deep on butterfly with Coach Bob Bowman, covering age group butterfly challenges to elite training.

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Relive Michael Phelps’ 2008 Appearance on Saturday Night Live

Michael Phelps was at the peak of his stardom in September 2008, one month after winning 8 Olympic gold medals in Beijing.

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SwimSwam Podcast: Jack Roach on Creating the National Junior Team

Roach reminisced on some of his favorite memories on building the national junior team, which he was the director of from 2008-2013

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