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SwimSwam Podcast: Jimmy Feigen Had NO Intention of Swimming at Texas

Jimmy Feigen wanted out of the state of Texas and was looking at Arizona and Southern California as his top choices during the recruiting process

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SwimSwam Podcast: BBC’s Nick Hope Previews the Upcoming ISL Season

Hope and I take go through an extensive preview of what this new ISL season brings and what fans can look forward to once the racing begins

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SwimSwam Podcast: Amy Van Dyken on Cramping at the Olympic Games

While Mel admits he ripped her on for taking up too much screen time, Amy agrees she would rip her too: “easy there jr nationals, head on back!”

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SwimSwam Podcast: Aiden Hayes, How a Terrible Training Camp Was A Turning Point

What many may not know is that Aiden had to be moved to another lane because he was struggling so much for 3 days of intense training.

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SwimSwam Podcast: Vladimir Salnikov on How His Wife Coached Him to Olympic Gold

in 1988, after being leaving his coach and training with his wife in the twilight of his career, Salnikov pulled off a big upset to capture gold in the 1500

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SwimSwam Podcast: “Professor” Anthony Ervin Teaches the Lessons of Sprinting

Ervin gets into the lessons he’s learned as a sprinter and what it takes to become a successful one on the world’s biggest stage.

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SwimSwam Podcast: How Visualization made Tyler Clary an Olympic Champion

Clary surged in the last 50 of this race, passing both Ryosuke Irie and heavy favorite Ryan Lochte. And here is why he was able to do so

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SwimSwam Podcast: Brett Pinfold on Getting Back Into Shape After Retiring

He also delves into what growing up in Houston Swimming, particularly on the same club team as Simone Manuel, was like. 

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SwimSwam Podcast: Kira Toussaint Explains How to Race Fast All the Time

Kira explains her record siege last fall and how her plan was set up to have racing be a part of her training and allow room for correction of mistakes

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SwimSwam Podcast: Mike Alexandrov on What Happens After Swimming

After a long and successful career, Alexandrov shares how he moved into his life after swimming in the film titled “Afterlife”. 

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SwimSwam Podcast: Shana Ferguson on How COVID has affected the Swim Community

Shana offers what USA Swimming has done to make sure that swimmers of all ages are getting back into pools as safely and often as possible.

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SwimSwm Podcast: Peter Vanderkaay on How to Perfectly Split a 200 Free

Vanderkaay revealed a swim that stood out the most to him in his career, which ended up being a 200 free at the 2007 nationals

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SwimSwam Podcast: Fred Bousquet Explains Why Super Suits Were Good for Swimming

Bousquet admits that swimming now is “purer”, but he still thinks the super suits added an interesting dynamic to the sport.

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SwimSwam Podcast: Charlie Houchin Shares National Team Stories

Houchin shared many of his pre-travel meet routines, what rooming with Phelps was like at an Olympic Games, and much more.

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SwimSwam Podcast: Anthony Nesty on Teaching Florida Men Empathy

Nesty also goes deep into what he enjoys about teaching men not just in the pool but outside of it as well about how to move through life

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