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  • Day 2 Highlight of World Junior Swimming Championships in Singapore

    Aug 27, 2015

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    in Competition

    USA, Australia and Russia clinched two titles apiece on the second day of the FINA World Junior Swimming Championships, but a Romanian and a Turkish swimmer also made the headlines after respective gold-medal winning performances. China entered the title-winners’ circle, too, on a day which also saw the fall of two more World Junior Records.

  • Race for Gold: Olympic Trials-Swimming Nerves

    Aug 26, 2015

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    rokur
    in Psychology

    A few of your favorite National Team athletes open up about the reality of dealing with nerves at the Olympic Trials.

  • Race for Gold: Kelsi Worrell

    Aug 26, 2015

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    rokur
    in Competition

    Kelsi Worrell talks about her recent experience at the Pan American Games in Toronto.

  • Hawaii’s Waikiki beaches shut after 500,000-gallon sewage spill

    Aug 26, 2015

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    rokur
    in Safety

    Desiree Smith would’ve loved to dip into the water off Honolulu’s famous white-sand Waikiki beaches.

    The 500,000-gallon sewage spill, though, was a deal-breaker.

    https://youtu.be/U08ZG4bgaJU

  • One-legged teen is crushing it in the swimming pool

    Aug 26, 2015

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    rokur
    in Training

    Christina Lang of Dunedin, Florida is so good at her sport, competitors and judges forget she only has one leg. The award-winning swimmer is crushing the competition one stroke at a time.

  • Race for Gold: Jack Conger

    Aug 26, 2015

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    rokur
    in Competition

    Jack Conger is one of USA Swimming’s up and coming stars. The University of Texas swimmer talks about his National Team experience.

  • Day 1 Highlight of World Junior Swimming Championships in Singapore

    Aug 26, 2015

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    rokur
    in Competition

    The atmosphere in the wonderful swimming complex was outstanding, for obvious reasons. One can say, better thing couldn’t have happened to the Singapore’s swimming and this FINA World Junior Swimming Championships than Joseph Schooling’s bronze medal winning performance in the 100m fly at the Kazan Worlds.

  • Race for Gold: SwimMAC Carolina

    Aug 26, 2015

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    rokur
    in Organization

    Race for Gold takes an inside look at one of USA Swimming’s most decorated teams.

  • Video from the Rio 2016 Open Water Test Event

    Aug 26, 2015

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    rokur
    in Open Water

    See Rio 2016 on YouTube

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