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Archive of articles from the SwimVortex and State of Swimming Library - a work in progress for subscribers (Photo by Patrick B. Kraemer)

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A Song Of Susie O'Neill post image

A Song Of Susie O'Neill

Thorpe's Dolphin Thunder From Down Under 25 Years Ago This Week: 3 Days, 3 World Records post image

Thorpe's Dolphin Thunder From Down Under 25 Years Ago This Week: 3 Days, 3 World Records

When Manaudou Clocked 4:03.03 To Get Past Evans' Epic Over 400 Free After Almost 18 Years post image

When Manaudou Clocked 4:03.03 To Get Past Evans' Epic Over 400 Free After Almost 18 Years

FORUM: Cheers To Pioneers High On Natural, Enhancement-Free, Pathfinding, Human Capacity post image

FORUM: Cheers To Pioneers High On Natural, Enhancement-Free, Pathfinding, Human Capacity

Willy Den Ouden - Sprint Swimming Pioneer Who Remains The Youngest Dutch Olympic Medallist post image

Willy Den Ouden - Sprint Swimming Pioneer Who Remains The Youngest Dutch Olympic Medallist

Magdeburg Might Strikes Again: Wellbrock, Schwarz (Both 14:36) & Klemet (14:39) The First Domestic Sub-14:40 Podium In History post image

Magdeburg Might Strikes Again: Wellbrock, Schwarz (Both 14:36) & Klemet (14:39) The First Domestic Sub-14:40 Podium In History

FORUM - Why Women Are Still Having To Fight For Fair Play (Even In Swimming) - Plus, The Pioneering Of Dutch Ace Den Ouden post image

FORUM - Why Women Are Still Having To Fight For Fair Play (Even In Swimming) - Plus, The Pioneering Of Dutch Ace Den Ouden

Sven Schwarz Sets Euro Record 7:38.12 For German 800 Crown As Berkhahn's Magdeburg Might Flexes Collective Muscle post image

Sven Schwarz Sets Euro Record 7:38.12 For German 800 Crown As Berkhahn's Magdeburg Might Flexes Collective Muscle

Cartonnet & A Torrid Tale Of Collaboration With A Link To His Rival Nakache, 'The Swimmer Of Auschwitz' post image

Cartonnet & A Torrid Tale Of Collaboration With A Link To His Rival Nakache, 'The Swimmer Of Auschwitz'

FORUM: Lessons From The Interface Of Sports & Politics In Troubled Times post image

FORUM: Lessons From The Interface Of Sports & Politics In Troubled Times

FORUM: A Review Of 'Reform'; & My Day Out In London, 1971, When Gould Matched Fraser & Moras Passed Meyer post image

FORUM: A Review Of 'Reform'; & My Day Out In London, 1971, When Gould Matched Fraser & Moras Passed Meyer

Märtens Takes Down Shiny Biedermann & Textile Thorpe With Game-Changing 3:39.96 WR In Stockholm 400 Free post image

Märtens Takes Down Shiny Biedermann & Textile Thorpe With Game-Changing 3:39.96 WR In Stockholm 400 Free