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“One day you won’t be a swimmer anymore. You won’t have those long bus rides with your teammates. You won’t stare at the black line on the bottom of the pool for hours on end. You won’t pull your bone-aching body out of the water day in and day out. You won’t have that routine you do before every race. You won’t scream like hell for your teammates. One day teammates will become distant acquaintances and swimming will become what used to be instead of what is. Eventually, the one thing you looked forward to will come to an end. The one thing you relied on to relieve your stress and allow you to escape from all your problems won’t be there anymore. One day you won’t be a swimmer, you will just have the memories of one. So I beg of you, cherish these moments right here, right now. Live in it freely, embrace the pain, laugh with your teammates, love your coaches. Push yourself 110% and have no regrets. Make some damn good memories because one day, you’ll leave what you once loved and step into the bright, exciting, unknown future in search of a new love, and these memories will be all you have left from this crazy ass sport.”

— some thoughts bc i just realized i only have 2 more years :’)

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Sep 25: Nick and Michael Phelps at the 2018 Ryder Cup Europe in Paris. x

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“Never give up, never give in, and when the upper hand is ours, may we have the ability to handle the win with the dignity that we absorbed the loss.” – Doug Williams

PC: Melissa Lundie

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tumblr: *notifs aren’t showing up, everyone’s losing followers, asks are getting eaten, app crashing every 10 minutes*

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i’ve stopped trash talking comic sans after learning the font is actually one of the only dyslexia-friendly fonts that come standard with most computers and i advocate for others doing the same

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Maxence Orange, 100 backstroke, European championships Glasgow, 5 August 2018

Photo S. Kempinaire

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Longest distance swam underwater with one breath (female) - Guinness World Records

The longest distance swam underwater by a female with one breath using fins is 160 m (524 ft 11.21 in), achieved by Veronika Kravtcova (Russia) in Porto Koufo, Halkidiki, Greece, on 3 September 2017. See Guinness World Records

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Dublin to Host 2018 World Para Swimming Allianz Euros

From 13th - 19th August Dublin, Ireland will be hosting the 2018 World Para Swimming Allianz European Championships.

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Infant swim class teaches tots to save themselves

Infant swim class teaches tots to save themselves

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Perfectly timed. Italian Masters National Championship 2019, Palermo

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Turkmenistan’s Valentin Gorshkov men’s 50m freestyle 2015 World Championships in Kazan. Photo by Francois Xavier Marit/AFP