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The article presents the author's views regarding the swimming culture in the U.S. The author informs about an incident where swimmers including Allie Szekely and Gisselle Kohoyda tied in women's 200-meter breaststroke for 17th in 2:30.28, however as the swimmers are expected to be tough, they held a swim-off to determine the first alternate for semifinals in the women's 200 breaststroke, in which Allie won the match.

The article discusses the winning culture that drives the United States Swim Team. The author describes the drive and the successes of the US national swim team at the World Aquatics Championships in Barcelona, Spain. Topics mentioned include swimmer Jimmy Feigen, swim coach Jack Roach, and the morale of the swim team.

The article offers information on the Golden Goggles Annual Gala award event that was held in New York State in the year 2012 and it also focuses on the performance of the U.S. swimmers. It states that the award event was organized by USA Swimming for recognizing the performances of swimmers during the 2012 Olympics Games in London, England. It further informs that Olympics Games winners shared their experience with attendees of the event.