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TerraBlog from TerraPass (Free subscription) | 24/09/2008
by Erik Blachford As a former middle of the pack Ironman triathlete, I have to say I’m somewhat in awe of the professionals who hammer through the race in a little over 8 hours. When they race the world championship in Kona, Hawaii, these folks dive in for 2.4 miles of ocean swimming, ride for 112 miles in brutal headwinds and volcanic heat, then cap it off with a standard 26.2 marathon through lava...
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Swimming World Magazine News (Free subscription) | 17/09/2008
PHOENIX, Arizona, September 17. WEDNESDAY'S edition of The Morning Swim Show features an interview with Aqua Zone CEO Fernando Vargas about his new line of swimwear and the upcoming clinic he is helpi...
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Fluttering Butterflies (Free subscription) | 29/08/2008
Would you rather be a member of a world championship sports team or be the champion of an individual sport? Which sport would you choose? My answer? I'll come to that in a minute. I have played my fair share of sports in my lifetime. I was on the swimming team since forever but quit because I thought I was too 'cool' for it. Then I joined the basketball team, the soccer team, the softball team. I just...
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news beijing olympic 2008 (Free subscription) | 20/08/2008
(BEIJING, August 20) -- Anastasia Davydova and Anastasia Ermakova (RUS) lived up to their No.1 ranking, winning their third Olympic gold medal in Synchronized Swimming, at the National Aquatics Center on August 20. The results mirrored the Melbourne 2007 World Championships with the top eight teams finishing in the same order. Davydova and Ermakova, who won Duet and Team gold at the Athens 2004 Olympic...
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The Motherwear Breastfeeding Blog (Free subscription) | 20/08/2008
Dara Torres: "Two years ago, the Torres’ Olympic itch returned when, soon after giving birth to her daughter Tessa, she discovered she was swimming fast. At the 2006 Masters World Championships in California, Torres was breastfeeding between events, but still...
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SI.com (Free subscription) | 17/08/2008
Let's start by dispelling some rumors about Dara Torres. She hasn't been talking to the Chinese gymnastics team about age manipulation. She didn't jam the info computers in Beijing with page 457 of her swim résumé. She hasn't reserved a place to jump into the 2047 World Championships to celebrate her 80th birthday when her grandkids could be coaching her.
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USA Today (Free subscription) | 15/08/2008
Rebecca Soni had never competed in an Olympics or world championships. Compared to Leisel Jones, she had no swim resume. Jones ...
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Swimming World Magazine News (Free subscription) | 13/08/2008
By John Lohn BEIJING, China, August 13. THEY share the world record and staged epic duels at last year's World Championships and at the United States Olympic Trials. Now, Ryan Lochte and Aaron Peir...
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Hollywood Crap (Free subscription) | 12/08/2008
Olympic swimmer (and overnight superstar) Michael Phelps won his third gold medal on Tuesday. He broke his own world record in the 200-meter freestyle. Phelps swam the length in 1 minute, 42.96 seconds, beating his former record time of 1:43.86 at the world championships last year in Australia. Go Team Phelps!
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Steroid Nation (Free subscription) | 08/08/2008
Tunisian swimmer Ousamma Mellouli will compete for medal as he swims in the 2008 Olympics, even though he tested positive for amphetamines in 2006. Mellouli used Adderall before a world championship meet. The Court of Arbitration for Sport bought his excuse of using Adderall to complete a paper at USC, two days before the meet. Interesting, that academic cheating only earns an 18 month suspension....
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Express & Echo (Free subscription) | 06/08/2008
It's August 2005 in Montreal, Canada. The swimming World Championships are taking place and an unknown 20-year-old Devonian named Liam Tancock causes a shock by winning bronze in the 50m backstroke.
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TBO > Sports (Free subscription) | 06/08/2008
Michael Phelps, Swimming After winning six gold medals in the 2004 Athens Games and seven at last year's World Championships in Australia, there's talk of Phelps taking home eight golds from Beijing. If Phelps can pull that that off with his 6-foot-7 wingspan and size 14 feet, he could overshadow any athlete and any story line from these games. With two previous Olympics under his belt and a space-age...
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TBO > Sports (Free subscription) | 03/08/2008
Michael Phelps, Swimming After winning six gold medals in the 2004 Athens Games and seven at last year's World Championships in Australia, there's talk of Phelps taking home eight golds from Beijing. If Phelps can pull that that off with his 6-foot-7 wingspan and size 14 feet, he could overshadow any athlete and any story line from these games. With two previous Olympics under his belt and a space-age...
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Beijing Olympics 2008 Live (Free subscription) | 26/07/2008
BEIJING, July 5) -- Michael Phelps clocked a new world record time of 1:54.80 in the final round of the men's 200m individual medley on Day 6 of the US swimming trials. Phelps set the previous record of 1:54.98 at the 2007 World Championships in Melbourne. 2 Vote(s)
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Beijing Olympics 2008 Live (Free subscription) | 26/07/2008
Michael Phelps broke the world record with a time of 1:54.80 in the 200 meter medley on day six of the U.S. Olympic swimming trials. He held the previous record of 1:54.98 which he set at the 2007 World Championships in Melbourne. 1 Vote(s)
