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Olympics-Swimming-Phelps primed to peak in London
Reuters
VICHY, France, July 22 (Reuters) - Of all the qualities that have helped
make Michael Phelps the world's greatest swimmer, his natural sense of
timing is perhaps the one that really sets him apart from the rest. Whether
it is peaking at the right time or getting ...
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Olympic science: Re-engineering swimming styles
Fox News
Wei has been working on a system to take high-speed film of swimming
athletes and track a point on their bodies. By measuring the swimmer's
speed between each frame, Wei said he can estimate the swimmer's
acceleration and how much thrust is produced ...
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Olympics-Swimming-Franklin to get tattoo after London
Reuters
VICHY, France, July 22 (Reuters) - Missy Franklin is too young to drink
booze so you won't find her celebrating her first Olympic appearance with a
visit to a London pub. But the English capital's tattoo parlours could be
in for a surprise visit from the American ...
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McDaniel swim coach follows Olympian to London
Baltimore Sun (blog)
Jeff Hiestand has spent the last 11 years beside the pool at McDaniel
College, where he has coached five individual conference champions in eight
events. In two weeks, he'll still be near a pool, but in a far different
location. On Aug. 9, Hiestand will head to ...
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Spitz believes in Phelps's performance, not his retirement
Kansas City Star
Swimming legend Mark Spitz believes in the man billed as his successor,
Michael Phelps, but only partially: While Spitz thinks he will do great in
London 2012, he does not really believe these will be his last Games. In a
phone interview with dpa, Spitz - who ...
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Alex Meyer swimming with a purpose
ESPN
CAMBRIDGE, Mass. -- As a kid in upstate New York, Alex Meyer imagined
jumping off a bridge at the northern end of slender Cayuga Lake and
swimming further than he could see, almost 40 miles south, to his hometown
of Ithaca. As a professional open ...
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Laid-back Lochte unfazed in and out of pool
SI.com
"I know I can win and I know I can swim multiple events back-to-back and I
think that's what keeps me going.'' The Lochte-Phelps rivalry, so
compelling at the U.S. trials when they were separated by a few ticks of
the clock, will surely be one of the highlights of ...
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US swim team buoyant after final training camp
Chicago Tribune
VICHY, France (Reuters) - The United States swimming team was bubbling with
confidence and ready to scoop the pool in London after finishing their
Olympic preparations with a low-key training camp in central France. After
spending the previous week ...
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Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week Swim Day 3
NBC 6 Miami
On Saturday, fashionistas traveled from one end of South Beach to the other
to track the trends on the third night of Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week Swim.
The tents at the Raleigh welcomed more tribal and neon trends, while
audiences at the Delano ooohhed ...
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Swimming: Phelps takes final plunge towards total vindication
Irish Independent
Other Sports Home. Sunday July 22 2012. Swimming looks the most beguilingly
simple of sports -- get in, swim, get out -- but, as Michael Phelps, Ian
Thorpe and many others have discovered, there are demons and temptations in
those quiet, laned waters.
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