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Michael Phelps not just 'floating through' another Olympics
Detroit Free Press
In what he says will be his last Games, he plans to swim in seven events
— four individual and three relays. Golds will be harder for him to win
than in 2008, with competitors such as U.S. teammate Ryan Lochte rising,
and the U.S. men less dominant in the ...
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Australian swim coach Leigh Nugent tips reduced medal tally in the pool
at ...
Herald Sun
HEAD coach Leigh Nugent is upbeat about swimming's new wave and the James
Magnussen factor, yet he has prepared Australia for a 25 per cent downturn
in Olympic medals from the pool in London. Nugent forecast a haul of
"somewhere between 13 to ...
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Michael Phelps, Ryan Lochte U.S swim team: Competitors lead powerful
U.S. ...
ABC Action News (blog)
"I have always wanted to be the first person to achieve something," said
the 27-year-old Phelps, expected to swim seven events at the London Games
in his quest to surpass the 18 medals Soviet gymnast Larisa Latynina
achieved between the 1956 and 1964 ...
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Open water swimmer competing for US, himself, friend at Olympics
Chicago Tribune
Meyer, 23, won the 10K at the 2011 USA Swimming Open Water National
Championships. He placed fourth in the same distance at the 2011 World
Championships. And he qualified for the London Games, making him the United
States' best shot for a medal ...
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Run, swim, pose where Olympic champs reigned
Fox News
SYDNEY – In Sydney, you can swim in the same pool where Ian Thorpe won
five Olympic medals in 2000. In Berlin, you can pose for photos in the
stadium where Jesse Owens won four gold medals in 1936. In Lake Placid,
N.Y., you can skate on the same ...
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Ryan Lochte catches up with Aussie swim ace Blair Evans at London Olympics
Herald Sun
It is the first time in a year for many of the youngest, fittest, most
ambitious bodies in water to get together on the international stage and
pooldeck hugs, handshakes, catch-ups and nods are standard. It was the
extra electricity between the laidback Lochte, who ...
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Sarah Kwak: With Games approaching, Crippen is never far from Meyer's
thoughts
SI.com
Meyer breaks into a wide smile as he adjusts his goggles under a black swim
cap printed with a white H on a crimson crest. As he has done countless
times before, he inhales deeply and plunges into the water, embarking on
his second swim of the day.
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james Magnussen faces the press as Michael Phelps takes to Twitter
Herald Sun
Just as swimming's laidback Aussie was skilfully dealing with the first
questions from the world media on what it would mean to win his first
Olympic gold, into the city of sporting dreams flew the American who needs
a bank vault to house all 14 of his. Over 25 ...
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Lochte cashes in on endorsements
Gainesville Sun
Add that to the new AT&T commercial in which Lochte is "swimming to
London," the Gatorade commercial in which his strength coach calls the
former Spruce Creek High swimmer "a freak among freak among freaks,"
and the Gillette commercial in which a ...
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Chincoteague ponies ready for Wednesday swim
Delmarva Now
What is it? The Chincoteague Island Pony Swim is the 87th annual wild pony
swim held on the last Wednesday before the last Thursday every July.
Chincoteague's Saltwater Cowboys herd the wild ponies on Assateague Island
across the Assateague ...
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USA Swimming - P66 Gives Back: Omi Memorial Open Water Swim
By Mike Watkins//Correspondent. Long-time USA Swimming corporate partner
Phillips 66 has sponsored our sport for more than 35 years. Today, Phillips
66 ...
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