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Teenager puts tiny Guam on swimming map
Chicago Tribune
LONDON (Reuters) - He got a cheer as loud as the winner's and Benjamin
Schulte felt like one despite finishing dead last in Friday's marathon swim
race at the London Olympics. While the world's best long-distance swimmers
raced alongside each other ...
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New York Ironman Swim Will Proceed After Sewer Fix
Businessweek
The swim portion of today's inaugural New York City Ironman triathlon will
proceed as scheduled after a broken sewer line and sewage discharge
threatened to cancel that portion of the event. Organizers for the
140.6-mile (226-kilometer) race, which ...
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Mellouli goes 'through Hell' in landmark swim win
Yahoo! Sports
Tunisia's Oussama Mellouli shrugged off the after-effects of illness to
become the first person to win Olympic swimming titles in pool and open
water with victory in the 10km marathon on Friday. The 28-year-old had been
laid low by a virus earlier this ...
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Oussama Mellouli wins marathon swim; Alex Meyer 10th
Washington Post
And it was a glorious day for the nascent Olympic sport of marathon
swimming, as a crowd of 20000 lined Hyde Park's Serpentine Lake on a
sun-drenched afternoon to witness Mellouli's gold-medal triumph in the
men's marathon 10-kilometer swim just six ...
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Water Damage
New York Times
A 2010 study by the USA Swimming Foundation and the University of Memphis
reported that nearly 70 percent of African-American children do not know
how to swim. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention,
African-American children ...
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Photos: Men's 10k Swimming at the London 2012 Olympics, August 10
Long Beach Press-Telegram
LONDON, ENGLAND - AUGUST 10: Thomas Lurz of Germany competes in the Men's
Marathon 10km swim on Day 14 of the London 2012 Olympic Games at Hyde Park
on August 10, 2012 in London, England. (Photo by Alexander
Hassenstein/Getty Images) ...
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West Michigan couple ready to swim across Lake Michigan to
make 'significant ...
Muskegon Chronicle - MLive.com
tow.jpg Courtesy PhotoA special cause is motivating Sara and Jeff Tow to
attempt to swim across Lake Michigan. Jim Dreyer apparently isn't
Michigan's only "madman across the water." In fact, two more adults are
planning to swim across Lake Michigan in ...
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Competitors will swim, bike and run
NorthJersey.com
11 Ironman U.S. Championship will feature about 2500 men and women ready to
swim 2.4 miles, bicycle 112 miles and run 26.2 miles. One competitor is 74
years old, a number of entrants are experienced triathletes shooting for
the U.S. Championship and ...
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Girls Swimming: Waubonsie Valley's Alyssa Gialamas set to compete in ...
Chicago Sun-Times
Alyssa Gialamas continues to make a splash on the international swimming
scene. The 17-year-old Waubonsie Valley High School junior is one of 34
elite swimmers who will represent the U.S. at the 2012 Paralympic Games in
London beginning Aug. 29.
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