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Michael Phelps

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Michael Fred Phelps (born June 30, 1985) is an American swimmer. He has won 14 career Olympic gold medals, the most by any Olympian. By the end of 2008, he held seven world records in swimming.

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Swimming to France - Lynchburg News and Advance May 18, 2013
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Swimming to France
Lynchburg News and Advance
For most of her life, Sarah Dunstan has been swimming toward this goal. A competitive swimmer since age eight, she's thought about it as her arms churned through the tamed, chlorinated water of countless indoor pools, the unruly choppy surface of ...

Michael Phelps not done with Olympic swimming after all? - SportingNews.com May 18, 2013
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Michael Phelps not done with Olympic swimming after all?
SportingNews.com
A report Friday evening from WBBH, an NBC television affiliate in Fort Myers, Fla., said Phelps will return to swimming with an eye toward competing at the 2016 Rio Olympics. The three-paragraph story on the station's website was posted by news anchor ...
No Secrets in Swimming: Sources Report Story of Michael Phelps Comeback LeakSwimSwam
Michael Phelps Denies Reports of Swimming ComebackBleacher Report
Report: Michael Phelps planning a swimming comebackNew York Daily News
SwimmingWorldMagazine.com -Courier Mail
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NYer Of The Week: Richard Finkelstein Gets His Swimming Team To Succeed In... May 17, 2013
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NYer Of The Week: Richard Finkelstein Gets His Swimming Team To Succeed In ...
NY1
"As a parent, I'm watching not only my kid get better at swimming but at managing their time and being great at school," says David Groshen, whose child is on the team. "This team is about the academics. This team is about if you don't get your ...

Swimming hall of fame may move - Sun-Sentinel May 17, 2013
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Swimming hall of fame may move
Sun-Sentinel
After almost a half-century of calling the city home, the International Swimming Hall of Fame is no longer feeling the love. Despite the city's plans to construct a new $32.4 million aquatic complex, hall officials say the project ignores their needs ...

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CDC: Fecal bacteria common in swimming pools - USA Today - USA TODAY May 17, 2013
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CDC: Fecal bacteria common in swimming pools - USA Today
USA TODAY
Health officials say they found fecal bacteria in more than half of the water samples taken from Atlanta-area public swimming pools last summer. And they say contaminated water leading to disease outbreaks is becoming common nationwide. (May 17) ...

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Public swimming pools not as clean as you think, study finds - fox4kc.com May 17, 2013
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Public swimming pools not as clean as you think, study finds
fox4kc.com
“Results alone cannot be used to determine whether the detected pathogens were viable or infectious or determine the level of swimmer risk.” Translation: public pools are not necessarily hazardous to your health because there's never been any illness ...

A Dive into the Deep End: The Importance of the Swimming Pool in Southern ...... May 17, 2013
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A Dive into the Deep End: The Importance of the Swimming Pool in Southern ...
KCET (blog)
"The history of backyard swimming was written largely in Los Angeles," noted the Los Angeles Times in 2007. Beginning in 1920 with a Beverley Hills swimming pool at their Pickfair estate, Douglas Fairbanks and Mary Pickford could boast of having one of ...

Shocked Family Films Wild Moose Swimming in Their Pool - Buzz Log (blog) May 17, 2013
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Shocked Family Films Wild Moose Swimming in Their Pool
Buzz Log (blog)
People relaxing at their vacation home in Redmond, Washington, got quite a surprise when they found a moose swimming in their pool. So they did what most of us would do to prove to our friends and family that it really happened—they turned on the ...
Shocked group film moose swimming in the pool of their holiday villaDaily Mail

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CDC Warns Against Fecal Matter In Swimming Pools - Fox News Latino May 17, 2013
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CDC Warns Against Fecal Matter In Swimming Pools
Fox News Latino
The CDC studied public Atlanta-area pools last summer and found that nearly 60 percent of the filters contained E. Coli, the same bacteria found in human feces. "It is gross and I don't want my kids to swim," said Earlene Scott. Officials believe the ...
Swimming poo(l)s: Fecal findings prompt CDC call for 'improved swimmer hygiene'89.3 KPCC (blog)
Why is there so much poop in swimming pools?The Week Magazine
No. 1 swimming pool problem? It's number two!NBCNews.com (blog)
Medical News Today -KPRC Houston -WJLA
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London's getting a blood-filled swimming pool strewn with floating body parts... May 17, 2013
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London's getting a blood-filled swimming pool strewn with floating body parts
Boing Boing
Miss Cakehead writes, "This set of Zombie Swimming Pool Rules was comissioned from graphic designer Pictographik to promote the Resident Evil Revelations blood swimming pool, and was based on an the iconic traditional British swimming pool rules.
Capcom Gives Reminder of Upcoming Blood Swimming Pool EventGod is a Geek

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Olympic swim star Missy Franklin turns 18, graduates high school - Fox News May 15, 2013
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Olympic swim star Missy Franklin turns 18, graduates high school
Fox News
Missy Franklin is starting to feel like a grown-up. "I don't know where the time went," she said, breaking into a bubbly laugh. "We just went to the bank the other day and signed everything over. It's crazy. I do feel a little bit older." Sure, the ...

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Olympic Hopefuls - Sierra Star May 15, 2013
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Olympic Hopefuls
Sierra Star
"I always wanted to be a college athlete but I was torn between basketball and swimming," Coffman said. "My high school coach, Frank Koop, told me when I was a freshman in high school that if I kept swimming I could make it to the Olympics," Coffman said.

Swimming: The Badgers' Andrew teDuits gets the best of Olympic gold medalist... May 14, 2013
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Swimming: The Badgers' Andrew teDuits gets the best of Olympic gold medalist ...
77Square.com
2013-05-14T13:15:00Z Swimming: The Badgers' Andrew teDuits gets the best of Olympic gold medalist Ryan Lochte ... this timeAP, Madison.com Sports madison.com. May 14, 2013 1:15 pm • AP, Madison.com Sports · (0) Comments. Ryan Lochte is starting ...
Arena Grand Prix, Charlotte: Connor Jaeger Completes Distance SweepSwimmingWorldMagazine.com
Lochte a bit out of practiceCharlotte Observer
Jessica Hardy shines at Arena GPESPN
USA TODAY
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No replacing Michael Phelps, but US swim team still looks strong heading into... May 13, 2013
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No replacing Michael Phelps, but US swim team still looks strong heading into ...
Newser
Franklin plans to remain an amateur for two more years while swimming at the University of California, then turn professional a year before the Rio Olympics. Schmitt also passed on the chance to cash in on her performance in London, where she won three ...

Four US Standouts Become Fast Friends - New York Times May 11, 2013
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Four US Standouts Become Fast Friends
New York Times
But she had a breakout performance and made it all the way to the Olympics, where she won a gold medal in the 800-meter freestyle and set an American record. “Last year at this meet, I was intimidated by all of them, and now I guess I'm an Olympian, so ...

Special Olympics Athletes Compete, Students Volunteer at George Mason Swim... May 09, 2013
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Special Olympics Athletes Compete, Students Volunteer at George Mason Swim ...
Virginia Connection Newspapers
More than 130 swimmers, parents and friends of the Potomac Marlins USA Swimming year-round swim team volunteered April 28 to host the Northern Virginia Special Olympics Swim Meet held at George Mason. They came from all over the county for the ...

Gender Gap Shrinking Worldwide in Aquatic Sports at Olympic Games -... May 08, 2013
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Gender Gap Shrinking Worldwide in Aquatic Sports at Olympic Games
SwimmingWorldMagazine.com
PHOENIX, Arizona, May 8. THE number of women participating in organized sports is continuing to grow around the world, as evidenced by the shrinking gap between the numbers of female athletes and male athletes at the recent Olympics, according to a ...

US Olympic swim trials go to Omaha - STLtoday.com Apr 27, 2013
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US Olympic swim trials go to Omaha
STLtoday.com
St. Louis lost out to Omaha, Neb., on Saturday in its bid to host the 2016 Olympic swimming trials, and it may well have been a case of bigger not being better. Though the St. Louis Sports Commission hasn't heard specifics yet on the decision, it's ...
Omaha to host swim trials againESPN
St. Louis Ready for Olympic Swimming Trials BidCBS Local
San Antonio loses bid for Olympic swimming trialsWOAI
San Antonio Express
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Three Midwestern cities vying for 2016 US Olympic swim trials - SI.com Apr 23, 2013
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Three Midwestern cities vying for 2016 US Olympic swim trials
SI.com
(AP) USA Swimming will choose between Omaha, Neb., San Antonio and St. Louis as the site for the 2016 Olympic swimming trials. The national governing body says it will announce the host city on Saturday. Omaha has hosted the last two trials, in 2012 ...

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Swimming On Feb 21, 2013
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The time has come for me to move on to other swimming pools. All the best to everyone, I have enjoyed my time here. Swim on!

A Look at a Few Hand Paddles from Finis Feb 21, 2013
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I looked in my swim bag and realized that I had several types of hand paddles from the same company, Finis. Among other paddles in my bag, I have Finis' Agility, Freestyler, and Forearm Fulcrum models. Why do I have different kinds, and what are the different kinds of Finis hand paddles used for in a swim workout?

Schedule for 2013 Swimming World Championships in Barcelona Feb 21, 2013
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The next major swimming competition after the 2012 Olympics is the 2013 World Swimming Championships in Barcelona. World championships in open water swimming, synchronized swimming, diving, water polo, and pool swimming will be contested between 19 July and 4 August 2013. The open water portion of world champs is 20-27 July.

IM Workout for Strokes and Turns Feb 20, 2013
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This swim workout uses 50s, 100s, and 200s to give swimmers work on all strokes and turns for an individual medley. When you swim this IM workout, think about the stroke and think about the turns!

Swimming the Best Way to Lose Weight - Maybe, Maybe Not Feb 20, 2013
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Is swimming the best way to lose weight? Probably not if it is all that you do. Swimming as exercise for weight loss, along with good eating habits, is the way to get rid of extra pounds.

Swim Workout for Middle Distance - 200s Feb 20, 2013
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200s are right in the middle for middle distance swimmers, so using them for a swim workout makes sense. This swim workout uses 200s in a 3-1, 2-2, 1-3 pattern to push you from easier to harder swimming.

Butterfly Kick - A Swim Lesson Tip Feb 19, 2013
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Use a body dolphin to work on a good butterfly kick. Getting your whole body into the fly kick will make it better, and will help make your butterfly stroke better, too.

Kick Speed Workout - Some Quality 50s and 25s of Kicking Feb 18, 2013
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This swim workout is actually a kick workout. The focus is on your legs. Any type of kick is fine, any mix of kicking is fine (back, breast, fly, free, etc.), but there is a lot of kicking in this workout. You should be ready for it.

Lap Swimming Etiquette Feb 17, 2013
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Lap swimming... most swimmers follow a general code of conduct while swimming laps or doing their swim workout. I have a general set of rules for lap swimming, or lap swimming etiquette. Not every swimmer would agree with my list, and some pools or countries may have different customs or swimming rules, but I think these rules on how to swim laps are more-or-less universal.

Strong Second Halves Swim Workout Feb 15, 2013
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This swim workout is focused on the back half of each set. The main part of the swim workout is a series of swims that get short and then long again. Your goal is to control your speed and effort on the first swim, and then while still under control(!), pick up the speed for the second swim of the same distance.

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