Category Archives: Training

Interview with Therese Alshammar at the 2011 UAE International Swim Meet

An interview with World Champion, Olympic medalist and world record holder Therese Alshammar of Sweden, shortly after winning the 50 freestyle at the 2011 UAE International Swim Meet held at the Hamdan bin Mohammed bin Rashid Sports Complex purposefully built … Continue reading

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Interview with Milorad Čavić at UAE International Swim Meet in Dubai 2011

An interview with Olympic medalist, Milorad Cavic of Serbia, shortly after his 50 butterfly at the UAE International Swim Meet held in April 2011 at the Hamdan bin Mohammed bin Rashid Sports Complex purposefully built for the FINA 2010 Short … Continue reading

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Michael Phelps gears up for 2012

China Daily via the17thman

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Anthony Ervin talks to kids at diversity clinic

2000 Olympic gold medalist Anthony Ervin visited the Ossining Aquatics Center on Sunday to speak to about 100 aspiring swimmers on the Spartans Swim Team at Metropolitan Swimming’s diversity clinic. Read lohud.com

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Speedo Pace Club Poolside Chats – Kate Ziegler

Get to know some of USA Swimmings best and brightest athletes, here long-distance swimmer and current world record holder in the 1500-meter freestyle (long course), Kate Ziegler.

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Speedo Pace Club Poolside Chats – Jessica Hardy

Jessica Hardy talking about the tough ride since Beijing 2008. Speedo sponsored or not, this journalist Matt Mason is doing an incredible job getting these talks down to earth. And by the way, USA Swimming: “I got sent home at 5 o’clock … Continue reading

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Speedo Pace Club Poolside Chats — Michael Phelps & Ryan Lochte

Two of the greatest swimmers ever interviewing each other in a very straight-forward way. Pure gold ! :-)

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British Gas GBR Swim Team Q&A

In April 2012, the British Gas GBR Swim Team took part in a Training Camp at the Aquatics Centre, London ahead of London 2012. Find out what happened when they took time out from training to answer questions from Facebook … Continue reading

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Speedo Pace Club Poolside Chat – Natalie Coughlin & Jon Urbanchek

Get to know some of swimming’s best and brightest athletes and coaches in the Speedo Pace Club’s Poolside Chat series, here coach Urbanchek and 3-time Olympic gold medal winner Natalie Coughlin. Coughlin and Urbanchek Urbanchek Coughlin

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Amanda Kendall dismissed from the Louisiana State swim team

According to reachforthewall.com, 2009 All-Met swimmer Amanda Kendall has been dismissed from the Louisiana State swim team for violating team rules, specific reasons unknown, and Kendall declining to comment on the rules violation. She has withdrawn from classes at LSUA … Continue reading

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