Month: February 2013
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Prosthetic Flippers Help Turtle to Swim Again
A 25-year-old loggerhead turtle gets a pair of prosthetic flippers after a shark attack left her front fins torn to shreds.
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CC photo #413: Misty meet in KlaksvÃk today
The joy of trying to take a photo a few seconds after rushing into a warm and damp swimming pool :-)
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Jazz Carlin positive after ‘disappointing’ 2012
Read BBC Sport Freestyle swimmer Jazz Carlin believes she has come back stronger after a disappointing 2012 season. The Swindon-born 22-year-old was hampered by injury and illness, and missed out on qualifying for Team GB at the London Olympics. “I was down for quite a few months, dwelling on the fact I didn’t make it,” Carlin told…
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Debbie Phelps Joins Battle Against Heart Disease
Read CBS Baltimore She’s the mother of an Olympic champion who’s found time to focus on her health. Debbie Phelps is joining the battle against a silent killer of women. As Gigi Barnett explains–she says it all starts with a 60-minute checkup. “All the years that I took care of my children I didn’t take…
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Meet Michael Phelps’ new girlfriend Sarah Herndon
Ouch USA Today, she is a nursing student Michael Phelps is reportedly dating a waitress he met at a club. No, not that one. Nope, not her either. The newest love interest for the Olympic legend is Sarah Herndon, a 22-year-old from California he met during a recent vacation.
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Victim of swim coach’s sexual misconduct, perseveres to become Kiwanis Scholarship winner
Read Indy Star Laura Weiss had always known she wanted to be a top swimmer, possibly an Olympian. But that dream was crushed –– at least temporarily –– when she became a victim of sexual misconduct. She was 14 at that time, a freshman at Lawrence North High School, when her then-36-year-old swimming coach sexually…
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Kate Upton Antarctica Swim Adventure Sports Illustrated Swimsuit 2013
Meh, she doesn’t go in
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The Harlem Shake (Westfield YMCA Style)
“Harlem Shake at Westfield Ymca swim team” http://youtu.be/s3zyv0cDJSI