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See here on Instagram “Swimming followers!! Here’s another video for you… I will be doing tips and new videos all week. Timing of the pullout and breakouts are key in breaststroke… Make your dolphin kick powerful and recover your arms close to your body for minimum drag. Breaststroke is my weakest stroke, and I did ALOT of work improving my technique because I needed to be up there with the best…and in Beijing I had the 2nd fastest breaststroke split. So always work on your weaknesses.”

See Crave Online It may be easy to laugh at the design of the BOOM Swimmer Wireless Bluetooth speaker, but when you start thinking about the functionality that the BOOM guys (that stands for Born On Original Motives, in case you were curious) have tapped into with that prehensile tail, it probably won’t seem quite that silly.

“Some 300 die-hard swimmers dressed in colourful outfits take to the ice cold waters of the river Rhine, Germany, for the annual New Year swim.” http://youtu.be/EaxuPUMw_0Y

“Don’t miss exclusive moments of James Magnussen’s cover shoot with Fitness First magazine!” http://youtu.be/HnAM0XjowXM

“A 3-week-old pygmy hippopotamus went for a swim for the first time at the Marwell Zoo in the UK. Jen Markham has the adorable video.” http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HnnbIKl7YVs&list=PL7iJDREM7_ACDRN9k81EGoBuXnPYiD9oK&feature=share

Read BBC News Elite swimming in Swansea had only been guaranteed until this summer’s Glasgow Commonwealth Games. Budget cuts following a poor London 2012 by Britain’s swimmers meant that British Swimming removed Swansea’s status and funding as an Olympic and Paralympic training centre. But now elite swimming will continue and it is hoped top athletes will stay. Cardiff International Pool, photo courtesy of the Welsh Government, CC BY-NC-ND 2.0

See wzzm13.com “She has won seven Olympic medals, two of them gold. But professional swimmer Amanda Beard has had to overcome a lot, from depression to an eating disorder.”

See myfoxtampabay.com When the Westminster College swim team arrived for training in St. Petersburg, they could not believe their eyes. Standing poolside at the North Shore Aquatic Complex was a man some might consider an Olympic giant. The Pennsylvania students would be sharing the water with Michael Phelps. “We were standing there and we’re like, ‘That kid looks really like Michael Phelps,'” said Westminster College senior Carrie Whisel. “We were like, ‘No he’s too short. He’s not even going to be here. He didn’t say he was going to be here. It’s probably not him.’ Then of course later on,…

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See NBC Sports For everybody opining on the MLB Hall of Fame, check this out from the International Swimming Hall of Fame. The ISHOF in Fort Lauderdale, Fla., has a bust of Michael Phelps on display. The waiting period for induction into the ISHOF is four years, which means Phelps couldn’t be inducted until at least 2016. That’s assuming Phelps, who is back in the international drug-testing pool, does not return to competitive swimming this year. Michael Phelps statue on display for the 1st time ever at the ISHOF in Ft. Lauderdale. @SwimmingWorld @mikelgustafson pic.twitter.com/EaGXu9UVn2— R.C. Weston (@CoachWeston11) January 8,…