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Read CBS Baltimore Olympic gold medalist Cullen Jones teams up with a local foundation to donate life-saving equipment to the city’s aquatic program. Jones met an eager group of swimmers Saturday at Callowhill Aquatic Center. He joined the Connor Cares Foundation to present the center with three defibrillators. “The city of Baltimore is delighted to accept such a vital piece of equipment, which could mean the difference between life and death in an emergency,” said Baltimore City Recreation Parks Director Ernest J. Burkeen. “This life-saving equipment will be a vital resource for our aquatics staff and the citizens who use…

They won the women’s 4×50 medley at the LEN 2008 European Short Course Championships in Rijeka, Croatia, clocking a new Championships and European (and World?) record of 1:45.73. The team Ranomi Kromowidjojo, Moniek Nijhuis, Hinkelien Schreuder and (I guess still in the water) Marleen Veldhuis. See the result list here.

The Ryan Lochte remix of “Yeah” by Usher, via Buzzfeed http://youtu.be/565CytZYUkE

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Read The Age Just four dips in the pool since the London Olympics have convinced Stephanie Rice she should make a swimming comeback. But the triple Olympic champion aims to return as a sprinter – not the middle distance darling of the pool who became a household name.

“On Friday, April 26, 2013, Olympic gold medalist Rowdy Gaines gave a Swim Clinic for Newtown, CT Torpedoes. Many of the kids attend Sandy Hook Elementary.” http://youtu.be/vcqHJ2yKaxo

Read Los Angeles Magazineq The record shattering backstroke swimmer, who is being inducted into the Los Angeles CIF Hall of Fame, hung up his flippers in 2005 to open a swim academy. Here he tells us about his favorite pool in L.A., what it’s like to coach young swimmers, and where he cools off during the summer http://youtu.be/s8aWvEo0AhM

Read Best Movies Ever News Last week the swimmer turned cameo actor turned fashionista ruffled some feathers when he seemed to have forgotten that he had lobbied pretty hard to get onto both of the high rated reality shows. Instead he stated at the E! Upfronts: “They asked me if I would [do The Bachelor] or Dancing with the Stars. And I was like, ‘Why don’t I just have my own reality TV show, and just put it all in there myself? Do it my own way.’” Last September, our source over at The Bachelor had this to say about…

Just a photo from Tallinn, Estonia back in January 2009, when we visited Rein Haljand for a bit of video analysis of Pál Joensen. Haljand’s son Holger ready with the camera cart, Jón Bjarnason ready to move the back stroke flags out of the way. A really nice pool and hotel, the Kalev Spa.