Category: Competition
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First-Time Olympic Swimmer Simone Manuel Is Perfectly Nicknamed ‘Swimone’
Simone Manuel is heading in to her first Olympics next month in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, and based on her nickname, it was her destiny. Before the 19-year-old was a Stanford University student preparing for her first Olympics, she was on a club swim team, where one of the parents of a fellow swimmer nicknamed…
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Why Olympian Natalie Coughlin says swimming is anything but ‘boring’
Being a champion doesn’t mean winning every race. It’s also about character, bouncing back from setbacks, and continuing to move toward your goal. Natalie Coughlin, 33, is a 12-time Olympic medalist, three of them gold, but didn’t make the cut for the Rio Olympic Games in August. “I’m bummed I’m not going to Rio, but…
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FINA Releases Statement Concerning Participation of Russia at the Rio 2016 Olympic Games
FINA acknowledges and supports the IOC’s position in respect of the participation of clean Russian athletes to the Olympic Games in Rio. The WADA Independent Person (“McLarenâ€) report has shown that anti-doping rules, i.e. the FINA Doping Control (DC) Rules and the WADA Code were not correctly implemented in Russia, i.e. within the jurisdiction of…
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When all-time greatest swimmer showed he’s an all-time teammate
That day, Phelps swam the fasted 100-meter butterfly in the history of the 4×100 medley race. He swam past the Japanese and Australian swimmers like they had anchors attached to their Speedos. He turned a half-second deficit into a full-second lead by the time he touched the wall, which ought to be a physical and…
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Greek swimmer gets Rio spot after FINA U-turn
Greek 100 meters butterfly champion Kristel Vourna has spoken of her “relief and joy†after an unlikely U-turn by the World Swimming Federation (FINA) following an initial blunder which means she can participate in next month’s Rio Olympics. The 24-year-old, who was initially told by FINA two weeks ago that she had qualified for the…
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Olympic Swimmer Mark Spitz on Michael Phelps’ Incredible Accomplishments | Where Are They Now | OWN
With seven gold medals, American swimmer Mark Spitz set the record in 1972 for most wins in a single Olympic Games. Thirty-six years later, at the Beijing Summer Olympic Games, another American swimmer, Michael Phelps, broke Mark’s record when he took home eight.
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Olympian Dara Torres on Failing to Qualify for the U.S. Swim Team in 2012 | Where Are They Now | OWN
In 2008, at age 41, Dara Torres became the oldest U.S. swimmer to compete in the Olympic Games. Heartbreakingly, she fell one one-hundredth of a second short of winning the gold medal.
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2016 U.S. Olympic Team Flag Signing
A new look at a fun Team USA tradition! The signing of the Olympic flags.
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Swimmers Want a Rio Snoozefest
Among the countless pieces of high-performance gear the U.S. swim team is schlepping to the Rio Olympics, the most important may be these: blackout curtains, fitted sheets, and pillows from home. Even as worries mount about security, terrorism, and a global health epidemic, the fear keeping U.S. swimming officials awake at night is the possibility…