Category: Gossip
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Eve and Candace Present: Getting to Know Tom Shields
“Eve and Candace caught Tom Shields after a panel at Nationals. As one of our new favorite swimmer babies, we wanted to get to know him a little better and asked a few simple questions.”
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Honeymoon trip at stake for Olympic champion Matt Grevers
Read Chicago Tribune Grevers, reigning Olympic champion in the 100-meter backstroke, needs to make the top two in that event at the U.S. Championships Friday to assure himself of a place on the U.S. team that will compete at the World Championships next month in Barcelona. “We haven’t had an official honeymoon yet because of…
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Coach Bowman discusses possibility of Michael Phelps returning
Read USA Today At the world championship trials on Wednesday, the Phelps comeback talk continued. His longtime coach Bob Bowman said he would support a run at the 2016 Olympics if Phelps is fully committed. “There’s a part of me that wants him to come back if he’s going to do it the right way,”…
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Family seeks one-armed swimmer who saved their drowning daughter
See NBC News A family in Georgia hopes to learn the identity of a one-armed swimmer who rescued their drowning daughter. WXIA’s Kevin Rowson reports. Visit NBCNews.com for breaking news, world news, and news about the economy
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Dana Vollmer turns to woodworking after London 2012
Read USA Today “You put your life on hold to train for the Olympics,” said Dana Vollmer, who won three golds last summer. “It’s good for the national team to take some time off and find a good balance.” So how did Vollmer find that balance? “Woodworking,” she said.
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Hair Talk – with All-American Swimmers Moodie, Atkinson and Oliver
“One of the perceived obstacles for girls and women to swim is what to do about your hair. In this frank discussion of the subject, three of the nations’ top female swimmers talk about Hair.”
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Bob Bowman, Coach and Cook, Puts Swimming Back on the Front Burner
Read The New York Times After Phelps won the last 6 of his 22 overall medals at the 2012 London Games, Bowman took a nine-month sabbatical from coaching. He passed the time he normally spent in the broiler oven that is the pool deck over a hot stove, trying to duplicate the meals he watched…
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Stephanie Rice to concentrate on business venture after Celebrity Apprentice victory
See The Herald Sun Stephanie Rice has put off deciding about her swimming future until the end of the year after winning Celebrity Apprentice Australia. Instead, Rice, the Olympic champion will concentrate on her Freestyle kids’ swimwear business venture for the remainder of 2013.
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Rod Gilmour launches Pál Joensen book project site
You might remember how we had a visit from the British sports journalist Rod Gilmour, back in May, him working on a book about Pál Joensen. Well, a few moments ago he launched a website for the Pál Joensen book project, go see thepaleffect.tumblr.com!