Category: History
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Tyler McGill visits Maine South High School
“On December 29, 2012 the Maine South Hawks Swimming Parents Association brought in Olympic Gold winner Tyler McGill to speak to their young swimmers. Tyler spent the day with the group sharing his inspirational story, life lessons, and training techniques.” – And he is darn good at it ! :-) Tyler McGill visits Maine South…
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Olympic swimmer Ricky Berens visits South Mecklenburg High School
For the first time since he graduated in 2006, Ricky Berens on Thursday walked the hallways of South Mecklenburg High School, where his favorite class was a film and literature course. The Olympic gold medalist stopped by the school to sign autographs and visit with students. “It’s fun to be back. It brings back some…
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Year In Review: Lochte leads list of top 10 Daytona Beach sports stories
Read The Daytona Beach News-Journal 1. Lochte wins five Olympic medals Swimmer Ryan Lochte had a somewhat disappointing London Olympics based on his high expectations. But the Spruce Creek product still enhanced his reputation as one of the sport’s all-time greats, winning five medals, including two gold — in the grueling 400 individual medley and…
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Brent Hayden Swimming Psychology
“How would you like to get inside the mind of an Olympic medalist? 2012 London summer Olympic bronze medalist Brent Hayden accomplished one of the rarest feats in sport. He stood on the Olympic podium. Brent’s swimming resume includes both an Olympic bronze medal and world championship gold medal. His mindset is world class. In…
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Michael Phelps’ career is Best Sports Moment of the Year
Michael Phelps capping off his legendary swimming career has been voted Sports Illustrated’s Best Sports Moment of the Year for 2012. Read 11 Alive
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Olympic superagent Evan Morgenstein on how the techsuit ban hurt the sport of swimming
Read SwimmingWorld and listen to SwimmingWorld Radio from 41:50 Nathan: Evan you work with some of the biggest names in our sport of course legends like Dara Torres and Mark Spitz, but of course athletes these days and in London, we have got Cullen Jones and you worked with so many athletes that I would…
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GB swimmer Ross Davenport embraces soaking wet wedding day
Belper-born Ross, 28, has taken part in three Olympic Games – Athens 2004, Beijing 2008 and London 2012 – but has this year decided to retire from competitive swimming. He will instead take on the role of assistant to City of Derby swimming club head coach Mel Marshall. And, on Saturday, he tied the knot…
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Michael Phelps Confesses to Early Fear of Water
From August 2012, American swimming legend Michael Phelps confesses that he used to be afraid of putting his face under water. The winner of a record eighteen Olympic medals also said his first time on the podium was the most special.
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Michael Phelps named AP Male Athlete of the Year
Now that he’s away from the pool, Michael Phelps can reflect – really reflect – on what he accomplished. “It’s kind of nuts to think about everything I’ve gone through,” Phelps said. “I’ve finally had time to myself, to sit back and say, `… that really happened?’ It’s kind of shocking at times.” Read Press-Telegram…