Category: History
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Phelps & Bowman: A partnership like no other
“They forged one of the most unique relationships in all of sports, a coach who took the child of recently divorced parents under his wing at age 11 and nurtured him to greatness in the pool. Along the way, they’ve yelled and screamed at each other and butted heads from time to time. They also…
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George Haines and Fred Schmidt on the Butterfly
At the 1961 AAU National Swimming and Diving Championships, George Haines describes the butterfly technique to Bud Palmer while high school sensation Fred Schmidt demonstrates. Fred won gold at the 1964 Olympic Game, later became a Navy Seal and helped recover several Apollo space crafts on their return from the moon.
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Michael Phelps Can’t Thank You Enough!
Your support has been key to the success of 22-time Olympic medalist and Team Visa swimmer Michael Phelps! Watch Michael’s heartfelt thank you to his fans.
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Positive drug tests at the Summer Olympics, 1968 – 2012
The Economist has this interesting chart over positive drug tests at the Summer Games up until August 1st 2012, and adds in the article from August 2nd that until then, “two athletes, an Albanian weightlifter and an Uzbek gymnast, have so far been ejected from the London Olympics for failing drugs tests.” Makes you think,…
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Michael Phelps’ 16th Olympic gold medal race recreated in Lego
Wow, if possible now even more awesome! See The Guardian
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Michael Phelps is ‘very happy to be done’
On his first morning of retirement, Michael Phelps couldn’t sleep. Though he had stayed up until the early hours of Sunday morning celebrating the end of his career with friends and family, confusion reigned when 6 a.m. rolled around. Read more here on ESPN
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Why Phelps isn’t lying: He’s done
Wayne Drehs and Michael Wilbon discuss Michael Phelps’ future. Watch and read ESPN
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Dani Gyurta will send a replica of his Olympic gold to Dale Oen’s family
Olympic Champion Daniel Gyurta today told Hungarian press, that he will have a copy made of his London 2012 gold medal, and send it to Alexander Dale Oen’s relatives, as a gesture saying that not only Norway shares the pain. ‘We became very good friends this year’, he said, ‘I’m sure that he would have…
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President Obama congratulates Phelps for his Olympic medal record
See Mr Coe, this is how to do it, via the Los Angeles Times: Congrats to Michael Phelps for breaking the all-time Olympic medal record. You’ve made your country proud. -bo — Barack Obama (@BarackObama) August 1, 2012