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  • He’s the most decorated Olympian of all time, but don’t think for a second that growing up as Michael Phelps was easy.

    The 31-year-old swimming superstar —and new father — opened up about his struggles with ADHD in a new video for the Child Mind Institute‘s Speak Up for Kids campaign, explaining that a teacher once predicted that the Baltimore native would never succeed.

    “I [saw] kids who, we were all in the same class, and the teachers treated them differently than they would treat me,” he says. “I had a teacher tell me that I would never amount to anything and I would never be successful.”

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    Photo by Gage Skidmore

  • Everything is on track seventy-three days ahead of the biggest sporting event ever hosted in Hungary, Minister of National Development Miklós Seszták said Tuesday during a press conference hosted by the 2017 FINA organizing committee, despite projected costs exceeding five times original estimates.

    According to Napi.hu, Seszták said that while the cost of organizing the FINA world swimming championships is only HUF 32.9 billion, additional fees, licenses and other costs bring expenditures up to HUF 38.6 billion. Such added costs include lodging for officials, athletes, and VIP guests, but also include the operating costs of the venues, dope testing, ticketing, and the opening and closing ceremonies.

    Seszták said the total cost of the preparatory and infrastructural work for the event comes out to some HUF 92 billion (USD 321 million), and claimed that the overwhelming majority of these funds (HUF 85 billion) would have been spent even if Hungary had not hosted the swimming championships. These costs include reconstruction of the Pest-side riverbank and Margit Island, renovations at the Dagály beach, and reconstruction of the Hajós and Széchy, and Császár-Komjádi swimming pools.

    But the single most costly project related to the championships has been the Duna Aréna swimming center, which cost taxpayers some HUF 41.6 billion, and was described by one journalist as looking like a “depressing parking structure.”

    Read Budapest Beacon

  • Swimming is a great cardiovascular workout that will help burn calories. As obesity is one of the primary factors behind OA, it is important to continue shedding weight to help decrease the load on your joints. Getting in the pool is a low impact activity and will have far less likelihood of flaring symptoms. Swimming is a full body workout and will help strengthen the muscles supporting the affected joints. If you’re not a swimmer, don’t worry! There are plenty of ways to get in the pool without having to venture out of the shallow end. If you’re not a swimmer, take a look at this short clip to see some great exercises you can be doing in the pool to help your osteoarthritis. If you’re looking for more structure, a water aerobics class may be right for you.

    https://youtu.be/0KmchAiAqLk

  • Paid spokesperson and global ambassador for Colgate’s #EveryDropCounts campaign Michael Phelps sits with Access Hollywood’s Scott Evans and talks about what it would be like if his son, baby Boomer, decided to become a swimmer. Plus, the most-decorated Olympian of all time shares how being a father has changed him.

  • Bold and Beautiful is an informal swimming group that meets every morning on Sydney’s Manly Beach to swim almost a mile from Manly to Shelly Beach and back. Did we mention they all wear pink swimming caps? Check it out in 360.

  • Following sustained, record-setting growth since 2008, the U.S. Olympic Team Trials – Swimming will return to Omaha for the fourth consecutive occasion in 2020

  • A birthday party at a San Diego-area apartment complex swimming pool ended in a hail of bullets on Sunday night after a gunman opened fire on the crowd, witnesses said.

    According to police, at least one person was killed and seven others were wounded, “several” of them critically. Their identities have not yet been released.

    See Huffington Post

  • wimmer Kirsty Coventry has been elected as a vice-president of the Zimbabwe Olympic Committee (ZOC).

    The double Olympic gold medallist claimed the role at her national governing body as Admire Masenda won his fourth term as President in Harare.

    She received 38 of the 42 votes cast to replace Sibusisiwe Chindove who did not seek another term.

    The 33-year-old has served as an International Olympic Committee (IOC) Athletes’ Commission member since 2012 and is a Foundation Board member of the World Anti-Doping Agency.

    In addition, she is a vice-president of the International Surfing Association.

    Read Inside the Games

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