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  • Fran Halsall talks about the 2013 Duel In The Pool and discusses her memories of the previous two Duels in Manchester and Atlanta.

  • debbie-and-michaelSee for instance SI Wire, NBC OlympicTalk and WBAL

    As for her son, Michael Phelps recently announced he has resumed training at the North Baltimore Aquatic Club, but Phelps has not said if he wants to compete at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Brazil.

    “Where that leads him, I don’t know, I’m hoping it leads to Brazil,” Debbie Phelps told WBAL News.

    “Michael has a love for his sport, a passion for his sport. I’m supporting him all the way, as his Mom. I’m not a helicopter Mom, but I’ll always be there with all three of my children, and my two grandchildren.”

  • Ouch, see Xinhua

    Double Olympic champion swimmer Sun Yang was excluded from the voting for China’s top athlete despite a successful record which includes three world championships titles.

    Sun isn’t on a list of 146 candidates selected on Thursday to run for the prestigious CCTV Sports Awards. The organizers, China Central Television, announced that they “valued professionalism over athletic performance”.

    Sun Yang getting a hug after the BCN2013 men's 400 free

    Sun, who claimed men’s 400m, 800m and 1,500m freestyle world titles and went on to bag five gold medals in the National Games, was caught driving without a license in a car accident in Hangzhou, capital of Zhejiang Province early this month.

    Apart from a seven-day detention and a fine of 2,000 yuan (about 328 U.S. dollars) by Hangzhou police, he has also been suspended from all the competitions and national team’s training and commercial activities.

    “Sun Yang is an outstanding athlete but he failed to behave professionally outside the swimming pool,” said CCTV sports chief Jiang Heping.

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    sim-SmA lot of happy qualifiers again tonight, many of them in their second, third or fourth event. Sarah Sjöström clocked 24.12 in the 50 free with Michelle Coleman chasing in 24.46.

    Qualified Swedes for Herning 2013 in tonight’s events:

    • 200 fly W – Céline Bertrand
    • 400 free M – Mattias Carlsson
    • 50 free W – Sarah Sjöström, Michelle Coleman, Magdalena Kuras, Josefin Lindkvist
    • 50 breast M – Johannes Skagius, Niklas Tour, Gulliver Koch
    • 100 back W – Michelle Coleman, Magdalena Kuras, Therese Svendsen, Ida Lindborg
    • 200 back M – Axel Pettersson

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  • “We re-live the Speedo highlights from the Fina 15th World Championships held in Barcelona, Summer 2013. We love that winning feeling from Ryan Lochte, Sun Yang, Katie Ledecky, Melani Costa, Missy Franklin & Christian Sprenger”

  • A not so typical for swimming game played during the “Swim Day” organized by (local club) Havnar Svimjifelag and (federation) Svimjisamband Føroya on Saturday 16 November 2013. A relay in which the kids took turns going into a room to observe and memorize a Lego model, that they then had to build without being able to see the model. Not so physical, but obviously fun and challenging, with the Lego bricks well suited for the wet environment.

    Lego Challenge during the HS/SSF Swim Day 2013

  • Episode 10 of the Cayman Sports Documentary Series looks at open water swimming in the Cayman Islands, from its simple beginnings through its growth into one of the best places in the world for competitions.

    http://youtu.be/esJ5JjYwf9w

  • Ryk Neethling believes “Chad le Clos is the best swimmer in the world at the moment”.

  • WLKY School Cribs takes a look at the Meyzeek Middle School swim team.