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Freestyle swimmer Jazz Carlin believes she has come back stronger after a disappointing 2012 season.
The Swindon-born 22-year-old was hampered by injury and illness, and missed out on qualifying for Team GB at the London Olympics.
“I was down for quite a few months, dwelling on the fact I didn’t make it,” Carlin told BBC Wiltshire.
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She’s the mother of an Olympic champion who’s found time to focus on her health. Debbie Phelps is joining the battle against a silent killer of women.
As Gigi Barnett explains–she says it all starts with a 60-minute checkup.
“All the years that I took care of my children I didn’t take care of myself the way I should have,†Phelps said. “And I thought I need to take a step forward and to be able to take a look at me.â€
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Michael Phelps is reportedly dating a waitress he met at a club. No, not that one. Nope, not her either. The newest love interest for the Olympic legend is Sarah Herndon, a 22-year-old from California he met during a recent vacation.
“Upper Darby Swimming and Diving Locker Room Harlem Shake”
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Laura Weiss had always known she wanted to be a top swimmer, possibly an Olympian.
But that dream was crushed –– at least temporarily –– when she became a victim of sexual misconduct. She was 14 at that time, a freshman at Lawrence North High School, when her then-36-year-old swimming coach sexually abused her.
Now, more than three years later, the 18-year-old is back on track with her dreams.
Weiss is this year’s top winner of the Kiwanis Abe Lincoln Scholarship, an annual program that recognizes 25 high school seniors who have faced significant challenges, such as homeless, drugs, abandonment, disabilities and others. Along with that recognition is a $16,000 scholarship.
Christopher Wheat, the ex-swimming coach, was sentenced to 10 years in prison in September 2010 after pleading guilty to two counts of sexual misconduct with a minor and one count of child solicitation. In May 2012, he was released from prison and transferred to a halfway house, where he’s serving a two-year sentence that could be shortened to one year.
Meh, she doesn’t go in
“Harlem Shake at Westfield Ymca swim team”
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“The Rogers swim team likes to get down!”
“Follow 7 year old Joseph on his journey as he learns to swim and be safe in the water, mentored by Olympian Cate Campbell and Paralympian Matt Cowdrey. In Australia, drowning remains one of the leading causes of preventable death in children. Unfortunately, while many children are learning valuable swimming and water safety skills, alarmingly thousands of children are still missing out, which is putting lives at risk. Swim kids Operation 10000 is a joint initiative of UNCLE TOBYS and Royal Life Saving Society – Australia, helping raise funds to provide FREE or subsidised swimming and water safety courses to 10000 kids who would otherwise miss out.”
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