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  • Michael Phelps’ 16th Olympic gold medal race recreated in Lego

    Aug 6, 2012

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    rokur
    in Competition, Fun, History

    Wow, if possible now even more awesome! See The Guardian

  • Sex abuse haunts former Olympic swim hopeful

    Aug 6, 2012

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    rokur
    in Safety

    Amid the excitement of the Olympic games, one former Olympic hopeful is speaking out on the darker side of youth sports. Kelley Currin says she was molested as a teen by Rick Curl, her former swim coach and founder of the prominent Curl-Burke Swim Club in the Washington, D.C. area. Read and listen to this story on NPR.

  • Michael Phelps: ‘Everybody Pees in the Pool’

    Aug 6, 2012

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    rokur
    in Gossip

    Et tu, Brute

    Read The Wall Street Journal

  • Michael Phelps is ‘very happy to be done’

    Aug 6, 2012

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    rokur
    in Competition, History

    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

  • Ryan Lochte Interview – His Grill 2012 London Olympics

    Aug 6, 2012

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    rokur
    in Competition, Gossip

    What’s the deal with Ryan Lochte’s grill – and, his biggest fear revealed in this interview.

  • On Pace w/ Pastrana : Ice Diving in Utah

    Aug 6, 2012

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    rokur
    in Fun, Open Water

    Motorsports competitor / stunt performer Travis Pastrana ‘learning to overcome fear’ by swimming under ice. Nice.

  • David Carry reviews his London 2012 experience

    Aug 6, 2012

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    rokur
    in Competition

    David Carry looks back on his campaign at London 2012 – his third Olympic Games in which he reached his first Olympic final.

  • Michael Klim: from the pool to the boardroom

    Aug 6, 2012

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    rokur
    in Gossip

    Success in sport doesn’t necessarily translate to success in business – but recently Olympian Michael Klim’s company Milk has scored a $2 million cash injection from venture capital firm Blue Sky Investments, which will help fund the company’s expansion into Asia.

  • CC photo #219: That feeling

    Aug 6, 2012

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    rokur
    in CC BY-NC-ND 2.0, Faroe Islands, Fun

    My older son Jákup relaxing in the Viva Holiday Mallorca main swim pool, back in 2010.

    That feeling

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