McCutcheon High School swim coach Amanda Cox is now named alongside USA Swimming, Indiana Swimming and others, in the civil lawsuit involving former swim coach Chris Wheat, convicted last year of sexually molesting a girl who was 14 years old at the time. Read wlfi.com
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Benoit “Ben” Lecomte to swim across the Pacific Ocean (!)
Benoit “Ben” Lecomte, a Frenchman living in the United States, intends to swim across the Pacific Ocean next year, an unprecedented 8,800-kilometer (about 5,500 miles) journey expected to last five grueling months. And believe it or not, he knows what he’s doing, as he in 1998 was the first man to swim the Atlantic, crossing the 3,400-mile route (about 5,500 kilometers) from Cape Cod, Massachusetts to Quiberon, France in 73 days. This is for obvious reasons a trip where he swims for 8 or more hours a day and then rests and sleeps on a boat, resuming the swim exactly where he left it off.
Swimming “is a bit monotonous, but it’s my passion,” Lecomte told AFP.
Read The Vancouver Sun.
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Jay Platt crossed the Mississippi, blindfolded, cuffed and shackled
Breaking news on Facebook: “This is Paz. Jay just did it!!!! Will update soon.” Here is an inspiring video from yesterday:
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Candice Alley declares she and Grant Hackett “100 percent OK”
Candice Alley declares she and Hackett are “100 percent OK”, and that nothing happened that early Sunday morning October 30th, when police was called to their property. She admits that something did occur, and states that she was embarrassed, but says it was nothing serious. Read the Herald Sun and She Knows.
Here is Candice Alley singing “Natural Woman” by Carole King and Gerry Goffin:
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Hilarious interview with ‘Michael Phelps’
Kiki interviewing ‘Michael Phelps’ about his extreme diet. They are actually quite well informed :-D
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Behind the Goggles: Ryan Lochte reflects on his career
Olympian Ryan Lochte takes a moment to reflect on his swimming career, courtesy of USA Swimming, answering questions like “how do you stay grounded?”.
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Speedo Canon 5D camera housing test
No sound, but really nice footage and colors. The Canon EOS 5D is a still camera, btw, with full HD video possibilities.
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Indy lawsuit alleges “rotten, sick culture in USA Swimming”
Lawyer Jonathan Little isn’t pulling his punches in the allegations against USA Swimming, in the case of 14-year-old “Jane Doe” against USA Swimming and Indiana Swimming. It is his sixth lawsuit against USA Swimming, that according to Indystar.com “faces an increasing number of lawsuits alleging a pattern of sexual misconduct among swimming coaches nationally.”:
“We have a rotten, sick culture in USA Swimming,” Little said at a news conference Thursday. “Just like in the Penn State case, those in authority ignored sexual abuse claims and failed to report sexual abuse complaints to law enforcement.
“USA Swimming and Indiana Swimming have failed to protect (my client) and possibly a number of other swimmers across the country by fostering a culture that places the protection of pedophile coaches ahead of protecting athletes.”
And also here in the Indystar, with a mugshot of the culprit Christopher Wheat:
“USA swimming fosters the culture that harbors pedophiles,” Little told a news conference this morning.
USA Swimming and Indiana Swimming had two chances to stop the coach before he molested the girl, identified as “Jane Doe,” Little said.
In addition to monetary damages for the young swimmer, the suit seeks the termination of top officials at USA and Indiana swimming (!)
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Nathan Adrian’s favorite Olympic trials memory
Olympian Nathan Adrian recalls his fourth place finish in the 100m freestyle at the 2008 Olympic Trials in Omaha, courtesy of USA Swimming.