Tag: Beijing 2008
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When all-time greatest swimmer showed he’s an all-time teammate
That day, Phelps swam the fasted 100-meter butterfly in the history of the 4×100 medley race. He swam past the Japanese and Australian swimmers like they had anchors attached to their Speedos. He turned a half-second deficit into a full-second lead by the time he touched the wall, which ought to be a physical and…
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Mini Doc on Michael Phelps – Milorad ÄŒavić 100m Butterfly at 2008 Olympics (Video)
A short film with Michael Phelps and Milorad Cavic looking back on the 2008 Olympic 100m butterfly final was published by Omega, the Olympic timekeeper, this week. Phelps memorably beat Cavic by .01 of a second, keeping his hopes alive of winning a record eight gold medals at a single Olympics. “My gut instinct is…
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Olympic swimmer Leisel Jones’s dive into depression
Leisel Jones thought she had it all after snaring gold at the 2008 Beijing Olympics. What followed was an unexpected bout of depression – leading to her darkest moment of all. […] I lie in bed at night wondering what’s wrong with me. You’ve done it, I tell myself. You’ve won the gold! Achieved your…
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Brazilian Swimming “Only Got Worse” After Olympic Gold, Says Cesar Cielo
Read Folha de S. Paulo (in English) Asked if the Cielo effect was tapped into after he won the gold in 2008, the athlete sees a ‘worsening.’ “In number of athletes, we’re going backward. If you take the number of federated from 10 years ago, I can’t say for certain, but if it increased I…
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Eric Shanteau Speaks on Capitol Hill
Eric Shanteau speaks at an ACS CAN event on Capitol Hill, sharing his battle with testicular cancer while competing in the 2008 Beijing Olympics. Via the17thman
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Stilnox ‘cost Grant Hackett gold’ at Beijing 2008, coach Cotterell reveals
Grant Hackett’s former coach Denis Cotterell has no doubt the controversial sleeping medication Stilnox cost the 1500 freestyle champion his third and historic Olympic gold medal. Read The Australian According to Cotterell, Hackett had slipped into an adaptation phase after swimming two astonishing broken 1500m time trials at the Australian team’s staging camp in Singapore…
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Olympic medallist Cassie Patten retires from swimming
Olympic 10k bronze medallist Cassie Patten has announced here retirement from the sport via Twitter. Read the BBC. Here below she’s with Olympic silver medallist Keri-Anne Payne at the Beijing Olympics.
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Van Der Weijden Beats Cancer, Wins Olympic 10K
7 years ago, he was on his death bed with leukemia, but survived and built up his body again by swimming. Yesterday, he became the olympic 10K open water swimming champion. Read SwimNews and SwimInfo.
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Phelps Is Now Officially The Greatest Swimmer Ever
USA’s relay won the 400 medley relay with a world record of 3:29.34, beating their own world record of 3:30.68 set at the Olympics in Athens 2004, and securing Phelps his record breaking 8th gold medal. The Australian women also set at 400 medley relay world record, beating their own world mark of 3:55.74 with…