Tag: Bob Bowman
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‘No doubt Phelps could win in Rio’, says coach Bowman
See BBC Bob Bowman, the man who coached Michael Phelps to 18 Olympic gold medals, says it is too soon to say if the swimmer will return to competition but added that if he does he could win gold at the 2016 Games.
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Lotte Friis to stay with Bow Bowman and NBAC towards Rio 2013
Read for instance BT (in Danish) Lotte Friis will be moving permanently to the U.S. to prepare optimally for the Olympic Games in Rio in 2016 with Michael Phelps’ legendary coach, Bob Bowman. Post by Lotte Friis. A quick and dirty translation follows …
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Coach Bob Bowman on Yannick Agnel, Michael Phelps … and himself
Read AFP Swimming coach Bob Bowman, who guided Michael Phelps to 18 gold, two silver and two bronze medals over four Olympic Games, is now working with France’s promising young champion Yannick Agnel. Before an afternoon training session, and just back from the dentist’s chair, he fielded a few questions from AFP, punctuating his responses…
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Bob Bowman on the Lowenthal tragedy and Shallow Water Blackout
At the 2013 Asca World Clinic in New Orleans, NBAC head coach Bob Bowman addressed the crowd on “the most important information I have ever given to coach”. Read SwimVortex.com Louis Lowenthal was 14 when he died on Wednesday, October 31, at Sinai Hospital, three days after he was administered CPR on the pool deck…
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Bob Bowman, Head Coach for World Champs, Surprises of the US Trials
“Bob Bowman chats about being selected as the head mens coach for the 2013 World Championships held in Barcelona. He also talks to us about what he was surprised about.”
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Coach Bowman discusses possibility of Michael Phelps returning
Read USA Today At the world championship trials on Wednesday, the Phelps comeback talk continued. His longtime coach Bob Bowman said he would support a run at the 2016 Olympics if Phelps is fully committed. “There’s a part of me that wants him to come back if he’s going to do it the right way,”…
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Bob Bowman, Coach and Cook, Puts Swimming Back on the Front Burner
Read The New York Times After Phelps won the last 6 of his 22 overall medals at the 2012 London Games, Bowman took a nine-month sabbatical from coaching. He passed the time he normally spent in the broiler oven that is the pool deck over a hot stove, trying to duplicate the meals he watched…
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Michael Phelps might be back. Or not.
Cap & Goggles had this breaking news story, yesterday, quickly confirmed by NBC Michael Phelps is about to launch a comeback. He’ll soon be returning to training; in fact, he’s rumored to be arriving in Colorado Springs, at the Olympic Training Center, in the next few days. Maybe he won’t show. Perhaps he’ll read these…