Tag: Michael Phelps
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Lucky girl gets one of Michael Phelps’ Minneapolis gold medals
Gracie Abdallah went to the Minneapolis Grand Prix hoping to meet her favorite swimmers and take a few autographs back to Sioux falls with her. Her marigold-yellow T-shirt has the names of nearly a dozen swimmers scrawled on it with a black Sharpie, but the greatest sovenier was one of Michael Phelps’ gold medals from…
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Swim Spa training with Coach Bowman
Hmm, water looks a bit rough to me, and the second video reveals that there are only 6 speeds to choose from. But I’m really impressed by the depth of that thing! Via the17thman Nooo, not those Aquaspinning cycles. Pools are for swimming ! There are more videos on www.youtube.com/MasterSpas, see also www.michaelphelpsswimspa.com
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Michael Phelps used to be scared to put his head in the water
There you go, anything is possible: “I started swimming at seven. The first couple of years I was afraid of putting my face in the water. I just wasn’t comfortable. Eventually I just put it in and off I went.” Via 2012olympicsblog.co.uk
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The US East Coast hit by (massive) earthquake
Millions of Americans from Georgia to Canada were jolted Tuesday by the most powerful earthquake to hit the US East Coast in decades. Summer Sanders tweeted about how crazy it feels to be in a swimming pool during an earthquake, while Michael Phelps felt nothing. Ricky Berens felt that he was missing out on something,…
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Videos from the 2011 US World Championships Training Camp
SwimmingWorld has posted several interesting videos here on tv.swimmingworldmagazine.com, from the 2011 USA World Championships Training Camp in the Gold Coast Aquatic Center in Queensland, Australia. Here below it is Michael Phelps being interviewed on Media Day.
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The World Swimming Time Zone is now GMT+8 hours
All the best swimmers in the world are now flocking along the China Standard Time zone, waking up at approximately 7 AM in Shanghai, midnight in London, 7 PM the day before in New York and 4 PM the day before in San Francisco. The Brits are in Osaka, the Americans at the Gold Coast…
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Canada Cup: Phelps flew in the 100 fly
The king is back, at the Canada Cup yesterday, Michael Phelps posted a world’s best this year in the 100 meter butterfly, 51.32, beating Chris Brady and Wu Peng and others. Read more on for instance SwimmingWorld Magazine and SwimNews.com.
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Michael Phelps celebrates Olympic Day with TODAY
Talking about his foundation, making headlines when he looses, and other things.
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Sony Ericsson Xperia Active, the wet finger phone
Unveiled yesterday at CommunicAsia 2011 in Singapore, the Xperia Active is a compact smartphone targeting consumers with an active lifestyle, featuring a 3″ screen, the latest Android Gingerbread 2.3, a 5 MP camera with HD video functionality, and a powerful 1 GHz processor. Dust proof and water-resistant, it also uniquely incorporates wet finger tracking, to…