Tag: Michael Phelps
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IOC campaign “Best of Us” asks all youths to share their best
Anchored by this “The Yellow Line” commercial featuring Michael Phelps and Usain Bolt, the Olympic Committee encourages all young athletes to record and submit videos of “their personal best” to the web site olympic.org/showyourbest, and to vote on other submitted videos. The site will include a “mash-up creator” which takes the user-submitted videos and mixes…
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USA Swimming – Rome 2009
A trip back memory lane, courtesy of Bourbon Street Productions USA Swimming – Rome from Bourbon Street Productions on Vimeo.
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Omega – Michael Phelps
Fancy a watch? – Well, you will now! :-) Omega – Michael Phelps from Sarah Laird & Good Company on Vimeo.
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Michael Phelps the new global face of Head & Shoulders
Michael Phelps has signed a lucrative endorsement deal with the International Olympic Committee’s newest worldwide partner, Procter & Gamble, to become the global face of an anti-dandruff shampoo and feature prominently in their Wash in Confidence campaign. Via Reuters and MSN Video: EXCLUSIVE: Olympic swimmer Michael Phelps becomes brand ambassador for Head and Shoulders
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Michael Phelps spreads word to save Maryland Swimming
The most decorated athlete in Olympic history is among those calling foul over a proposal to cut 8 varsity sports at the University of Maryland, including men’s and women’s swimming and diving. Read wusa9.com
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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,…