Tag: Michael Phelps
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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…
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D’Arcy pips Phelps in the 200 butterfly
Nick D’Arcy has become just the second man in nine years to beat American superfish Michael Phelps in his pet event, the 200m butterfly. Phelps was nearly a body length ahead coming off the final turn, but D’Arcy reeled him in to win in 1:55.39 to the 1:55.40 of the American great. Earlier this year,…
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Poolside interviews at Santa Clara 2011
Some media talk before the start of the Santa Clara International Grand Prix this weekend, featuring top names like Michael Phelps, Ryan Lochte, Brendan Hansen, Amanda Beard, Missy Franklin, Dana Vollmer and Cullen Jones. Here Michael Phelps and Bob Bowman: Here Ryan Lochte: And here Brendan Hansen: