Duke, Michigan take top honors swim classic

submitted by brad 3 days, 22 hours ago

Duke's women amassed 569 points to edge Rutgers with 554 and George Mason with 477 in the meet at the Jacobs Aquatic Center that pitted eight university teams in the the highlight of the Keys winter training season for collegiate teams. read more...

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Michael Phelps Named One of GQ's Men of the Year

published 1 month, 16 days ago, submitted by brad 1 month, 17 days ago

BALTIMORE, Maryland, November 19. MICHAEL Phelps truly ascended into mainstream greatness this month as he has been named one of GQ's Men of the Year. Alongside president-elect Barack Obama, superstar actor Leonardo DiCaprio and 2008 Golden Globe winning actor Jon Hamm, Phelps is honored among some of the greats. Michael Paterniti goes in-depth with Phelps in a feature on GQ's web site during which Phelps talks about some of his past in swimming, but also how he's handling the mainstream spoils of success like friendships with Demi Moore and Ashton Kutcher as well as some of his newly-purchased toys. Advertisement read more...

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Two world records fall at World Cup swimming meet in Stockholm

published 1 month, 25 days ago, submitted by brad 1 month, 26 days ago

STOCKHOLM, Sweden — South African swimmer Cameron van der Burgh set his third world short-course record in four days at a World Cup swimming meet Tuesday. Also, Peter Marshall regained the 100-metre backstroke record in 49.94 seconds, breaking American countryman Ryan Lochte's time of 49.99 from the 2006 world championships. Lochte took the record from Marshall. Another American, Randall Bal, came second in 50.30 seconds. read more...

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Phelps wins 100m butterfly thriller to tie Spitz's gold mark

published 4 months, 20 days ago, submitted by brad 4 months, 22 days ago

Phelps finished the 100-meter butterfly Saturday morning (Friday night ET) with a half-stroke that looked like a mistake and, on some replays, like a loss, but turned into gold medal No. 7 in his Beijing Olympic collection. "It's almost too close to see," Phelps admitted of his winning margin of one-hundredth of a second over Serbia's Milorad Cavic, which sparked a protest and video review but was upheld. read more...

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Phelps wins fifth gold in Beijing

published 4 months, 25 days ago, submitted by brad 4 months, 25 days ago

BEIJING (AP) -- For Michael Phelps, it's not enough to just set a new standard. He has to demolish the old one. Winningest Olympian ever? He's two golds past that already and not finished yet, just over halfway to his goal of breaking Mark Spitz's record seven in a single Olympics. read more...

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Beijing 2008: Men's 200 m Freestyle : The Michael Phelps show rolls on

published 4 months, 26 days ago, submitted by brad 4 months, 26 days ago

In case you did not hear by now, a quick glance at our "Phelps medal counter" in the upper left of the screen will tell you that Michael Phelps has kept his quest for eight medals alive by pummeling the field in the men's 200 m freestyle. Need we mention that he set another world record in doing so? He shaved nearly a second off his own previous record of 1:43.86 and finished nearly two seconds ahead of South Korea's Park Tae-Hwan in lowering the record to 1:42.96. So it was a repeat of sorts when we saw him atop the podium with an official straining to drape the gold medal over Phelps' neck. He again demonstrated his sheer dominance in the freestyle by opening up a half-body length lead after the first lap and continued to pull away from the field on each sucessive leg. read more...

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Phelps moves into position for gold rush in Beijing

published 6 months ago, submitted by brad 6 months ago

OMAHA — And on the eighth day, Michael Phelps rested. Well, not exactly. Phelps, who finished competing at the U.S. Olympic swimming trials with a win in the 100-meter butterfly Saturday, was back in the pool Sunday morning. For practice. read more...

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