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By John Lohn
OMAHA, Nebraska, July 4. ANYONE interested in another round of Michael Phelps vs. Ian Crocker in the 100 butterfly? Thought so. The latest chapter of their sterling rivalry will unfold tomorrow night, and that world record of 50.40...
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By John Lohn
OMAHA, Nebraska, July 4. THERE might not be a better story in sports tonight than that of Dara Torres, the 41-year-old sensation defying age and, now, a five-time Olympian. Oh yeah, it's a fairytale for sure. There's no oth...
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By John Lohn
OMAHA, Nebraska, July 4. MAKE it 4-for-4 for Michael Phelps, and this one in his second world record of the week. Leading from start to finish and fending off a late charge by Ryan Lochte, Phelps won his fourth event of the Olympic...
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By John Lohn
OMAHA, Nebraska, July 4. WILL it be Margaret Hoelzer? Will it be Elizabeth Beisel. Or, will Hayley McGregory finally see her bad luck at the Olympic Trials come to an end? The answer will be delivered tomorrow night when the aforem...
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By John Lohn
OMAHA, Nebraska, July 4. AARON Peirsol is back on top of the 200 backstroke.
About 15 months after losing his world record in the event to teammate Ryan Lochte, and watching his seven-year winning streak come to an end at the Wo...
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By John Lohn
OMAHA, Nebraska, July 4. HEADING into the final of the 100 breaststroke, Rebecca Soni was expected to nail down a slot to Beijing. It didn't happen. Soni didn't find the same heartbreak in the 200 breast. Swimming her favor...
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By John Lohn
OMAHA, Nebraska, July 4. THE Fourth of July Fireworks didn't wait until after sundown. They were ignited during the semifinals of the 50 freestyle. Five of the eight qualifiers for tomorrow's championship final cracked the ...
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OMAHA, Nebraska, July 4. BEN Hesen pulled a surprise American record during time trials at the U.S. Olympic Trials today with a 50 back American record as part of a 100 back swim.
Hesen, who checked in with a time of 1:04.79 during the 100 back...
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By John Lohn
OMAHA, Nebraska, July 4. IF the 100 backstroke is any indication, Margaret Hoelzer is set to uncork a sensational effort in the 200 back, her primary event and the discipline in which she is the reigning world champion. Hoelzer str...
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By John Lohn
OMAHA, Nebraska, July 4. THEY'VE traded some pretty good blows over the years. Ian Crocker won the 2003 world title and defended that crown two years later. Michael Phelps won Olympic gold in 2004, then secured the world champi...
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By John Lohn
OMAHA, Nebraska, July 4. FOR nearly 19 years, Janet Evans has held the world record in the 800 freestyle, her time of 8:16.22 standing the test of time. That standard might be on life support, particularly with the way Katie Hoff h...
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OMAHA, Nebraska, July 4. SWIMMINGWORLD.TV brings you a press conference with the top four finishers in the men's 100 free, as well as a special press conference with Coach Eddie Reese in the wake of Brendan Hansen's fourth-place finish in ...
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By John Lohn
OMAHA, Nebraska, July 4. TWO years ago, he emerged as the next great 50 freestyler from the United States. Now, Cullen Jones is the American-record holder. Jones scorched the field during the preliminaries of the spash-and-dash, cl...
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By Sarah Eckersley
OMAHA, Nebraska, July 4. TODAY, Eddis Singleton (SwimMac-NC), 26, will attempt to earn a spot on the U.S. Olympic Team. At the Charlotte UltraSwim, Singleton qualified for the U.S. Olympic Trials in the 50 free (23.16).
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By John Lohn
OMAHA, Nebraska, July 3. THEY'VE already delivered a splendid showdown in the 400 individual medley. Now, Michael Phelps and Ryan Lochte will try to do the same in the 200 IM. The fastest men in event history, Lochte and Phelps...
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By John Lohn
OMAHA, Nebraska, July 3. LIKELY motivated by her Olympic-berth miss in the 100 breaststroke, where she was favored to qualify for Beijing, Rebecca Soni sent a statement in the semifinals of the 200 breaststroke. Producing a time of...
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By John Lohn
OMAHA, Nebraska, July 3. WHAT the United States will do in the 400 freestyle relay is one of the big questions for the Olympics. With the French having a loaded arsenal, some have wondered if the U.S. can challenge for the gold. Af...
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By John Lohn
OMAHA, Nebraska, July 3. ELAINE Breeden picked one heck of a time to deliver the finest meet of her career. Already qualified for the Olympic Games in the 100 butterfly, Breeden stormed away from the field in the 200 fly, taking to...
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By John Lohn
OMAHA, Nebraska, July 3. THE former world-record holder wants his standard back. The current holder wants to keep the mark in his pocket. When Aaron Peirsol and Ryan Lochte lock horns tomorrow night, the men's 200 backstroke co...
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By John Lohn
OMAHA, Nebraska, July 3. A big-time show is on the horizon for the final of the women's 100 freestyle. That much is for certain after the semifinal duel that Natalie Coughlin and Dara Torres waged. The American-record holder, C...
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By John Lohn
OMAHA, Nebraska, July 3. THE men's 200 breaststroke figured to feature a one-two finish by Brendan Hansen and Eric Shanteau. What unfolded was a shocker. While Shanteau placed in his expected spot, Scott Spann grabbed victory. ...
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OMAHA, Nebraska, July 3. KRISTEN Heiss, a rising senior at Texas A&M University, has been gracious enough to blog for Swimming World from time-to-time during the U.S. Olympic Trials as she competes at the meet. Today, she writes about the heartbr...
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OMAHA, Nebraska, July 3. AT 3:30 p.m. Central, SwimmingWorld.TV will stream its post-prelim analysis report live from the Aquazone at the Qwest Center.
Host Brent Rutemiller welcomes Phil Whitten, Bruce Wigo and Hideki Mochizuki to the program ...
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By John Lohn
OMAHA, Nebraska, July 3. FOUR years ago in Athens, Michael Phelps and Ryan Lochte led the United States to a gold-silver sweep in the 200 individual medley. The first step toward a repeat has been taken. The two-fastest men in the ...
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By John Lohn
OMAHA, Nebraska, July 3. CAN she qualify for a fourth Olympics? That's the question surrounding Amanda Beard in the 200 breaststroke, and if her preliminary swim is any indication, the veteran will be in the mix when the final ...
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By John Lohn
OMAHA, Neb., July 3. WHEN they met at last year's World Championships in Melbourne, they provided one of the best races of the meet. Expect a similar outcome in the 200 backstroke from Ryan Lochte and Aaron Peirsol at these Tri...
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By John Lohn
OMAHA, Neb., July 3. AS the fifth day of Olympic Trials competition got rolling, Natalie Coughlin delivered a preliminary statement in the 100 freestyle. The American-record holder, racing in the last of 13 heats, turned in a meet-...
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By John Lohn
OMAHA, Nebraska, July 2. THIS girl is something else. It's one thing to try to tackle the 200 freestyle and 200 individual medley double. It's another thing entirely to pull it off, which is exactly what Katie Hoff accompli...
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By John Lohn
OMAHA, Nebraska, July 2. ONE race to go and Brendan Hansen will have the chance to go after another Olympic double. Two nights after qualifying for the Beijing Games in the 100 breaststroke, Hansen shifted into cruise control to se...
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By John Lohn
OMAHA, Nebraska, July 2. THE exceptional week of Elaine Breeden keeps chugging along. The Olympic qualifier in the 100 butterfly earlier in the week, Breeden led the semifinal qualifying in the 200 butterfly, as she won the second ...
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By John Lohn
OMAHA, Nebraska, July 2. FOR the second straight night, Michael Phelps flirted with one of his world records. And, for the second consecutive evening, he came up just short. Nonetheless, the greatest swimmer in history put on anoth...
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By John Lohn
OMAHA, Nebraska, July 2. THE rest of the world must be shaking their heads. Can the United States actually be this talented in the 200 freestyle? In a field that was absolutely loaded, even with the absence of Natalie Coughlin, Kat...
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By John Lohn
OMAHA, Nebraska, July 2. WITH three simple words from Bob Bowman this morning, the face of the 100 freestyle changed. "One and done," Bowman said, referring to the decision to remove Michael Phelps from the event after th...
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OMAHA, Nebraska, July 2. AT 2:30 p.m. Central, SwimmingWorld.TV will stream its post-prelim analysis report live from the Aquazone at the Qwest Center.
Host Brent Rutemiller welcomes Phil Whitten, Glenn Mills, Sue Pitt Anderson and Bruce Wigo t...
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By John Lohn
OMAHA, Nebraska, July 2. AFTER he qualified for the Beijing Olympics in the 100 breaststroke earlier in the week, Brendan Hansen mentioned some nerves before the race. He also said he would be much more relaxed for the 200 breast, ...
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By John Lohn
OMAHA, Nebraska, July 2. RIDING the momentum of her Beijing qualification in the 100 butterfly, Elaine Breeden was the swiftest performer during the preliminaries of the 200 fly. The Stanford standout, swimming in the 11th of 13 he...
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By John Lohn
OMAHA, Nebraska, July 2. IF the French thought the United States would roll over and allow the 400 free relay title to reside in Europe, they were badly mistaken. As the preliminaries of the 100 freestyle opened, several performanc...
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By John Lohn
OMAHA, Nebraska, July 1. ONLY a handful of athletes are capable of handling a multi-event schedule, what with the demands placed on the body and the mind. Katie Hoff negotiates the demands placed upon her with ease.
After openin...
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By John Lohn
OMAHA, Nebraska, July 1. NEWSFLASH: Club Wolverine has some pretty talented individuals in the 200 butterfly. Alright, it's hardly a stunning statement, but it's certainly worth noting that Bob Bowman's troops will occu...
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By John Lohn
OMAHA, Nebraska, July 1. ONE of the athletes was trying to rebound from a poor swim in the semifinal round. The other was trying to earn a return trip to the Olympics after an eight-year wait. Together, Jessica Hardy and Megan Jend...
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By John Lohn
OMAHA, Nebraska, July 1. FOR two rounds, Aaron Peirsol toyed with his competition. He did what was necessary to get through the prelims, then picked up the pace a bit in the semifinal round. In the final of the 100 backstroke, the ...
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By John Lohn
OMAHA, Nebraska, July 1. THE Golden Girl struck again.
One day after lowering her world record in the 100 backstroke during the preliminary round, Natalie Coughlin became the first woman in history to break the 59-second mark. T...
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By John Lohn
OMAHA, Nebraska, July 1. THE Michael Phelps freight train keeps on rolling. Grabbing his second Olympic nod, to complement the one he earned on the first night of action in the 400 individual medley, Phelps scared his world record ...
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By John Lohn
OMAHA, Nebraska, July 1. REMEMBER the days when a swim under two minutes was good for an Olympic berth in the 200 freestyle? The way it is now, a performance in the high 1:58-range won't even get an athlete into the championshi...
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OMAHA, Nebraska, July 1. IN just a few minutes, at around 3:40 p.m. Central Time, SwimmingWorld.TV will stream its post-prelim analysis report live from the Aquazone at the Qwest Center.
Host Brent Rutemiller welcomes Phil Whitten, Trevor Tif...
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By John Lohn
OMAHA, Nebraska, July 1. GIVEN their programs vary greatly, Katie Hoff and Natalie Coughlin rarely get the chance to go head-to-head. But with Coughlin's recent decision to contest the 200 individual medley, a showdown is brewi...
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By John Lohn
OMAHA, Nebraska, July 1. OF any event in the world, none is as much a slam dunk as the men's 200 butterfly. It's Michael Phelps' domain, plain and simple. And, it's been that way since 2001, when he won his first wo...
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By John Lohn
OMAHA, Nebraska, July 1. WHEN the United States arrives in Beijing, it will be the favorite for gold in the 800 freestyle relay. The process to figure out which individuals will compete on that relay began with the preliminaries of...
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By John Lohn
OMAHA, Nebraska, June 30. MAKE it two Olympic nods for Katie Hoff.
A night after setting a world record in the 400 individual medley, Hoff used a sensational back half to win the 400 freestyle and increase her workload for Beiji...
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By John Lohn
OMAHA, Nebraska, June 30. WHAT a battle we have on tap in the final of the men's 100 backstroke. Seven guys in the championship final broke 54 seconds and whichever swimmer places third tomorrow will probably be capable of clai...
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By John Lohn
OMAHA, Nebraska, June 30. A summer after stamping an identity as an international class breaststroker, Rebecca Soni moved a step closer to making her first Olympic Team. Swimming the semifinals of the 100 breaststroke, Soni registe...
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By John Lohn
OMAHA, Nebraska, June 30. AT the start of the 100 breaststroke final, many expected Brendan Hansen to make a run at his world record. He didn't get it, but that fact wasn't much of a concern. Hansen did what he needed to gr...
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By John Lohn
OMAHA, Nebraska, June 30. THROUGH the preliminaries and through the semifinals, Christine Magnuson established herself as the woman to beat in the 100 butterfly. And while she didn't go as fast as the first two rounds, she got ...
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By John Lohn
OMAHA, Nebraska, June 30. ON the first night of these Olympic Trials, Michael Phelps and Ryan Lochte produced one of the best head-to-head battles the sport has seen, with both men breaking the existing world record in the 400 indi...
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By John Lohn
OMAHA, Nebraska, June 30. DURING the morning preliminaries, Natalie Coughlin and Hayley McGregory put on a show, posting back-to-back world-record swims in the 100 backstroke. At night, they weren't as quick. Nonetheless, the A...
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OMAHA, Nebraska, June 30. KRISTEN Heiss, a rising senior at Texas A&M University, has been gracious enough to blog for Swimming World from time-to-time during the U.S. Olympic Trials as she competes at the meet.
Heiss also will be joinin...
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OMAHA, Neb., June 30. SHORTLY after each prelim session at the US Olympic Swimming Trials in Omaha, Neb., SwimmingWorld.TV will be streaming live recaps of each prelim session from the Aqua Zone inside the Qwest Center.
In case you misse...
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By John Lohn
OMAHA, Nebraska, June 30. THEY had a great battle at last year's Summer Nationals and another appears to be on the way tonight. It'll be Katie Hoff vs. Katie Ziegler in the 400 freestyle, and the world record is in jeopardy...
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By John Lohn
OMAHA, Nebraska, June 30. INITIALLY, this event had the potential to be a thriller with Aaron Peirsol, Ryan Lochte, Michael Phelps and Randall Bal all entered. Phelps, however, decided to scratch the event from his busy program. Gu...
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By John Lohn
OMAHA, Nebraska, June 30. TRYING to sort out the Beijing contenders in the women's 100 breaststroke isn't a difficult task to handle. Several familiar names immediately jump to the forefront and those are the athletes who d...
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By John Lohn
OMAHA, Nebraska, June 30. ONE of the most anticipated events for the men this week is the 200 freestyle, what with a sterling battle expected for the two individual berths and the six relay nods to Beijing. So, it wasn't surpri...
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By John Lohn
OMAHA, Nebraska, June 30. WHILE the first day of action at the Olympic Trials featured plenty of starpower, the fans in attendance were forced to wait until Day Two to get a look at the Golden Girl. No worries. Natalie Coughlin is ...
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PHOENIX, Arizona, June 30. INTERVIEWS from the three new Olympians on the US Olympic swimming team highlight the new series of On Deck interviews from the US Olympic Swimming Trials.
Michael Phelps and Bob Bowman talk about the world-record swi...
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By John Lohn
OMAHA, Nebraska, June 29. THE hunter looks like he's going to shoot down himself. An avid outdoorsman, Brendan Hansen made a run at his world record in the 100 breaststroke during the second semifinal Sunday. Ultimately, he cam...
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By John Lohn
OMAHA, Nebraska, June 29. THINK Stephanie Rice was tuned in Down Under?
Three months after losing her world record in the 400 individual medley to Rice during the Australian Olympic Trials, Katie Hoff is back on top of the world...
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By John Lohn
OMAHA, Nebraska, June 29. LEADING up to the Olympic Trials, Peter Vanderkaay and Erik Vendt were mentioned as the primary favorites to qualify for Beijing in the 400 freestyle. Meanwhile, Larsen Jensen was chatted up as a guy who c...
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By John Lohn
OMAHA, Nebraska, June 29. SHE came out in the morning with the fastest time in the prelims of the 100 butterfly. At night, Christine Magnuson was even better. Posting the third-fastest time in the world this year and not far off th...
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By John Lohn
OMAHA, Nebraska, June 29. THE opening script for the first evening of finals at the United States Olympic Trials couldn't have been written any better. Battling side-by-side throughout the 400-meter individual, Michael Phelps a...
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OMAHA, Nebraska, June 29. U.S. sprint veteran Gary Hall Jr. addressed the media today at a press conference schedule by the United States Olympic Committee.
During the conversation, he spoke about doping issues, the swim suit controversy, and t...
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By John Lohn
OMAHA, Nebraska, June 29. FOUR years ago, Brendan Hansen walked into Long Beach for the Olympic Trials with a chip on his shoulder. Looking to avenge a pair of third-place finishes at the 2000 Trials in Indianapolis, Hansen had som...
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By John Lohn
OMAHA, Nebraska, June 29. OCCASSIONALLY, a handful of swimmers can take it easy during the morning preliminaries, doing just enough to advance to the night's semifinals or, in some cases, the finals. Well, the women's 400 i...
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By John Lohn
OMAHA, Nebraska, June 29. WITH the amazing depth of swimming in the United States, each event this week will feature an athlete with credentials deserving of an Olympic invitation who does not receive that bid. On the men's sid...
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By John Lohn
OMAHA, Nebraska, June 29. THE big news last week, when the psych sheets were unveiled for the U.S. Olympic Trials, revolved around which athletes were entered in which events. Among the notable news was Natalie Coughlin's decis...
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By John Lohn
OMAHA, Nebraska, June 29. LET'S face it. If Michael Phelps and Ryan Lochte don't grab the two qualifications for Beijing in the 400 individual medley, the apocalypse might be upon us. Simply, those two men are superior to t...
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PHOENIX, Arizona, June 29. Swimming World Magazine's video coverage of the US Olympic Swimming Trials begins with three interviews from the TYR Media Day on June 28. Olympian Mark Warkentin and Scott Usher, along with Olympic hopefuls E...
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OMAHA, Nebraska, June 27. A severe storm hammered the Qwest Center today, the site of the U.S. Olympic Trials set to begin on Sunday. Swimmers that were on location had to leave the pool, while power for most of the city was knocked out as well.
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PHOENIX, Arizona, June 27. WITH the U.S. Olympic Trials just a few days away, Swimming World has created a one-stop shop for all of our users to get the latest news throughout the meet.
Swimming World reporters and employees will...
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UNIVERSAL CITY, California, June 23. ACCORDING to a report by the Sports Business Journal, and an e-mail that went out to credentialed media recently, NBC has rules in place to tighten up multimedia coverage of the U.S. Olympic Trials in O...
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IRVINE, California, June 23. AT the Irvine Nova June Age Group Invitational held in Calif., this weekend, the Redlands Swim Team downed several U.S. National Age Group relay records.
First, in the 200-meter free relay, the foursome of Joey Hal...
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IRVINE, California, June 20. WHILE official results have yet to be made available, Rose Bowl Aquatics head coach Jeff Julian informed Swimming World today that Jason Lezak put together an incredible swim at the club's invitational yest...
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Updated June 20, 2008
PHOENIX, Arizona, June 17. SWIMMING World acquired an early copy of the 2008 U.S. Olympic Trials psych sheet, which we are making available to our readers.
Swimmers still have the ability to scratch from ...
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BEAVERTON, Oregon, June 18. IN an article released by the Associated Press, Nike has confirmed a long-rumored move to allow its sponsored athletes to swim in other brands of suits during the U.S. Olympic Trials.
"For now, Nike is s...
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COLORADO SPRINGS, Colorado, June 17. ACCORDING to a report by Tripp Mickle in the Sports Business Journal, the United States Olympic Committee has asked USA Swimming to be more vigilant regarding rules about sponsors on swimmers' caps....
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COMMACK, New York, June 11. LENNY Krayzelburg, who recently announced his official retirement from competitive swimming, was inducted into the National Jewish Spor...
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CHARLOTTE, North Carolina, June 9. YESTERDAY, the Charlotte UltaSwim came to a successful close with a few meet records taking a fall.
Ava Ohlgren cleared Caitlin Leverenz' |
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