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PHOENIX, Arizona, June 30. THE only Paralympic athlete to win the Amateur Athletic Union's Sullivan Award, Jessica Long has been a trailblazer for all athletes with disabilities.
In 2007, Long claimed the 77th AAU James E Sullivan Award, which is given to the top amateur athlete in the United States. The honor has been around since 1930, a...
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By John Lohn
CRANBURY, New Jersey, May 11. THE great ones never sit back, content with the past. They don't sit at a table and shine their Olympic medals. No, the sparkle they seek is located in elevating their greatness to another level. So, when Michael Phelps returns to competition this weekend at the Charlotte UltraSwim, the man who has ...
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By Jason Marsteller
PHOENIX, Arizona, May 1. THE sport of swimming as it is known in the United States is at a crossroads, much like the rest of the country due to the new economic climate. Just like the automotive industry in the U.S. is facing an interesting dichotomy between future potential and current difficulties, I believe the sp...
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By Jason Devaney, Universal Sports
BETHESDA, Maryland, April 8. AT 6 a.m. Beijing time, Dara Torres awoke in her room at the Olympic Village and started her day.
Drink a Living Fuel breakfast shake at 6:15.
Get on the 6:45 bus to the Water Cube and arrive 15 minutes later.
Go for a quick swim, then take a hot shower, stretch and ...
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PHOENIX, Arizona, January 1. WITH the final day of 2008 upon us, we leave you with a tribute to the Parting Shots of
Swimming World Magazine's issues of the past year.
To the right, we have created a slideshow for each Parting Shot of 2008, as credited below:
JANUARY
BEST DRESS AT GOLDEN GOGGLES: CAL'S DANA VOLLMER
P...
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PHOENIX, Arizona, December 31.
THE Morning Swim Show is taking a look back at nine days of the best swimming in history with our year-end series "Nine Days of Beijing."
Day 9 of the series is our comprehensive recap of the swimming from the Water Cube with
Swimming World Magazine senior writer John Lohn. Naturally, Michae...
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PHOENIX, Arizona, December 28.
THE Morning Swim Show is taking a look back at nine days of the best swimming in history with our year-end series "Nine Days of Beijing."
Day 6 of the series looks back on the two American gold medal swims by Ryan Lochte and Rebecca Soni in the Water Cube, as well as the showdown that was to come b...
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PHOENIX, Arizona, December 27.
THE Morning Swim Show is taking a look back at nine days of the best swimming in history with our year-end series "Nine Days of Beijing."
Day 5 of the series features a discussion with
Swimming World Magazine senior writer John Lohn about the thrilling races in the Water Cube, including Alai...
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PHOENIX, Arizona, December 26.
THE Morning Swim Show is taking a look back at nine days of the best swimming in history with our year-end series "Nine Days of Beijing."
Day 4 of the series features a discussion with
Swimming World Magazine senior writer John Lohn, who analyzes the five world records broken in the Water Cu...
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PHOENIX, Arizona, December 24.
THE Morning Swim Show is taking a look back at nine days of the best swimming in history with our year-end series "Nine Days of Beijing."
Day 2 of the series looks back at the epic win by the United States over France in the men's 400 free relay, the barrier-breaking swim by Japan's Kosuke ...
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PHOENIX, Arizona, October 12. KATHLEEN Hersey made her first Olympic team in the 200 butterfly, making it into the championship final.
It was a long road from the first time Mark Minier began coaching Hersey six years ago, when Minier said Hersey was "bored" swimming in a slower group.
In this SwimmingWorld.TV interview that appears...
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PHOENIX, Arizona, October 11. OCTOBER's edition of Junior Swimmer is dominated by zone championship coverage. In the Speedo American Relay section, zone championships from Georgia, Indiana, Maryland, Nebraska and Oregon are covered. Meet records, overall team champions and high point winners are included.
Readers will also meet October'...
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PHOENIX, Arizona, October 10. SWIMMING at the University of Notre Dame is the subject of this month's
Swimming Technique's Q&A feature in
Swimming World.
Head men's coach Tim Welsh, who is entering his 24th season at Notre Dame, fields questions about the changes at his school since his arrival, how swimming rates at a ...
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PHOENIX, Arizona, October 8. THIS month's Workout Card is authored by Mark Rankin, head Masters coach for the Brophy Swim Club Masters in Phoenix, Ariz. The goal of the daily workout plan for this month is to involve all of the energy systems and strokes for the entire week.
The current Workout Card provides readers with a straight forward ...
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PHOENIX, Arizona, October 7. READERS can check out why speed variation is such an important element in helping to improve your swimming. This article is presented in the special online version of the October issue of
Swimming World.
According to author Karlyn Pipes-Neilsen, although it sounds contradictory, one of the best ways to swim f...
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PHOENIX, Arizona, October 6. IN a special SwimmingWorld.TV interview from the American Swimming Coaches Association World Clinic in Las Vegas, coach Gregg Troy breaks down Ryan Lochte's races at the Olympics.
In the interview that appears on page 37 of the October issue of
Swimming World Magazine, Troy said he and Lochte "made s...
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PHOENIX, Arizona, October 4. THE 13th edition of
Swimming World's Prep School Listings are included in the October issue. Learn what positives are inherent at this level. For the swimmer, prep schools are designed to provide an opportunity to swim at a highly competitive level, as well as to participate in a strong and challenging acad...
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PHOENIX, Arizona, October 3. THERE was plenty of other water sports action, in addition to swimming, that took place during the Olympics in Beijing.
Swimming World's Olympic issue offers coverage of open water competition, diving, water polo and synchronized swimming. Stories are presented that cover each sport, in addition to fina...
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PHOENIX, Arizona, October 2. THE swimming competition from the Olympics in Beijing is reported on and analyzed in the October issue of
Swimming World.
Readers are provided with a summation of the competition held at the famous Water Cube as well as a day-by-day breakdown of the events themselves.
In this section of the issue, Senio...
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PHOENIX, Arizona, October 1. NONE other than Michael Phelps is featured on the front cover of
Swimming World's 2008 Olympic Issue.
Swimming World highlights the step-by-step history-making performances of Phelps as he successfully navigated his way to the mind-boggling total of eight gold medals this past summer.
Never befor...
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