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<\/i> issues of the past year.<\/p>\n
To the right, we have created a slideshow for each Parting Shot of 2008, as credited below:<\/p>\n
JANUARY<\/B>
\nBEST DRESS AT GOLDEN GOGGLES: CAL'S DANA VOLLMER<\/p>\n
PHOTO BY AHELEE SUE OSBORN<\/p>\n
FEBRUARY<\/b>
\nBRAZIL'S DAIENE DIAS BEFORE THE START OF THE 200 FLY AT PAN AMS<\/p>\n
PHOTO BY CARLOS BARRIA, REUTERS<\/p>\n
MARCH<\/b>
\nBEIJING'S NATIONAL AQUATICS CENTER, NICKNAMED THE "WATER CUBE"<\/p>\n
PHOTO BY CLARO CORTES, REUTERS<\/p>\n
APRIL<\/b>
\nITALIAN TEAM COMPETES AT FINA SYNCHRONIZED SWIMMING WORLD TROPHY IN RIO DE JANEIRO<\/p>\n
PHOTO BY SERGIO MORAES, REUTERS<\/p>\n
MAY<\/b>
\nSTART OF 100 FREE PRELIMS AT MEN'S NCAA CHAMPIONSHIPS<\/p>\n
PHOTO BY TIM MORSE<\/p>\n
JUNE<\/b>
\nMASTERS SWIMMER PERHAPS EXPERIMENTING WITH A NEW STROKE AT 2007 MASTERS NATIONALS<\/p>\n
PHOTO BY LARRY SCHUECKLER<\/p>\n
SPECIAL SWIMSUIT EDITION<\/b>
\nMODEL MAUREEN IN AN A3 PERFORMANCE SUIT<\/p>\n
PHOTO BY MARC ARVALLO<\/p>\n
JULY<\/b>
\n25K RACE AT WORLD OPEN WATER SWIMMING CHAMPIONSHIPS IN SEVILLE, SPAIN<\/p>\n
PHOTO BY JAVIER BARBANCHO, REUTERS<\/p>\n
SPECIAL OLYMPIC PREVIEW<\/b>
\nMEGAN JENDRICK, 200 BREAST, AT U.S. OLYMPIC SWIMMING TRIALS<\/p>\n
PHOTO BY CHRISTINNE MUSCHI, REUTERS<\/p>\n
AUGUST<\/b>
\nNO PARTING SHOT<\/p>\n
SEPTEMBER<\/b>
\nAUSTRALIA'S LEISEL JONES IN WOMEN'S 100 BREAST SEMIFINAL AT THE WATER CUBE IN BEIJING<\/p>\n
PHOTO BY WOLFGANG RATTAY, REUTERS<\/p>\n
OCTOBER<\/b>
\nMICHAEL PHELPS IS CONGRATULATED BY HIS MOM AND SISTERS AFTER WINNING EIGHT GOLD MEDALS<\/p>\n
PHOTO BY GARY HERSHORN, REUTERS<\/p>\n
NOVEMBER<\/b>
\nUSA WATER POLO TEAM TAKING A BREAK AT THEIR TRAINING FACILITY IN LOS ALAMITOS, CALIF.<\/p>\n
PHOTO BY TONY DUFFY<\/p>\n
DECEMBER<\/b>
\nOLYMPIC CHAMPION ALAIN BERNARD OF FRANCE AT FIRST WORKOUT AFTER BEIJING<\/p>\n
PHOTO BY ERIC GAILLARD, REUTERS<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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