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Michael Fred Phelps (born June 30, 1985) is an American swimmer. He has won 14 career Olympic gold medals, the most by any Olympian. By the end of 2008, he held seven world records in swimming.

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High School State Championships: Oregon Boys and Girls
GRESHAM, Oregon, February 22. OREGON's high school swimmers competed Feb. 17-18 in the Oregon State High School Swimming Championships in Gresham. Division 4A Henley High School picked up the gir...
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Aggie Men Grab Lead At Big 12 Swimming Championships - KBTX Feb 22, 2012
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Aggie Men Grab Lead At Big 12 Swimming Championships
KBTX
COLUMBIA, MO -- The Texas A&M men's swimming and diving team grabbed the first day lead at the Big 12 Championships on Wednesday at the Mizzou Aquatic Center. The Aggies jumped to the top of the standings with a pair of runner-up finishes in two relay ...
Women's swimming team faces A&M rivalUT The Daily Texan
Swimmers prepare for Big 12 ChampionshipsIowa State Daily
Men's Swimming & Diving lands 12 on Big 12 All-Academic teamTexasSports.com
CollegeSwimming.com -KUAthletics.com -MUTigers.com
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KHSAA State Swimming and Diving Championships | Despite adversity, St. X ...... Feb 22, 2012
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KHSAA State Swimming and Diving Championships | Despite adversity, St. X ...
Louisville Courier-Journal
4:48 pm KHSAA State Swimming and Diving Championships | Despite adversity, St. X expected to nab title again Coach Todd Larkin has top seeds in five of 12 events. St. Xavier has won the past 23 titles. / Scott McIntyre Defending team champions: St.

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Women's swimming and diving strong on first day of the 2012 UNYSCSCA... Feb 22, 2012
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Women's swimming and diving strong on first day of the 2012 UNYSCSCA Championships
RIT Athletics
WEBSTER, NY - The RIT women's swimming and diving team enjoyed a strong first day at the 2012 UNYSCSA Championships, held at the Webster Aquatics Complex on Wednesday. The Tigers currently sit 10th out of 14 teams with 79 points.
Men's Swimming Opens Competition at 2012 UNYSCSA/Empire 8 ChampionshipStevens Institute of Technology

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Klein ISD swimmers will be chasing gold at state meet in Austin - Your... Feb 22, 2012
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Klein ISD swimmers will be chasing gold at state meet in Austin
Your Houston News
As usual, Klein ISD will be well-represented next Friday and Saturday at the UIL 5A state swimming and diving championships at the Joe Jamail Swimming Center in Austin. Klein Collins, Klein Oak, and Klein are each in various events, including all three ...

Newark swimmers set to make "big splash" at State Championships -... Feb 22, 2012
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Newark swimmers set to make "big splash" at State Championships
Newark Post
This Saturday the Newark High senior co-captains will lead the Yellowjackets boys swim team down the road to Carpenter Sports Building for the final day of the DIAA Swimming and Diving State Championships. (Note - the event is sold out.) ...

Chesterton's Pieroni aiming for individual, team swim titles - nwitimes.com Feb 22, 2012
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Chesterton's Pieroni aiming for individual, team swim titles
nwitimes.com
Chesterton's Blake Pieroni is seeded third in the 200-yard free and fifth in the 100 free for Friday's prelims of the IHSAA swimming and diving finals. Blake Pieroni wasn't in attendance for either of Chesterton's state titles in 2008 and 2009, ...

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South Windsor Swim Team Makes Case For Official Status - Hartford Courant Feb 22, 2012
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South Windsor Swim Team Makes Case For Official Status
Hartford Courant
By JEFF NOWAK, xcxjnowak@courant.com The Hartford Courant In its second season, South Windsor boys swimming has a combined record of 11-4-1, and coach Heather Lodge said she thinks the team's best is still to come. "I know that this team was a long ...

UNI swimming coach Stacey Simmer resigns - Waterloo Cedar Falls Courier Feb 22, 2012
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UNI swimming coach Stacey Simmer resigns
Waterloo Cedar Falls Courier
CEDAR FALLS, Iowa --- University of Northern Iowa swimming and diving coach Stacey Simmer has resigned her position after serving as the Panthers' head coach for the past 10 seasons. "I would like to thank the UNI athletic department for the ...

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Broadneck girls swim team has title stripped for shaving incident - Baltimore... Feb 22, 2012
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Broadneck girls swim team has title stripped for shaving incident
Baltimore Sun
Broadneck has been forced to forfeit its Anne Arundel County swimming championship after it was discovered that an athlete violated rules by shaving on-site just prior to the county meet. School system officials learned of the Feb.
Maryland swim team retroactively loses county title because of bizarre shaving ...Yahoo! Sports (blog)
High school swimmer disqualified for improper shavingThe Virginian-Pilot
HS girls swim team has county title stripped due to ... improper body shaving?NBCSports.com
Patch.com
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Olympic star Simon Whitfield swimming, biking and running more than ever -... Feb 22, 2012
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Olympic star Simon Whitfield swimming, biking and running more than ever
Winnipeg Free Press
TORONTO - Simon Whitfield may not be getting any younger but, as the veteran triathlete prepares for his fourth Olympics, he's swimming, biking and running more than ever. Some 12 years after winning Olympic triathlon gold in Sydney, the 36-year-old ...
Triathletes taking over the Toronto freewayGlobe and Mail
That guy you see running on DVP might be Simon WhitfieldToronto Star Blogs (blog)

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Champion Olympic Swimmer Janet Evans is Happy in Laguna Beach - Patch.com Feb 22, 2012
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Champion Olympic Swimmer Janet Evans is Happy in Laguna Beach
Patch.com
The gold medal-winner is trying for a comeback at age 40, and she just might make this year's Olympic team. Janet Evans swims in the women's 400 meter freestyle preliminary race at the Austin Grand Prix swimming meet, Friday, Jan. 13, 2012, in Austin, ...
Champion swimmer, 40, returns with a different focusBend Bulletin
At 40, Former Olympic Champion Returns With a Different FocusNew York Times

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Olympic trial will also be a test of friendship for Bath swimmer Kris - This... Feb 22, 2012
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Olympic trial will also be a test of friendship for Bath swimmer Kris
This is Bath
BATH swimmer Kris Gilchrist will know in just two weeks whether his Olympic dream will live on or be shattered - either way it's going to be a test of friendship. The men's breaststroke at next week's British Gas Swimming Championship, which doubles as ...

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Record-breaking women's swimming, diving team led by sophomore at Big Ten ...... Feb 22, 2012
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Record-breaking women's swimming, diving team led by sophomore at Big Ten ...
Purdue Exponent
IOWA CITY, Iowa — Led by sophomore Emily Fogle, who was part of a record-setting event on all four days, Purdue women's swimming and diving established eight new program records at the Big Ten Championships last weekend. Individually, Fogle set new ...
Swimming Second After Opening Day at MW ChampionshipsThe Official Site of Aztec Athletics
Air Force Women's Swimming & Diving Completes Day One At MW ChampionshipsU.S. Air Force Academy Athletics

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London 2012: Australia may pick swimmer despite assault conviction - Metro Feb 22, 2012
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London 2012: Australia may pick swimmer despite assault conviction
Metro
But Swimming Australia Ltd (SAL) has now told the Australian Olympic Committee that it is keeping him in the shadow team for London 2012. 'SAL has clearly considered Nick D'Arcy's bankruptcy and advised the AOC they have not changed their endorsement ...
London 2012 Olympics: controversial Australian swimmer Nick D'Arcy handed ...Telegraph.co.uk
AOC allows Nick D'Arcy to compete at the Australian Selection Trials for the ...bettor.com (blog)

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Nugent gets two Olympics - The Age Feb 22, 2012
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Nugent gets two Olympics
The Age
NATIONAL head coach Leigh Nugent will lead Australia's swimming team into the London Olympics and also the 2016 Games in Rio de Janeiro after his contract was extended. Swimming Australia decided to take the step to lock Nugent into the role until ...
Next stop London but Nugent gets nod for Rio tooSydney Morning Herald

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Olympics Swimming Qualifier: Nigeria May Not Participate–Obadina - P.M.... Feb 22, 2012
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Olympics Swimming Qualifier: Nigeria May Not Participate–Obadina
P.M. News (blog)
Coach of the Nigeria Swimming Federation, Saheed Obadina, has disclosed that Nigerian swimmers may not participate at the Olympics swimming qualifying tournament in Manchester next month, if the problem of funding is not addressed on time by the ...

Men's swimming looks to repeat 2011 successes - UT The Daily Texan Feb 22, 2012
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Men's swimming looks to repeat 2011 successes
UT The Daily Texan
He is one of the team's most accomplished swimmers winning multiple Big 12 titles in his time on the 40 Acres. He also will have an opportunity later this year to qualify for the Olympics at the US National Trials, but first he would like to lead his ...

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Pac-12 swimming and diving championships begin Wednesday in Federal Way - The... Feb 21, 2012
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Pac-12 swimming and diving championships begin Wednesday in Federal Way
The Seattle Times
The conference notes that Federal Way will host the US Olympic diving trials later this year, which fits with the Pac-12's "Olympic story line" for this sports season. Nine teams will compete in the women's swimming championships (UW, ...

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The Finalists in the 2012 Swimming Readers' Choice Awards Feb 21, 2012
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Olympics-Bankrupt swimmer D'Arcy gets green light for London bid - Reuters Feb 21, 2012
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Olympics-Bankrupt swimmer D'Arcy gets green light for London bid
Reuters
SYDNEY Feb 21 (Reuters) - Swimmer Nick D'Arcy, who was expelled from the Australian team for the Beijing Olympics for assaulting a team mate, was given the all clear to compete for selection for this year's London Games on Tuesday.
Swimming Australia sticks by D'Arcy decisionABC Online
Australian Olympic Committee gives Nick D'Arcy green light for LondonSydney Morning Herald
Controversial swimmer could still go to OlympicsStuff.co.nz

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Chinese highlight 2012 London preview - ESPN Feb 20, 2012
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Chinese highlight 2012 London preview
ESPN
While the weeklong event provides a final opportunity for divers to secure qualify for London, it also gives many top performers an early chance to sample the atmosphere of an Olympic venue. The Aquatics Center will also host swimming, ...
US Earns Two Olympic Spots on Day One of FINA Diving World Cup in LondonSwimmingWorldMagazine.com
FINA President excited about London 2012 Olympics diving test eventInsidethegames.biz
Venue earns rave reviewsSkySports
STLtoday.com -The Guardian
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Swim, Support Cancer Research, and a Chance to Own an Endless Pool Feb 20, 2012
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Endless Pools and Swim Across America have teamed up to raise funds to support caner research. If you are a swimmer, this may interest you! If you donate to Swim Across America for Cancer research, you will be entered into a sweepstakes for either an Endless Pool Swim Spa or tickets and hotel accommodation for two to Hawaii (you can also enter the sweepstakes without donating).

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An Overview of Swimmers Shoulder Feb 19, 2012
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Swim coaches frequently encounter swimmers complaining of pain in one or both of their shoulders. This pain (and its underlying cause) is often associated with swimming freestyle, and seems to ...

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Does Swimming with Fins Help? Feb 19, 2012
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Many swimmers incorporate fins into their swimming workouts. Does using fins help them become better swimmers? I think it does. How does swimming with fins help? What can you do to add fins into your swimming workout routines?

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Shaping Up for a Triathlon Swim Feb 19, 2012
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A reader asks - "I have my bike and run training figured out, but can't get the swim portion locked in; do I do long swims, short sprints, focus on ...

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The Beginning of All Swimming Races: Starts Feb 19, 2012
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A great start can mean the difference between GOLD and SILVER. So now how do I go about improving my start so that I can get ahead of the competition ...

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You Are a Powerful, Unique and Unlimited Swimmer Feb 19, 2012
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There is no swimmer like you. You are unique. There is no-one to compete with, because you are different from the rest. No one has your strokes, technique, mind or ...

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Swimmers, Never Focus On Your Competitors Feb 19, 2012
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What motivates you to swim well in a race? The answer to this may reveal more than you think about your swimming results. A common mental swim trap some swimmers ...

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Overcoming Fatigue Out Of The Swimming Pool - Mind Training Tips for Swimmers Feb 19, 2012
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Fatigue outside of the swimming pool is an issue which is just as important as fatigue in the pool - as this fatigue can affect your swimming performance on many ...

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Vote: Top Swim Shop - 2012 About Swimming Readers' Choice Awards Feb 18, 2012
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Everyone has something to say about their favorite place to shop for swim gear. I received a lot of interesting nominations, but have narrowed them down to several swim shop finalists for your consideration. As a result, some great candidates didn't get quite enough nominations to make to the finals. Vote for your favorite from the following finalists, which are listed alphabetically. You can vote one time per day in each category: 2012 Swimming Readers' Choice Awards Categories. Voting will open on 22 Feb and close on 21 Mar 2012. The winners will be announced on 30 Mar.

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