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Lucky seat 13
Some think it's all that training and dedication, a life spent in the swimming pool and an adolescence timed with a stopwatch. Others think it's inexplicable genes, his flexibility, a long, lean body and limbs that never seem to end. And still others...Tags: John Daly, Trials, Multi-Sport Events, NASA
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Few are multitasking
Sun reporterMichael Phelps and Katie Hoff don't swim in every event at the U.S. Olympic trials. It just seems that way. It seems that way because the two Baltimore swimmers are in the finals of some event virtually every night, and sometimes more than one. Last...Tags: Ryan Lochte, New York Times, Awards and Prizes, Trials, Multi-Sport Events
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Nanny drowns in Syosset pool trying to save boy, 3
zachary.dowdy@newsA live-in nanny in Syosset died yesterday after she jumped into a backyard swimming pool to rescue a 3-year-old boy in her care who was struggling to stay afloat, Nassau police said. Authorities did not release the name of the woman, whom they...Tags: Government, Safety of Citizens, Adults, Hospitals and Clinics, People
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Mount Sinai native makes U.S. Olympic swim team
laura.albanese@newsday.comSwimming once brought Julia Smit all the way from her home in Mount Sinai to a spot on the Stanford University team in California about 2,500 miles away. On Tuesday at the Olympic qualifiers in Omaha, it all but stamped her ticket to Beijing. Smit, 20,... -
Hansen fails to qualify in 200-meter breaststroke
OMAHA, Neb. - In the first major stunner of the U.S. Olympic swimming trials, Brendan Hansen failed to make the Olympic team in the 200-meter breaststroke last night. The world recordholder less than a month ago, Hansen won't even swim the event in...Tags: Usher
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Phelps, Lochte, Peirsol, Coughlin in the swim
AP Sports WriterMichael Phelps vs. Ryan Lochte. Lochte vs. Aaron Peirsol. Natalie Coughlin vs. Dara Torres. Great rivalries abound in three finals at the U.S. Olympic swimming trials Friday night. And Amanda Beard goes for her fourth Olympic team in the 200-meter...Tags: Ryan Lochte, Usher
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Wariner Beaten By Merritt In 400
LaShawn Merritt pulled off his second victory of the year over Jeremy Wariner, pulling away from the reigning Olympic champion in the final 150 meters to win the 400 Thursday night at the U.S. track and field trials in Eugene, Ore. Merritt finished in 44...Tags: Ryan Lochte, Multi-Sport Events
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Hoff bounced in 100 freestyle
— For once, swimmers Katie Hoff and Brendan Hansen endured some disappointment at the U.S. Olympic trials. Hoff, who grew up in Williamsburg and now lives in Maryland, has been sensational in the Qwest Center. She already had qualified for four...Tags: Ryan Lochte, Usher, Coast Guard Blue Dolphins Swim Team, College of William and Mary, Virginia Tech
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Torres moves closer to 5th Olympic berth
The Associated PressDara Torres of Parkland finished just behind Natalie Coughlin in the women's 100-meter freestyle semifinals at the U.S. Olympic swimming trials Thursday. Coughlin was the top qualifier heading to today's final. She won her heat in 53.64. The 41-year-old...Tags: Ryan Lochte, Awards and Prizes, Usher, Trials, Multi-Sport Events
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Hansen fails in breaststroke
| In the first major stunner of the U.S. Olympic swimming trials, Brendan Hansen failed to make the Olympic team in the 200-meter breaststroke Thursday night. The world record-holder less than a month ago, Hansen won't even swim the event in Beijing. His...Tags: Usher, Multi-Sport Events
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