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Nathan Adrian Is the Cover of July Issue of Swimming World Magazine
World Team Member and Olympic gold medalist, and current American record holder in the 50 and 100 yard freestyles, Nathan Adrian is featured on the cover of the July issue of Swimming World Magazine.
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Michael Phelps is up on the charitybuzz Auctions website. Place your bid for your chance to jump into the pool with the greatest swimmer of all time. The proceeds for this auction will benefit The Kristen Ann Carr Fund. If this is too much money for you, check out if the Swim Champions “Fitter and Faster Tour” is coming to a city near you.
Hawke Talk
Floswimming in collaboration with All-American Aquatics launched a new series called “Hawke Talk”. In this new series Auburn Co-Head Coach, Brett Hawke, is going to share his secrets with the world. The first episode is called “What Goes Around Comes Around” and covers the approach to mental and dryland preperation going into the 2008 Beijing Olympics.
Nathan Adrian Talks About Double Wins at NCAAs
World Team Member Nathan Adrian and his coach Dave Durden talk about winning the at the NCAA, the new suit regulation and his status as an up-and-coming swimmer. This is Nathan’s second appearance on the Morning Swim Show. The last time he was talking about his expiernce at the Beijing Olympics and his return to collegiate swimming at Berkley.
Is Your Suit Still Legal?
FINA has finally announced the approved suits list for 2009. The Speedo LZR makes it for this summer, but there’s no sign of the arena X-Glide in which Alain Bernard set his 100m free world record and also no sign of the Jaked 01 in which Fred Bousquet scorched a 20.94. This probably means that the first sub-21sec 50m free and the first sub-47sec 100m free are yet to be achieved in terms of counting for world records. There’s also no sign of the BlueSeventy in which several others world records were set during the last few months. As always, there’s already a lot of writing and talking going on … check out some interesting articles on the topic over at Swimming World Magzine or SwimNews.com.
Until There’s a Cure
Until There’s A Cure announced the addition of Michael Phelps to their Public Service Announcement Campaign which features celebrities from the entertainment industry and the sports world wearing “The Bracelet” in support of vaccine development that will stop HIV infection. This campaign and the return to competition at the USA Grand Series in Charlotte mark …
It’s No Longer Man vs. Water
Is It the Athlete or the Equipment? This seems to be the ongoing question in other sports than swimming as well. The New York Times tries to answer in a recent article if there should be drawn a line on the latest technology? Gary Hall Jr. and Craig Lords give their opinions on the issue for the sport of swimming.
Great Turtle Race
Conservation International and National Geographic have teamed up with field research partner Canadian Sea Turtle Network to bring you the 2009 Great Turtle Race. This is the third event in a series that brings public attention to the critically endangered leatherback sea turtle and generates important research and conservation support. The turtles were being “coached” by U.S. Olympic swimmers such as Eric Shanteau who’s turtle, Backspacer, won this year’s race. The rest of the turtles continue to swim toward the finish and there are plenty of challenges still to be won.
USA Swimming’s 2010 Athlete Membership Card
USA Swimming opened the votes to determine which athlete will be shown on the 2010 Athlete Membership Card. Gary Hall Jr. is in the mix among other Olympic legend such as Rowdy Gaines and Josh Davis. Please vote for Gary Hall Jr. or any other athlete you like.