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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.
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.
In The Arena
SwimNews.com launches a 12-part series called “In The Arena: How Rivals Square Up” in which major contenders for world titles in Rome this summer and the Olympic cycle leading to London 2012 answer questions that focus on how they see themselves, each other, the ready room and how they prepare for the biggest of moments. As you might guess by the title of the series, all featured swimmers are sponsored by Arena. They start the series of with the battle between Olympic sprint freestyle kings Cesar Cielo and Alain Bernard.
Nominees for 2009 U.S. Olympic Hall of Fame
The United States Olympic Committee (USOC) and Allstate Insurance Company announced the nominees for the U.S. Olympic Hall of Fame Class of 2009. The star-studded list of 15 individuals includes among others Olympic legend Gary Hall (Sr.). Please go and vote for Gary or any other great athlete on the list.