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Swimming with Olympians in the Mutual of Omaha Breakout Swim Clinic
by Sports Girls Play
posted January 10, 2012 at 1:37am

Two years ago my daughter participated in the Mutual of Omaha Breakout Swim Clinic with Olympians Matt Grevers and Kate Ziegler. She had a great time and talked about it for months. When we got an email last month saying the clinic was coming to the pool ...more

Qatar women hope to make history at 2012 Olympics
by Muslim Women in Sports
posted December 31, 2011 at 9:37am

DOHA: Three weeks before the Arab Games in Doha, Qatari sports officials called Nada Mohammed Wafa to tell her she would be competing in the Middle East's biggest sporting event. Surprised - and a bit scared - the 17-year-old swimmer replied: "Oh wow! Sur...more

Gold medal moms aiming for Olympics
by Pretty Tough
posted December 6, 2011 at 6:53am

Dara Torres, Janet Evans, Amanda Beard, and  Natalie Coughlin are all swimmers who seem to be shattering the assumption that the Olympics are a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity. The 2011 AT&T Winter National Championships took place this past...more

Olympic Swimmers Debut Speedo Fastskin3 for London Games
by A Glam Slam
posted December 2, 2011 at 9:24am

With each new day, companies are rolling out the fashions that we can expect to see come July, during the 2012 Olympic Games. The latest launch comes from the swimming category. The revolutionary new Speedo FASTSKIN3, unveiled yesterday, is the swimwear t...more

BBC Sports Personality list
by Inspiring Sports Women
posted December 1, 2011 at 1:38pm

The BBC has named its shortlist for Sports Personality of the Year. But oops, looks like they really meant Sportsman of the Year. The ten finalists, whittled down from a list which did include some women, were chosen by 27 sports editors from national and...more

49-year-old Phyllis Reffo walks on to Pepperdine swim team and into history books
by Pretty Tough
posted November 1, 2011 at 11:51am

Phyllis Reffo is a former model and securities investment consultant who started swimming eight years ago to rehab various injuries including a torn ACL. She was spotted by the Santa Monica Junior College swim coach, Steve Contarsy, who invited her to wor...more

Diana Nyad: One tough chick
by Byline to Finish Line
posted September 27, 2011 at 7:36pm

The headlines and news snippets said that Diana Nyad “quit” her most recent attempt to swim from Florida to Cuba. Technically, that is correct, but it belies the underlying fact: Nyad called off her attempt after her medical team warned that one more ...more

Efficient swimming, bad technique
by Byline to Finish Line
posted September 9, 2011 at 1:23am

It was an open water swim in a clear, shallow lake and my good friend Hitch decided to analyze my stroke. After all, he had already swam about a million yards at his master’s swim practice earlier that morning and this was more of a fun outing, a swim f...more

Lessons from Diana: The importance of the attempt
by Byline to Finish Line
posted August 11, 2011 at 7:09pm

After nearly 30 hours in the water, Diana Nyad pulled herself onto one of her support boats. The swim was over. Ocean swells, shoulder pain and finally vomiting were all contributing factors forcing the 61-year old to abandon her attempt to swim 103 miles...more

Sixty-one year old Diana Nyad begins 103 mile swim from Cuba to Florida
by Pretty Tough
posted August 8, 2011 at 1:10am

The big moment is finally here. Distance swimmer Diana Nyad  tweeted, “It’s my time to be fearless.” If all goes according to plan, late Sunday she’ll attempt to set a world record, swimming in the open water, without a shark cage, from Cuba to...more

Defining fearless: A lesson in swimming
by Byline to Finish Line
posted August 6, 2011 at 1:06pm

The question was rather innocuous. On Twitter, the feed for elite swimmer Diana Nyad asked: “What’s the longest distance you ever swam? It can be in a pool or open-water swimming.” And so to take part in the social aspect of social media, I answer...more

Is Missy Franklin US Swimming’s Newest Shining Star?
by Sports Girls Play
posted August 1, 2011 at 12:52pm

The countdown to the 2012 London Olympic Games is on and USA Swimming suddenly has a new star in the making. Well, maybe not so suddenly. Colorado native, Missy Franklin, qualified and swam in the 2008 Olympic Trials as a – get this – 13 year old! And...more

Joanna Zeiger: Tips for overcoming fear of open water swimming
by Fast at Forty
posted July 28, 2011 at 5:05pm

This morning, I had the pleasure of conducting an open water swim clinic with my good friend Krista Shultz (http://shedoestri.com/). The attendees were primarily beginners with very little open water experience. I began the discussion by querying the grou...more

Diana Nyad Prepares to Swim Among the Sharks
by Loren Fogelman
posted July 27, 2011 at 1:48pm

Xtreme Dream. The mission Diana Nyad has undertaken. At 61y/o she has a BIG challenge ahead of her....more

The return of Diana Nyad: Inspiration in the water
by Byline to Finish Line
posted July 20, 2011 at 4:54pm

The rolling wave lifted my body. It did so gently, but I responded with panic, turning my head to breathe too early and gaining a mouthful of water. I stopped and looked ahead. Waves were rolling towards me, sometimes making it difficult to sight the big,...more

Race report: Musselman 70.3
by Byline to Finish Line
posted July 18, 2011 at 2:43pm

“When this is over I want a chocolate milkshake!” I said to Mark upon leaving transition to start the 13.1-mile run. What I really wanted to say (curse alert! curse alert!) was, “When this is over, I want a ‘motherfucking’ milkshake.” Ah yes. ...more

Should Diana Nyad swim again?
by Inspiring Sports Women
posted July 18, 2011 at 9:04am

Once more veteran American swimmer Diana Nyad is preparing to swim from Cuba to Florida. That's 103 miles and at 62 years of age, she's the first to admit this might be difficult.Diana Nyad pic Chicago TribuneI followed her last year here and here when sh...more

Natalie Coughlin photo shoot: Natalie as Esther Williams
by Athletic Women Blog
posted July 8, 2011 at 8:51am

Who better to channel Esther Williams than Natalie Coughlin? The connection is so obvious: two fantastically gifted athletes in the same sport, and camera friendly as she is, we should expect that someday Natalie will have a movie career to match Esther's...more

Spinning your wheels: an open water swimming primer
by Fast at Forty
posted June 14, 2011 at 12:05pm

 When I was growing up as a swimmer, I was a terrible sprinter. We practiced our fast swimming often and sometimes I even had to swim the sprints in swim meets. I was so bad a sprinter, my 100 meter freestyle time was only a tad faster than what I would ...more

Swimming with the dead fishes
by Byline to Finish Line
posted June 9, 2011 at 12:14pm

The smell was noticeable on the walk from the road over to the entry site. It was the familiar smell of Lake Erie, particularly at this former commercial slip which has become the open water swimming site of the Buffalo Triathlon Club. It is the smell of ...more