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The sweet life of Natalie Coughlin [podcast]
by Pretty Tough
posted January 20, 2011 at 1:30am

I had the pleasure of speaking with world-renowned gold medalist Natalie Coughlin a couple days ago. Natalie is an amazing swimmer - the most decorated female athlete of both the 2008 Beijing and 2004 Athens Games – who is looking to add to her me...more

Bike Diva tries wetsuit
by Bike Diva
posted January 18, 2011 at 2:58pm

Profile Design Likes Bike Diva I am pleased to have Profile Design on board as one of my sponsors for the 2011 race season. If you've been following my Bike Diva blog, you know that after 2 years racing duathlons, I have decided to start competing ...more

Five events, five athletes moving the chains 2000-2010
by Fair Game News
posted December 27, 2010 at 12:15pm

By Rachael Goldenberg OK, 2000-2010 is 11 years but rather than quibble with the definition of a decade, let’s consider the strides female athletes have made. The first years of this new century have pushed at barriers. Female athletes have challeng...more

Olympic gold medalist Rebecca Soni supports Girl Up
by Pretty Tough
posted December 7, 2010 at 7:59pm

More than 400 girls and (and some boys) from all over LA joined gathered at the Marlborough School in Hancock Park a few weeks ago to support the United Nations Girl Up campaign and learn about the lives of girls in Malawi, Liberia, Guatemala, and Ethio...more

Why I love swimming with the grannies
by Byline to Finish Line
posted October 29, 2010 at 1:26pm

There’s something unique about swimming at the YMCA. Because of my work schedule, I end up at the pool at odd hours where it’s often me and a crew of senior citizens. Some of them swim. Some of them walk in the pool. A number of them take one of the ...more

Finding my aqua speed
by Byline to Finish Line
posted October 7, 2010 at 12:53pm

It’s been a while since I felt like this in the pool. Yes, at the risk of sounding graphic, Wednesday’s workout included that feeling of pushing back the puke factor. OK, I wasn’t really on the verge of throwing up. But it was hard and difficult ...more

Julian Wilson supports Lee-Ann Curren’s Surf And Hope
by Dyla Magazine - Women's Action Sports Coalition
posted September 26, 2010 at 6:16pm

Surf And Hope / Scrathing the Surface Julian Wilson supports Lee-Ann CURREN’s Project : Surf And Hope Julian Wilson is the rising star of Australian surfing and has already left his footprint around the world, at all the spots where he has surfed. He...more

Look who we have here
by Chic Runner
posted September 17, 2010 at 7:21pm

So I totally forgot that I haven’t posted this but a while back at one of our swimming events (the Pan Pacific Open Water Swim National Championship), we had a very special guest! Michael Phelps! All the girls of the office wanted a picture with him. ...more

Inspired through adversity: Natalie Lambert
by Byline to Finish Line
posted August 24, 2010 at 2:44pm

For the fourth straight year, Natalie Lambert had trained and plotted and planned to swim across Lake Ontario. On Monday morning, when the winds were high and the weather was bad, her crossing dreams were thwarted. Again. While the 17-year old from King...more

Sexual Abuse by USA Swimming Coaches is Systemic, Lawyer Says [Podcast]
by anngaff
posted August 18, 2010 at 6:33pm

In the podcast below, I interview Jon Little, Attorney at Law out of Indianapolis, who represents multiple female athletes who have been victims of sexual molestation by their swimming coaches. Little explains how USA Swimming is trying to pass off the bl...more

Review: Dara Torres ‘Age is Just a Number’
by Byline to Finish Line
posted August 18, 2010 at 12:48pm

She became an American icon in the 2008 Olympics — well after she already was one of the best swimmers in U.S. history. But there is something we love about a comeback story, about people doing things which our collective conventional wisdom tells us i...more

Diana Nyad: Force of Nature at 60
by Pat Griffin's LGBT Sport Blog
posted August 17, 2010 at 4:00pm

When I was a few months from turning 60 (five years ago), I decided to train for and swim the Provincetown Harbor Swim for Life: A mile and a half distance from Long Point at the tip of Cape Cod to the beach at the Boat Slip. I got myself a new wet suit a...more

Swimming National Champs Re-Cap with Gold Medalist Rebecca Soni
by heather77
posted August 11, 2010 at 2:20pm

The 2010 ConocoPhillips Swimming National Championships took place this last week from August 3-7 in Irvine, CA.  The always popular Michael Phelps and Ryan Lochte showed some strong performances winning 3 events each with Nathan Adrian close behind ...more

Amanda Beard in the news
by Athletic Women Blog
posted August 4, 2010 at 5:41pm

Seven-time Olympic medalist Amanda Beard returns to competitive swimming this week, and along with that naturally comes a return to celebrity life, in not entirely predictable ways, as it turns out. For instance, the New York Times recently ran a profile...more

Amanda Beard's new life
by After Atalanta
posted August 2, 2010 at 2:15pm

The New York Times published an article this weekend about American swimmer Amanda Beard and the new stage of her life. She became a mother about a year ago and is working on a comeback in competitive swimming (she'll be competing in nationals this week; ...more

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