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Olympics: Missy Franklin pop quiz

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Image Credit: Al Bello/Getty Images There are so many reasons to cheer for Missy Franklin. Winning five medals, four of them gold, at the London Games, the six-foot one-inch 17-year-old embodies the future of ...

Aug 5 2012, 1:55pm CDT

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Murphy sails to gold in Netherlands

Source: RTE Interactive

Updated: Saturday, 25 May 2013 13:55 | Comments Annalise Murphy secured a second gold medal of the month Annalise Murphy won gold today at the Delta Lloyd Regatta in Medemblik, Netherlands. She led the medal ra ...
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"After the Olympics are over, I’m hoping that I can convince my mom and dad to take me to Paris to see the Eiffel Tower, especially since it’s so close to London."


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Phillips Idowu starts long road back

Source: The Independent

Phillips Idowu will return to competition in New York today for the first time since failing to qualify for last summer’s Olympic triple jump final. The 34-year-old’s build-up to the Games was dogged by injury an ...
Full article at: The Independent  More like this  14 hours ago, 5:54pm CDT

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Missy Franklin’s biggest collegiate competition may come from a 5-foot-3 teammate one lane over

Source: Yahoo! News Blogs

Celina Li is just 5-foot-3, but could become Missy Franklin's toughest collegiate foe and teammate — Associated … Li has never let her height affect her enthusiasm for the pool, either. She trained in both swimming ...
Full article at: Yahoo! News Blogs  More like this  20 hours ago, 12:03pm CDT

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A Michael Phelps comeback isn't far fetched

Source: Albany Democrat-Herald

Sixteen years later, he has. He changed it during his career, and even after his retirement. There's an international swim meet this week in Istanbul, and nobody's talking about it. But people are talking about Michael Phelps. Will Phelps return t ...
Full article at: Albany Democrat-Herald  More like this  22 hours ago, 9:40am CDT

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Stars caught in the Twitter trap

Source: The Courier Mail

Australian opening batsman David Warner. Picture: Rick Rycroft. Source: AP IT'S costing Olympic gold medals, reputations, prestige and money but elite athletes cannot shake the allure of social media habits. Bloc ...
Full article at: The Courier Mail  More like this  23 hours ago, 9:11am CDT

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CANOEING: Ed still has medal hunger

Source: This is Wiltshire

Ed McKeever might not be high up the list of recognised London 2012 gold medallists but the 29-year-old insists he likes it that way as he targets the defence of his title in Rio in 2016. K1 200m champion McKeever, from Bradford on ...
Full article at: This is Wiltshire  More like this  1 day ago, 8:08am CDT

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Brian Cazeneuve: Breaststroke changes a possibility; US Diving worlds team named; more notes

Source: Sports Illustrated

Rebecca Soni broke the 200m breastroke world record at the 2012 Olympics with just one butterfly kick per lap. One of swimming's four strokes could soon have a brand new look and not everyone is happy about it. As rules stand now, swimmers are p ...
Full article at: Sports Illustrated  More like this  1 day ago, 4:08pm CDT

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Victory remains top priority for Bond, Murray

Source: Stuff.co.nz

WINNING PATH: Hamish Bond and Eric Murray are out to continue their unbeaten run. Defeat isn’t something the all-conquering New Zealand men’s pair want to think about as they prepare for their first regatta since last ye ...
Full article at: Stuff.co.nz  More like this  1 day ago, 12:48pm CDT

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Olympic sprint star to compete in Windermere's Great North Swim

Source: The Westmoreland

AN Olympic running legend who has finished second in Celebrity Masterchef will be taking part in this year’s Great North Swim. Iwan Thomas MBE is coming to Windermere to test himself in the world-famous event against competitors from all over the wo ...
Full article at: The Westmoreland  More like this  1 day ago, 9:09am CDT



 

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