2012 Olympics: Swimming

HEY !!!! I have my AARP :cane: card and was National Champ in the 200 fly ---- just not as fast :bolt:as Phelps ! Pack your bags for Rio then since Phelps is retiring!!!:)

South Africa swimmer Cameron van der Burgh cheats to win Olympic gold This really saddens me.The idea "everyone is doing it so I have to" is how we got into the whole PED mess(as well as being morally indefensible.)

HEY !!!! I have my AARP :cane: card and was National Champ in the 200 fly ---- just not as fast :bolt:as Phelps !

I am loving Olympic Swimming & Team USA. today was Day 7 & tomorrow is Day 8, the last day of Olympic swimming. I hope that team USA will continue training & tapering for another week. I hope that soon there will be a special elite invite meet or time trial for Olympians & swimmers who are ranked top 25, 30, or 40 in the USA for 2012, or heck, just do it in practice next week. I'd like it to be a 1 or 2 day competition where swimmers race 1 or 2 events, no prelim / semi finals / finals, just evening sessions, if swimmers race 2 events, they get at least an hr rest between swims I'd love to see: Lochte & Phelps race the 200 IM under ideal conditions Both fresh rested & ready Ledecky race the 1500 & 400 Franklin 1 & 2 bk Vollmer 1 FL Soni 2 Br Grevers, Adrian, Jones, & Phelps race the 4 x 1 fr relay to find out if this killer combo could beat Frances winning time Plus a 50 M SDK race SDK = Streamline Dolphin Kick Who else? What else? Just a no pressure fun chance to swim faster, entertain a crowd, & American & world viewers who love swimming & are proud of our Olympic swimmers. Would you watch? Ande

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Hey Ande! I stayed off this thread a lot of the time to avoid spoilers, so I am just getting caught up now.. I wondered the same thing. Gray??? BORING! And, not so patriotic. :shakeshead: Back to the thread, thanks for doing such a great job keeping us all informed of EVERYTHING Olympic swimming! :applaud: All of the links you included in your daily posts were terrific- and, nice to have all in one place. Now I have a lot of catching up to do! :bolt: You're welcome. There were some spoilers, we reported some results shortly after they happened. I like having all the links, they make it easy to find stuff, especially with Cell phones.

Why are our sweats Gray, Black, & Lime Green? What's wrong with Red White & Blue? Hey Ande! I stayed off this thread a lot of the time to avoid spoilers, so I am just getting caught up now.. I wondered the same thing. Gray??? BORING! And, not so patriotic. :shakeshead: Back to the thread, thanks for doing such a great job keeping us all informed of EVERYTHING Olympic swimming! :applaud: All of the links you included in your daily posts were terrific- and, nice to have all in one place. Now I have a lot of catching up to do! :bolt:

interesting news Swimming Australia addresses Olympic pool debacle By ANDREW DAMPF, AP Sports Writer Updated August 6, 2012 Swimming Australia announces independent review after failing to win individual Olympic gold This BBC Interview With Chad Le Clos’s Father Is The Media Moment Of The Games So Far No high-tech bodysuit? No problem: Olympic swimming ends with 9 world records set in the pool Phelps gets started on the rest of his life By BETH HARRIS and PAUL NEWBERRY, AP Sports Writers Updated August 5, 2012 Gold medalist will have replica medal made for family of late swimming champion Olympics-Swimming-Hard work pays of but I'm no Phelps says Sun The Five Greatest Swimming Races from the London Olympics Yahoo! Sports Olympic Swimming 2012: Why Sport's Popularity Will Suffer Without Michael Phelps Lochte's parents facing debt, foreclosure Lochte has papparazzi? Ryan Lochte's Lady-Lovin' Night Out in London Prince William and Duchess Kate Show PDA at Olympic Games Breaking News From Michael Phelps: ‘Everybody Pees in the Pool’ Stunner hooks big fish Phelps Michael Phelps left a boozy London party with a gorgeous mystery blonde yesterday New York Post - 10 hours ago Sex and Parties in the Olympic Village: Speed Reading The Secret Olympian’s Exposé Aug 3, 2012 4:45 AM EDT How much sex is really had? What are the other temptations? Is McDonald’s the food of choice for athletes? An anonymous Team Great Britain member—a male rower who competed in Athens—has come out with The Secret Olympian: The Inside Story of Olympic Excellence, giving us an insight into the life and mind of an Olympian. We speed read the book for nine revelations. Must See: Camera Catches Parents Of Olympic Gymnast In Hilariously Awkward Moment videoby Josh Feldman | 10:39 pm, July 29th, 2012

interesting news WOW thanks Andy for these and the links duing the olympics - i used them frequently. The aftermath journey begins and where will it lead USA swimming? Certainly an incredible ending for this cycle and a great place to begin anew.

How about the Men's 50 Free semis? Elaine, I didn't see any posting by you about Cullen Jones yet. :kiss1: :bolt: Both he and Ervin did well in the top 3 seeded for finals. :applaud: Hey James! I stayed off this thread to avoid spoilers. After Cullen's race on Friday night (I watched the tape delay on TV), I hit the sack to get some good sleep before Dixie Zone Championships, in Greenville. I just got back this evening and I'm getting caught up... Cullen rocked the semis! :banana: That was an amazing tie with Cielo. And, I was happy to see him BEAT Cielo for the silver. But, as I posted on the "Black Swimmers" thread, I was ticked off :bitching: at NBC for doing a big story on Cielo before the race. Then, what REALLY ticked me off was talking about Ervin, but not Jones. All they said about Cullen was that he was "the OTHER American..." So, what did "the other American" do? He BEAT Cielo and BEAT Ervin and won silver. :chug: Here's to Cullen Jones, a class act, AWESOME swimmer, and great guy. :cheerleader: And, yes, James, he gets a :smooch: from me next time if he lets me! elaineiakstravels.wordpress.com/.../