This week’s Speedo Tip of the Week comes from USA Swimming Team Physician Dr. Jim Miller. Dr. Miller, who also writes a monthly health column for the USA Swimming newsletter, offers advice on staying properly hydrated.
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Category: USA Swimming
Knutson scores double gold at Junior Pan Pacs
Team USA continued to shine on the second day of the Junior Pan Pacific Swimming Championships in Guam. Dagny Knutson added two more golds to her medal count, while the U.S. increased its medal count to a total of 16.
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U.S. Olympic Swim Trial Tickets Go On Sale Today
Tickets for the 2008 U.S. Olympic Swim Team Trials go on sale today.
Event information
Dates: June 29 to July 6, 2008
Site: Qwest Center Omaha
Tickets: All-session packages of $475, $375 and $275 (for 15 sessions)
Sales start: 10 a.m. today
Outlets: Qwest Center and TicketMaster at (402) 422-1212 or ticketmaster.com
Note: Cash or Visa credit/debit cards only
From Omaha.com…
The Qwest Center is expected to have about 12,500 around a temporary above-ground pool on the arena floor. More than 9,000 seats will be made immediately available to the public, but can only be purchased on an all-session basis.
Rowdy Gaines said you only have to look at the heavily-decorated Phelps for a reason to go get tickets.
“I’m bringing my wife and all four of my daughters, because I want them to be able to tell their children and their grandchildren that they saw the great Michael Phelps swim,” said Gaines, the former Olympic gold medalist who heads the USA Swimming foundation and is an NBC television commentator. “For that reason alone, it’s worth the price of a ticket. Trust me. Because an athlete like this comes along once every generation.”
Michael Phelps Headlines the Eric Namesnik Memorial Meet
Micheal Phelps will compete at the Eric Namesnik Memorial Meeting in Michigan this weekend. The meet starts on Thursday at Phelps’ hometown pool in Michigan. From the The Ann Arbor News…
The six-time Olympic gold medalist headlines an international field of swimmers at the Eric Namesnik Memorial Grand Prix, which begins Thursday and concludes Sunday. The meet will be held at the University of Michigan’s Canham Natatorium, where Phelps trains with Club Wolverine.
“It’s a star-studded event, with so many good athletes competing,” said meet manager Fernando Canales, the Michigan men’s swim team assistant coach. “Of course, Michael is the top Olympic athlete in the world.”
Amanda Beard Nude in Playboy?
Apparently, you can expect to see Amanda Beard nude in Playboy Magazine next month. More details will be revealed (pardon the pun) after Amanda’s sponsors have been notified, but she has agreed to “grace the cover” of the July issue.
Playboy’s site is advertising that next month, “Amanda Beard, the record-breaking swimmer loses her swimsuit for a mouth-watering layout.”
Amanda recently posed for FHM Magazine, who voted the 74th sexiest woman alive. The swimming world seems fairly well divided about the issue. Some think that she is not setting a good example for the kids that attend her swim clinics. Others feel that if Amanda Beard wants to pose nude, it’s her prerogative.
Alexandrov’s NCAA Swim Recognized as an American Record
Mike Alexandrov’s 100m breaststroke swim at the NCAA Championships has been ratified by US Swimming as an official American record.
Although Alexandrov’s time of 51.56 beat the existing record by .3 seconds, there were questions as to whether he qualified to hold a US record, given that he competes for Bulgaria on the international stage. Alexandrov has lived in the US since the age of 8 and acquired duel-citizenship last September.
Klete Keller goes; sis stays
Two-time Olympian Klete Keller is leaving Club Wolverine.
Keller, the American record holder in the 400-meter freestyle, plans to return to Southern California next week to complete his degree and train with the Trojan Swim Club, said Dave Salo, the primary coach of the high-performance group that includes Olympic medalist Amanda Beard.
Keller, 25, attended USC until 2002, when he turned professional after his sophomore year and moved to Ann Arbor to be coached by Jon Urbanchek at Club Wolverine…. read more
Source: Detroit Free Press
Time: 10 Questions for Michael Phelps
Time Magazine has posted a 10-question interview with Michael Phelps. The questions were submitted by Time readers. Here are a couple of questions. You can read the entire interview here.
Q: No doubt your superhuman performances will bring whispers of steroids and human-growth hormone. How often and thoroughly are tests run on swimmers? James Kelly, SPRINGFIELD, MO.
A: I get tested at least twice a month. I can definitely speak for myself–the results are the results. They’re proof that I’m clean, and that’s just how it is.
Q: How do you explain that you (and other swimmers) quite often smash world records by half a second, sometimes even one or two seconds, while world records in track and field hold much longer and are beaten by narrow margins? Jeremie Clevy, PARIS
A: They are two totally different sports, first of all. But I think in swimming there are so many little things you can change that really do make a big difference in the end. We’re able to go back to the drawing board and work on small things that cause significant differences when we are racing. If you think about it, we only have one big meet a year, so we train for that one big meet.
Read all 10 questions on Time’s website.