Lane 1 - 3 Wire Sports posts "Janet Evans: no compromise, no limits, all courage. Janet Evans came out of the water after swimming her preliminary heat in the 400 meters and said, with a big smile, albeit perhaps a little ruefully, “Janet just got 80th with a 4:21!”
Lane 2 - Armani posts via youtube "Bruce Weber for Giorgio Armani Acqua di Giò Essenza. ACQUA DI GIO ESSENZA - director's cut. http://www.armanibeauty.com "
Lane 3 - LA Times posts "Not everyone's a winner at U.S. swimming trials. More than a thousand compete at trials with little chance of going to London, but that doesn't dim the thrill for them. For every Michael Phelps or Missy Franklin, there are dozens of Shelby Webbers, the swimmers who pack preliminary heats with no chance to make the Olympic team. Of the roughly 1,850 swimmers entered in the Olympic trials, about 50 will qualify for the U.S. team. Webber was one of 162 swimmers competing Tuesday in the women's 100-meter backstroke, with two Olympic spots available. She finished 153rd overall, last in one of 17 preliminary heats. She spent barely one minute in the pool, and her trials were over."
Lane 4 - Popsugar posts "One Month to Go Until the London Olympics — Check Out Shirtless Aussie Swimmers! Eamon Sullivan, James Roberts, James Magnussen and Matt Targett."
Lane 5 - WSJ posts "The Truth About Olympic Trials. The Last-Minute Selection of U.S. Teams Is Brutally Efficient, but Does It Exhaust Athletes? In terms of raw, tear-jerking drama, few events in sports top this week's survival-of-the-fittest U.S. Olympic trials. You win, you travel. You lose, you take up gardening. This is the way it has long been with the U.S. trials. But with the Olympic field growing more competitive by the hour, there's one nagging question that won't go away: Does the battle for a spot on America's Olympic team take place too close to the beginning of the Games?"
Lane 6 - Time posts (w/video) "Dara Torres: Oldest Olympic Hopeful at Swim Trials. She's 45 and trying for her sixth Olympic Games. And she admits it isn't easy. Dara Torres says there is one major difference between training for the Olympics in 2008 and getting prepped to make the U.S. Olympic swim team this year — hormones."
Lane 7 - ellen posts via youtube "Memorable Moment: Underwater Seer. Ellen met Julian, who had a great invention that nobody knew would turn into one of the most classic Ellen moments of all time! Check out Julian's underwater seer right here."
Lane 8 - Active.com posts "5 iPhone Apps for Swimmers. o what iPhone apps are out there specifically for swimmers? There are many. But these are a few you should consider to improve your overall swimming experience.." I'm a fan of Meet Mobile!
