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Sunday's Swim Report - Splashing It Forward

Lane 1 - Desert Sun posts "Olympians teach water safety in Palm Desert.  On Saturday at the world-class Palm Desert Aquatic Center, Goodell was joined by five other Olympians to take part in the Swim to Win 2013 campaign organized by the Family YMCA of the Desert with help from the City of Palm Desert to raise drowning awareness in the valley.  Palm Desert Mayor Jan Harnik participated in a ribbon-cutting opening ceremony and the six Olympians — Goodell, Janet Evans, Rowdy Gaines, Eric Shanteau, Aaron Peirsol and Chloe Sutton — marched in to the Olympic theme for a singing of the national anthem."

Lane 2 - Youtube has "Arise Entertainment 360, Olympic Swimming Gold Medalist Cullen Jones.  Olympic Swimming Gold Medalist Cullen Jones joins the show to discuss winning the gold and his campaign to teach more children how to swim."

Lane 3 - The Post has "Cameron has hunger for more success.  South African swimming sensation Cameron van der Burgh said he plans to continue his stay on top of the world after his gold medal victories at last year’s Olympics and the 2010 World Swimming Championships.  Visiting UCT yesterday to be named the first South African brand ambassador for a well-known shampoo."

Lane 4 - Daily Star posts "TOM DALEY'S OLYMPIC PARTNER PETER WATERFIELD ENTERED BGT AFTER FUNDING CUTS.  TOM DALEY’s Olympic diving partner Peter Waterfield entered ­Britain’s Got Talent ­after his sports funding was stopped."

Lane 5 - Brooklyn News 12 posts (w/video) "USA Swimming Foundation's Make a Splash water safety initiative kicks off.  The USA Swimming Foundation's Make a Splash water safety initiative kicked off today. The foundation's ambassadors visited nine local pools today to stress the importance of kids learning how to swim."

Lane 6 - ESPN posts "Tulsa inspires small-town Olympic dreams. Sydney. Athens. Beijing. London. Rio. Tulsa.  Wait. What?  One city doesn’t belong, right? If you’re a member of the Tulsa 2024 Olympic Exploratory Committee, though, your answer is that all six cities are equals. We have an almost-Olympic-sized swimming pool in town! It had a leak in it last year, but thanks to a bake sale fundraiser led by the Lions Club, it got patched! We have two diving boards. There is no platform dive, what with the high cost of insurance, but maybe an Olympic event can be added to feature our 38-foot water slide with TWO turns! For the fans, we have a fully stocked snack bar featuring pizza, hot dogs and soda. There is also a blacktop basketball court inside the pool grounds that could host the early rounds of the men's and women's basketball competition. There is no hanging on the rims, however. Doing so results in immediate ejection from the pool grounds."

Saturday's Swim Report - Rice Fights, Thorpe's Flatmate and More Swimming Stuff

Lane 1 - The Sydney Morning Herald has "Thorpe, Middleton flatmates?  It's the rumour that has tongues wagging around London's super-posh Berkeley Square neighborhood.  Middleton's sexuality has also been the subject of much conjecture, though in recent times there has been a concerted effort among his friends to inform the British press he is heterosexual and is dating a string of London beauties.  This is something with which Thorpe himself has long had to contend."  Also "Stephanie Rice and publicity-seeking socialite Roxy Jacenko have been going at it hammer and tongs on Channel Nine's Celebrity Apprentice, but weeks after filming wrapped, their on-air battle has morphed into a public slanging match."

Lane 2 - The Australian posts "Stephanie Rice reveals she was bullied over her weight as a child.  STEPHANIE Rice has revealed being bullied as a "chubby" child drove her to competitive swimming.  The 24-year-old Olympic athlete says the bullying was at its worst when she was between the ages of seven and 12.  "I was bullied quite a lot through primary school," she tells The Sunday Telegraph."

Lane 3 - ABC 7 posts (w/video) "Olympian teaches children the safety of swimming.   He is known as a hometown swimming hero!  His near drowning experience at the age of 5 turned into another kind of statistic. Bronx born, Cullen Jones took lessons and has won 4 Olympic medals. In his role for Make a Splash, he sees himself when he starts teaching New York City kids to swim."

Lane 4 - Messenger-Inquirer posts "Swimmers shine in Masters meet.  Owensboro's Leslie VanWinkle Angermeier and Shawn Maloney were standouts among 1,633 swimmers competing in last weekend's 2013 U.S. Masters  Swimming Spring National Championship held at the IU Natatorium in Indianapolis."

Lane 5 - The Daily Review posts "Kelly Medals Twice at U.S. Masters Swimming Spring National Championship.  Mansfield University head women's swimming coach Kaymee Kelly turned in a pair of top 10 finishes at the recent 2013 U.S. Masters Swimming (USMS) Spring National Championship at the IUPUI Natatorium in Indianapolis."

Lane 6 - The Race Club posts via youtube "How to Train for a Triathlon - Open Water Swim - Part 2.  In Part 2 on our Open Water Swimming technique videos learn how to navigate your way through a Surf break and get into your Swim faster and safer. Many people don't understand the strength of even a small wave until it hits them while they are standing straight up. Whether the Surf is small or sizeable, these techniques are crucial for gaining an edge on the competition and avoiding a dangerous situation for you or those around you. "

Lane 7 - Radio Australia posts "Be true to yourself, says gay Tongan swimmer.  Tongan swimmer Amini Fonua feels comfortable in his sexuality because he believes that honesty is important to success."

Lane 8 - Newser posts "No replacing Michael Phelps, but US swim team still looks strong heading into next Olympics.  That leaves a big hole on the U.S. team as it prepares for the world championships this summer and begins looking ahead to the 2016 Rio Olympics.  But don't think the Americans are suddenly going to be just another country at the pool. While there's certainly no replacing the winningest Olympian ever, the U.S. has plenty of top swimmers back from its London team, including Ryan Lochte, Missy Franklin and Allison Schmitt."

Friday's Swim Report: Can You See A Swim Beat?

Lane 1 - 9 News posts (w/video) "Olympian helps push summer swim safety.  This is the time of year when families start heading out to swimming pools. Four-time Olympian, Cullen Jones, and swimming legend Rowdy Gaines have teamed up for an initiative to help kids be safe in the water."  Bay News posts (w/video) "Interview with Olympians Cullen Jones and Rowdy Gaines."

Lane 2 - Speedo UK posts "Behind the scenes at the Speedo TriathELITE shoot with Vanessa Raw and Stuart Hayes."

Lane 3 - TechCrunch posts "Instabeat Is Revolutionary HUD For Swimming Goggles You Can Back On Indiegogo.  Instabeat is head-up display unit which attaches to swimming goggles and monitors your heart rate, calories, laps and turns during your swim. It’s been live on crowd funding platform Indiegogo for a few days and is already poised to reach its modest funding target ($29,326 raised, with $35,000 being the goal), meaning the product will almost certainly ship."

Lane 4 - The Sunday Dispatch posts "Swimming with an Olympian.  Young swimmers got the opportunity to interact with a champion when four-time Olympic medalist Peter Vanderkaay conducted a clinic at the Dallas Middle School natatorium."

Lane 5 - digital spy posts "Ryan Lochte on haters: 'I could be perfect and people would hate me'.  "I try not to read the negative comments, and when I do, I let it roll off my back," he said. "I remind myself that there will always be haters as long as you are in the public eye.  "You could literally be perfect and people would still hate you, for being perfect. I surround myself with family and friends, and it's all good."

Lane 6 - WECT posts "Online petition created in hopes of saving UNCW swim and dive teams.  UNCW Swimming and Diving teams go viral. After a recommendation was made to cut five UNCW sports teams including the swimming and diving program, members of the teams are taking a stand.  An online petition was created by women's swim team captain Sarah Smith in hopes of raising awareness of their cause.  Within 24 hours of being created, the petition had over 6,000 signatures. Even Olympic swimmers including Ryan Lochte and Dara Torres have re-tweeted tweets from UNCW swimmers."

Lane 7 - Sunrise on 7 posts "Swimmer needs support for charity.  Chloe McCardel is swimming the 170km from Cuba to America for charity, but needs more corporate support for it to happen. She chats to Sunrise about why she's doing it."

Lane 8 - Boston.com posts "Hottest hotel pools around the world.  With the unofficial start of summer around the corner, it's officially time to start thinking about your summer travel plans."

Thursday's Swim Report - The Path To Swimming Starts With A Splash

Lane 1 - Financial TImes posts "Speedo helps London startup make a splash.  London startup Active in Time has taken the path less traveled to financing by licensing its Splashpath swim tracking app to Speedo.  Under the four-year deal, Splashpath will take on Speedo’s branding but remain the property of Dan Morgan, who founded the company after becoming frustrated that, despite there being myriad mobile apps for runners, there wasn’t one for swimmers."

Lane 2 - Asia One posts "Thorpe gives talk at Sports School.  AUSTRALIAN swimming legend Ian Thorpe gave a talk at the Singapore Sports School yesterday morning.  The five-time Olympic gold-medallist (above) was invited by swimwear brand TYR to speak in the school's "Learn With The Champions" series."

Lane 3 - Courier Mail posts "James Magnussen believes a bonding camp has helped repair Australia's swim team rift.  BONDING sessions may have been the last thing James Magnussen wanted to do in the wake of the Stilnox scandal.  But he has credited a five-day bonding camp with all but repairing the Australian swimming team rift caused by the troubled London Olympic campaign."

Lane 4 - News12 posts "Franklin gets ready to walk down high school aisle.  But Franklin reached one important milestone last week, celebrating her 18th birthday, and she'll mark another Monday when she graduates from her Denver-area high school."

Lane 5 - New York Post has "Ryan Lochte is NOT so dumb!.  Brilliance of TV’s new Jessica Simpson."

Lane 6 - The Daily Advertiser posts "Swimming: take the plunge.  Could swimming be the key to staying young? Research conducted by Indiana University Bloomington's Counsilman Centre for the Science of Swimming shows regular laps of the pool may be the answer to prolonging youth.  In the study, the researchers measured age markers, physiological function indicators that typically decline by 0.5 per cent to 1 per cent a year from the age of 35."

Lane 7 - Tampa Bay Times posts "Swimming in the deep.  The national, nonprofit organization dedicated to raising money and awareness for cancer research, prevention and treatment now holds events in more than a dozen cities, including Clearwater Beach. Since the first swim off Nantucket Island in 1987, Swim Across America has raised more than $45 million for charity. Last year's inaugural Clearwater event raised more than $100,000 for the Moffitt Cancer Center in Tampa and organizers hope to double that amount this year."

Lane 8 - NBC News posts "No. 1 swimming pool problem? It's number two!  People always worry about pee in the pool, but number two is the No. 1 problem, government health experts say. They found plenty of evidence that someone’s pooping in the pool."

Wednesday's Swim Report - Keeping The Swim Dream Alive

Lane 1 - WLRN posts "Is The Swimming Hall Of Fame In Broward Moving To California?  If the city of Santa Clara has its way, the International Swimming Hall of Fame in Fort Lauderdale may move to California.  That's right, Santa Clara, the city that just built a new stadium for the San Francisco 49ers and is neck-n-neck with South Florida in a bid for Super Bowl L."

Lane 2 - Swimming Australia posts "2013 EnergyAustralia Swimming Championships - Highlights."

Lane 3 - Madison.com posts "The Badgers' Andrew teDuits gets the best of Olympic gold medalist Ryan Lochte ... this time.  Ryan Lochte is starting to feel the heat as he eases back into the competitive waters of international swimming and former Madison Edgewood and current University of Wisconsin swimmer Andrew teDuits is one of the other swimmers bringing it."

Lane 4 - The Sydney Morning Herald posts "Hackett set to testify against former in-law facing court.  Champion swimmer Grant Hackett will give evidence in court denying he tried to run down his former brother-in-law behind the wheel of a black Mercedes-Benz."

Lane 5 - Warrior Care posts via youtube "Army Swim Team Prepares for the 2013 Warrior Games. Team Army practices at the Ironhorse Gym at Fort Carson, Colo., in preparation for the 2013 Warrior Games. Wounded, ill or injured Soldiers and Veterans will compete against other service members in the 2013 Warrior Games. The Warrior Games, sponsored by DeLoitte and the U.S. Olympic Committee is hosting the intra-service Paralympic-style games for the fourth year with the British contingency joining the ranks on the field of play for medals for the first time."

Lane 6 - WTSP posts "Swim Across America: Tampa Bay swims for cancer research.  Former three-time Olympic champion Brooke Bennett is gearing up, putting on her swimsuit again as she prepares to swim for cancer research. Brooke is joining 200 other volunteers on May 18 at Clearwater Beach to Swim Across America, the national non-profit organization dedicated to raising money for cancer research, prevention and treatment."

Lane 7 - SABC posts "Top Billing interviews Olympic swimmer Charl Crous.  He is Mr September in Cosmo's Sexiest Men Calendar, he is an Olympian and to top it off Charl Crous is a really great guy. Lorna was only too pleased to catch up with him on the sunny South Coast to find out how his passion for swimming started and how life as a model is treating him."

Lane 8 - NBC Sports posts (w/video) "Mark Spitz joins the fight to “Keep Olympic Wrestling”.  As part of Hollywood Pointman Billy Baldwin’s campaign to Keep Olympic Wrestling, he’s enlisting friends and former athletes to take part in an upcoming series of public service announcements.  First up: Swimming legend and nine-time gold medalist Mark Spitz, who, despite earning every medal in the pool, admits in this new video that, “There is no sport that has a greater Olympic history than wrestling. Please join our fellow American, and friends throughout the world in keeping the dream alive.”