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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."

Saturday's Swim Report: Ping Pong Swimming

Lane 1 - WOWT posts (w/video) "It's Official: Contract Signed For 2016 Olympic Swim Trials.  College baseball players always have the goal of making it to Omaha for the College World Series. It's been that way since 1950. Now, young swimmers are doing the same, circling the calendar for the 2016 Olympic Swimming Trials that will be held at the CenturyLink Center for a third-straight time."

Lane 2 - WBTV posts (w/video) "Ricky Berens back in CLT as new stars swim.  Olympic Gold Medalist Ricky Berens calls this weeks Arena Grand Prix by Ultraswim event more fun than competitive. The Charlotte native and South Meck High School graduate says he's looking forward to this summer's World Championship's in Barcelona.  Berens told us he only gets to come home about 3 times a year now."

Lane 3 - Charlotte Observer posts "Lochte a bit out of practice.  Lochte doesn’t really take the UltraSwim that seriously.  “Hopefully this is a good wakeup call,” Lochte said Friday of his results.  As for Barcelona, Lochte said he could make the U.S. team in one event or five – he truly doesn’t know."  Watch The Soup posts "Ryan Lochte Inspires New "Soup" Segment.  What happens when E!'s newest reality star comes face-to-face with hard-hitting journalists? "Bushy Beat Us To It" is what happens!"

Lane 4 - Sun Sentinel posts "Diplomatic anniversary draws Chinese swimmers to Fort Lauderdale.   A dozen American swimmers visited the People's Republic of China as part of a now-famous diplomatic initiative in 1973, and although they didn't know it at the time, they changed David Han's life.  Han is in Fort Lauderdale this weekend, along with nearly 200 Chinese former swimmers and divers visiting the International Swimming Hall of Fame to mark the 40th anniversary of the Americans' visit to their country."

Lane 5 - Laguna Beach Coastline Pilot posts "Peirsol returns to roots.  If you were at the Sunset League swim finals at Newport Harbor High last week and you did a double take because you thought you saw Aaron Peirsol, well, that's because you did.  Aaron is back in Newport Beach. If you see him please welcome him as for the past couple months he's been a Newport Beach resident."

Lane 6 - The Daily Mail posts "The most eligible bachelor in town! Prince Harry sings 'Happy Birthday' to 18-year-old Olympic swim star Missy Franklin as congressman tease him about his female admirers."

Lane 7 - US Masters Swimming posts "2013 USMS Spring Nationals Day 2.   Emily Silver brings us all the action from the U.S. Masters Swimming Spring Nationals at the IU Natatorium in Indianapolis. Day 2 interviews with some incredible swimmers and their stories."

Lane 8 - TampaBay.com posts "Clearwater Beach fundraising swim benefits Moffitt Cancer Center.  The forecast this weekend is for beautiful weather with temperatures in the mid 80s — perfect for a swim to raise money for cancer research, prevention and treatment.  The Tampa Bay chapter of Swim Across America will host its second annual open water fundraising swim benefiting Moffitt Cancer Center at 8:30 a.m. Saturday at Pier 60, One Causeway Blvd., Clearwater Beach. The event will feature a celebration and awards ceremony where medical researchers and cancer survivors will share their stories of hope in the fight against the disease."

Thursday's Swim Report: The Whole Swim Worlds Loves Spinning, Or At Least One Olympic Swimmer

Lane 1 - Bloomberg posts "Ironman Making Changes to Swimming Portion of Races After Deaths.  Events in Coeur d’Alene, Idaho; Lake Placid, New York; and Mont-Tremblant, Quebec, will no longer feature a mass swim start format, eliminating a long-standing Ironman tradition."

Lane 2 - TMJ4 posts via youtube "Five-Time Olympian Dara Torres Launch New Headphones for Women.    Milwaukee-based Koss Corporation has partnered with five-time Olympian and 12-time medalist Dara Torres to announce its new Koss Fit Series Headphones, a headphone product designed for women by women. These fitness-focused headphones come in two styles -- Koss Fit Clips and Koss Fit Buds, and are available in five colors. They are 33 percent smaller than the average earbud, providing better comfort for music lovers. They are sweat resistant to ensure longevity with strong sound quality."

Lane 3 - Charlotte Observer posts "Olympian swimmers in city.  Most of the biggest names in American swimming will return to Charlotte for the UltraSwim meet at Mecklenburg County Aquatic Center beginning Thursday, but there will be a couple of significant absences, too."

Lane 4 - The Australian posts "London fallout: relay coach John Fowlie shifted.  THE man who oversaw the troubled Olympic campaign of the Australian men's 4x100m freestyle relay team, Australian Institute of Sport coach John Fowlie, has been replaced as the relay team prepares to defend its world title in Barcelona in July."

Lane 5 - News Track India posts "Stephanie Rice accused of being in collusion with reality show judge.  Roxy Jacenko, who is a contestant on 'Celebrity Apprentice,' has publicly accused rival Stephanie Rice of having a "rendezvous" with one of the show's judges.  She went on to claim that Rice is very rude and annoying."

Lane 6 - Journal Sentinel posts "A spin class with veteran Olympic swimmer Dara Torres.  Five-time Olympic swimmer Dara Torres was in town Wednesday to promote new Koss earbuds for fitness-minded, active women. She joined a spin class at Elite Sports Club in Mequon."

Lane 7 - Press Democrat posts "Olympian embraces role as spokeswoman.  When someone wins an Olympic gold medal, or four of them in Dana Vollmer’s case, it is nearly impossible to find a conversational subject that could compete with the honor, the prestige, the glory and the fame of being the best athlete in the world in a particular event."

Lane 8 - fibre2fashion posts " Speedo launches new ‘LZR Racer Elite 2’ swim suit.  We’ve taken the winning elements of the LZR Racer Elite and have built upon them to create a new addition to the Fastskin racing family: the Fastskin LZR Racer Elite 2 – our most technologically advanced LZR Racer suit yet.  Still offering the powerful full body compression that’s familiar to top athletes, we’ve significantly improved the durability of the water repellent LZR Pulse+ Fabric by a whopping 40%.  Fully bonded, the ultrasonically welded seams deliver a 6% reduction in skin friction drag. Meanwhile, new suit detailing (reflective logo and Speedo branded seam tape) and brand new contrasting colour panels (in a choice of four colour combos) make it a stand-out choice for style as well as performance."