Lane 1 - Indianapolis Business Journal posts "Indianapolis loses bid to host 2016 Olympic swim trials in stadium. Indianapolis has been eliminated as a candidate to host the 2016 U.S. Olympic swimming trials, the Indiana Sports Corp. announced Tuesday afternoon. Colorado-based USA Swimming cited challenges with the facility for turning down the bid."
Lane 2 - China Daily posts "Sink or swim. Zhejiang Satellite TV based in Hangzhou has bought the copyright of the Dutch reality show Celebrity Splash, in which stars learn how to dive. The Chinese version will work with Zhou Jihong, director of China's National Diving Team, and Tian Liang, a former Olympic champion."
Lane 3 - Thanyapura Phuket posts via youtube "Thanyapura Video: Olympic Champion Ranomi Kromowidjojo."
Lane 4 - LA Times posts "Swimmer Rebecca Soni's Olympic heroics have a (painful) back story. When Rebecca Soni took down one of the hallowed barriers in swimming — becoming the first woman to go under 2 minutes and 20 seconds in the 200-meter breaststroke — the moment resonated on multiple levels. Few outside her inner circle knew that the six-time Olympic medalist Soni was managing a painful back condition, and she didn’t find out the true extent of it until after the Olympics."
Lane 5 - Alabama.com posts "Olympic gold medalist Cullen Jones to visit Alabama A&M University, host free swim clinics. Jones is scheduled to be at Alabama A&M University beginning at noon on Thursday, April 18, meeting with students and local dignitaries, signing autographs and posing for pictures."
Lane 6 - Aljazeera posts "Disabled swimmers make a splash in Kabul. Afghanistan's largest indoor swimming pool is helping youths, including those with no arms, learn to enjoy the water."
Lane 1 - Herald Sun posts "Busy Stephanie Rice finds new pad a parking nightmare. The Olympic swimmer moved into a new pad in an upscale Bondi unit block at the weekend but managed to alienate her neighbours even before she put her key in the front door by parking across three of the residents' parking spaces. Whoops. Then early on Saturday morning, Mark Bouris's son, the charming and impeccably mannered Dane Bouris, who appears on Apprentice as an adviser, was
spotted leaving The Darling hotel at The Star, where Rice stayed while shooting the show."
Lane 2 - The Telegraph posts "Swimmer James Magnussen helped by mind guru at NRL's Bulldogs. JAMES Magnussen has been secretly working with Des Hasler and the mind guru who helped turned the Bulldogs into a premiership force."
Lane 3 - neon tommy posts "Let Us Now Praise USC Women. REBECCA SONI. Soni, class of '09, is a six-time Olympic Gold Medalist in swimming, including two gold medals and one silver medal at the 2012 Games in London. Swimming World Magazine named her World Swimmer of the Year in 2010 and 2011."
Lane 4 - Canadian University Press posts "Savannah King on her sports community. Savannah King, a two-time Olympian and CIS Female Swimmer of the Year talks about the role of gender in the sport of swimming. Of the UBC team, King said, “We don’t actually think of it as a girls’ and guys’ team.” King said she appreciates the inclusive team mentality, noting, “It’s nice to be thought of as equals like that.”
Lane 5 - USC Athletics posts via youtube "USC Women's Water Polo vs Arizona State."
Lane 6 - The Canberra Times posts "No medals for experts behind sportswomen list. As you might have heard, Australia's 100 greatest female sportswomen were announced a couple of weeks ago at Parliament House. But then someone pointed out that Leisel Jones didn't make the list. OK, I might be a week late, but now I have to enter the fray. I'm not saying that she should knock Dawn Fraser off the top spot; I'm not even demanding that she go in the top 25. The thing is, swimming is something at which Aussies have always excelled. We've had dozens of swimmers with far better international records than our best-ever badminton player. (For the record, that person isn't on the list either.) A few outstanding swimmers are missing, going as far back as Mina Wiley (one of our first female Olympic medallists, beaten only by Fanny Durack- yes, of course she makes the list - in Stockholm 1912)."
Lane 1 - ESPN W posts "Summer on the Run. Simple rules for proper nutrition."
Lane 2 - Tom Daley posts via youtube "Splash! Bloopers Week 1. Some of the funny bits from the Splash! Celebrity Divers in training with Tom Daley. This week featuring Omid Djalili, Jake Canuso, Jade Ewen, Jenni Falconer and Helen Lederer."
Lane 3 - Baltimore Sun posts "USA Today dresses down Michael Phelps' fashion. Michael Phelps is playing some serious poker in the Bahamas with the likes of Jason Alexander. But cards,
shmards. At least one reporter is more interested in nominating the swimmer/golfer/card shark/retiree for the next episode of "What Not to Wear." Meanwhile the Daily Mail posts "Megan
who? Champagne guzzling Michael Phelps parties with bikini-clad beauty
following his split with model girlfriend. The newly single 27-year-old
was seen partying poolside with friends, including a bikini-clad
beauty, in the Bahamas on Thursday. The 18-time gold medalist displayed
his extremely toned torso in a pair of swimming shorts, with his Diesel
underwear peeking
out from underneath. But it wasn't his washboard abs that were taking
centre stage. All eyes were on the odd facial hair sprouting from the
sportsman's upper lip."
Lane 4 - The Australian posts "Bernard Tomic wants James Magnussen on deck as a lucky charm. BERNARD Tomic nominated Olympic swimmer James Magnussen as his lucky charm as his unbeaten summer run continued in the semi-finals of the Sydney International yesterday. Tomic
won through to his first ATP Tour final, where he will play South African Kevin Anderson tonight. As he did so, he turned to Magnussen in his supporters' box on Ken Rosewall Arena and asked him to come back one more time."
Lane 5 - LA Times Travel posts "Food, art and a hipster vibe in San Diego's North Park. Forbes has declared it hip, and no wonder. Foodies love the place, and there's a lot to see during the Ray at Night art walks. The Lafayette Hotel, Swim Club & Bungalows (2223 El Cajon Blvd.; [619] 296-2101, http://www.lafayettehotelsd.com; 131 rooms, rates start at $76), built in 1946 in the Grand Colonial style and listed in the National Register of Historic Places, has an "If only the walls could talk" vibe. The hotel has hosted such Tinseltown luminaries as Bob Hope and Ava Gardner. Legend has it that the pool was designed by Olympic swimmer Johnny Weissmuller, a.k.a. Tarzan."
Lane 6 - The National Post has "After a run of bad luck, former Olympian Annamay Pierse finds a new calling. Pierse has won crowd approval before, as a member of the Canadian Olympic swim team and as a world-record holder. But this was a different crowd with a different reaction in a different venue — a studio with exposed air ducts, nestled inside a labyrinthine maze of yellow-painted hallways, with some of Canada’s most recognized comedic actors honing their craft in black-and-white photographs on the wall. And Pierse was glowing in the spotlight. It was the first class of her second semester at The Second City Training Centre, a modest basement-level honeycomb of studios where about 850 students are enrolled to study the art of improvisational comedy in downtown Toronto."
Lane 7 - PR Newswire posts "New CeraVe® Sun Care Announces 2013 Partnership With Olympic Swimmer Rebecca Soni. Valeant Pharmaceuticals North America LLC is pleased to announce its newest product line, CeraVe® Sun Care , will partner with USA Swimmer Rebecca Soni , six-time Olympic medalist and World Record holder in the 100 and 200-meter breaststroke, as the face of the brand in 2013."
Lane 8 - Daily Mail posts "Swim stars Adlington and Louganis dive in to back Daley in TV row. Tom Daley will meet British Swimming bosses next week to discuss how best to balance his commercial and diving commitments after his controversial appearance on the TV reality show Splash! The 18-year-old received backing yesterday from leading sporting figures including fellow London 2012 medallist Rebecca Adlington. She tweeted: 'Couldn't agree more with Debbie Daley! Well said!!' One of Daley's heroes, Greg Louganis, the great American diver and four-time Olympic champion, said: 'Sometimes time away is very energising. We don't live in China. It's a rather different mentality. 'It's so hard to train for the Olympic Games. There is a whole world out there. Sometimes you need perspective to see what this journey is all about instead of just focusing on the result.' Louganis, who took time off after his 1984 Olympic victories before retaining both of his titles in Seoul four years later, found the break helped him."
Lane 1 - Bloomberg posts "U.K. Sport Boosts Boxing Funding, Cuts Swimming for Rio. UK Sport slashed funds allocated to basketball, handball and swimming in the run-up to the 2016 Rio Olympics after those sports were unsuccessful at London 2012. Boxing, athletics and equestrianism got a boost. British swimming had its funding slashed by 15 percent to 21.4 million pounds after it won three medals, compared with a target of 5-7. Volleyball, which won no medals, will receive 400,000 pounds in the next four years for women’s beach volleyball only, down from 3.5 million before London."
Lane 2 - British Gas Swimming posts via youtube "British Gas Swimming 2012 - Our Story. 2012 was the biggest year yet for British Gas' partnership of British Swimming. From paddling pool to podium British Gas has been inspiring the nation to swim. This is our 2012 story."
Lane 3- British Swimming posts "Jamieson named British Gas Ambassador. British Gas has signed London 2012 Olympic silver medallist and newly-crowned world short course silver medallist Michael Jamieson as a swimming ambassador for the next two years. Jamieson will help to promote British Gas’s sponsorship of swimming from grass roots to elite level."
Lane 4 - Sports Pro Media posts "Arena
sponsors USA Swimming. Swimwear brand Arena has signed an eight-year
deal with USA Swimming to become the exclusive sponsor of the US
national swimming team. As such, the Tolentino, Italy-based brand will
create new uniforms for the US
national team and become the exclusive
title sponsor of US Swimming’s Grand Prix Series. The deal, financial
terms of which were not announced, is set to begin in January 2013.
Six-time Olympic medallist Rebecca Soni also commented: “The fact that
USA Swimming and Arena are joining forces creates an extremely powerful
combination. I’ve been a member of the US national team, as well as a
member of the Arena family, for several years and have a tremendous
amount of respect for what both organisations stand for. This
partnership will absolutely benefit the swimming community, both here in
the US and on a global level.”
Lane 5 - Eurosport posts "Halsall reveals Olympic heartache. Fran Halsall finally opened up about her Olympic torment after winning silver at the World Short Course Championships and she's adamant she is slowly but surely on the mend. The 22-year-old broke down into tears after finishing off the podium for the fifth successive time at the London 2012 Olympics following her last swim as part of Britain's 4x100m medley relay."
Lane 6 - FINA posts via youtube "2012 FINA/Arena Swimming World Cup season summary. The best moments of the 2012 FINA/Arena Swimming World Cup."
Lane 7 - PMG Olympians post via youtube "Cullen Jones Speaks at UTC Aerospace Event. Cullen Jones tells an inspiring story of acheiving his Olympic dream by setting goals at a UTC Aerospace event in Greensboro, NC. To hire Cullen Jones."
Lane 8 - The Daily Mail posts "Aquatics Centre transformation going swimmingly as seating is removed. t was the arena where Ellie Simmonds sped her way to two golds and where Michael Phelps swam to his 22nd Olympic medal. But now the Aquatics Centre is transforming, as construction workers start to dismantle the seating on either side of the pool. The future of the Olympic stadium has yet to be decided."
Lane 1 - ChiTownView posts via youtube "Santa Speedo Run 2012, Half Naked People Running Through Chicago's Gold Coast. It's rare that it's as warm as it was in Chicago this December 1st so I was out strolling through Chicago's near north side not far from Rush St. All of a sudden I heard some shouts and general commotion. I looked up to see hordes of half naked mostly men but some women running right towards me. It turns out to be the annual Santa Speedo Shuffle an annual event to raise money to fight diabetes."
Meanwhile check out photos from ChicagoPride.com "Santa Speedo Run 2012."
Lane 2 - Star Tribune posts "Swimmer still showing her mettle. Minnesota holds a soft spot in the heart of Olympic gold medalist Summer Sanders, because she was here "a few times for meets when I was a swimmer, back in the day." Of course, her signature accomplishment was winning two golds, a silver and a bronze in the 1992 Barcelona Olympics. Protecting the heads of kids recently brought Sanders back to the metro. The mother of two gave away helmets at Richard Green Central School in her role as Schwinn Bikes brand ambassador for the "Helmets on Heads" campaign. Schwinn's partner in the initiative is ThinkFirst National Injury Prevention
Foundation."
Lane 3 - Eurosport Yahoo posts "Six-time Olympic medalist Swimmer Rebecca Soni speaks during the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series Champion's Awards Ceremony at the Wynn Las Vegas on November 30, 2012 in Las Vegas, Nevada."
Lane 4 - Herald Sun posts "How you can get fit with Stephanie Rice. SHE may have three Olympic gold medals to her name but swimmer Stephanie Rice struggles when it comes to early morning workouts. In the first part of her 12-week diet and fitness regime designed for The Sunday Telegraph, Rice details how readers can find motivation and set goals for achieving the body they've always dreamed of." "It's great that I'm going on this journey like everyone else. For me, it's about getting generally healthier and feeling good about myself."
Lane 5 - Daily Mail posts "Who needs black tie! Olympian Rebecca Adlington won't win any medals for her playsuit outfit at formal ball. We're used to seeing Rebecca Adlington in a
swimsuit or Team GB tracksuit. However, on Saturday night, the Olympic swimmer made a style statement as she opted for a blue playsuit instead of formal wear at the Emerald and Ivy Ball. At just 23, the gold medallist was going for a more youthful look than some of the other guests in traditional, floor-length couture. And if she was a little chilly the blonde starlet didn't show it as she rubbed shoulders with some A listers, although her style wasn't going to earn her any medals."
Lane 6 - The Australian posts "Medley man Kenneth To thrives on short-course switch. WHEN Kenneth To missed selection for the Australian Olympic team this year, just seven weeks after an operation to remove his appendix, he could have been forgiven for thinking his year was over. The multi-talented To had burst on to the international scene the previous year, reaching the final of the men's 200m individual medley on his world championships debut in Shanghai, and seemed prepared to make a leap towards the medals in London before fate intervened. But despite the bitter disappointment of missing selection for his first Games (he finished fourth at the trials), Hong Kong-born To did not let that setback define his year. Instead he regrouped and redirected his energy towards the short-course season which will culminate at the world championships in Istanbul next week."
Lane 7- Goldcoast posts "Blair's Coast move to boost career. A DECISION almost two years in the making is already paying dividends for Olympian Blair Evans. The 21-year-old made the tough decision to pack up and move from Perth to join Southport's elite swimming program and is confident she'd made the best move for her future."
Lane 8 - ISHOF posts via youtube "In Search of the Broadripple Pool. The Broadripple swimming pool in Indianapolis, Indiana was, in its day, the world's largest concrete pool, one of the most popular tourist attractions in the mid-west and host to many of the nation's top swimming meets. In this pilot for Swimming World Television, ISHOF's CEO Bruce Wigo sets out to find this historic swimming pool."
