Sunday's Swim Report - Around The Pool & Other Swim Bits

Lane 1 - Albuquerque Journal posts "Olympian preaches hard work. You don’t get to the top of the Olympic podium without working your way through some adversity. Sometimes it’s that adversity that can drive you to unprecedented heights. Nobody knows that better than Jiao Liuyang, who has shared that message with some Albuquerque swimmers this month during a three-week visit."

Lane 2 - The State Journal-Register posts "Olympic swimmer Amanda Beard talks Rio 2016, more in Springfield."

Lane 3 - NBC Sports posts "Amanda Beard, 32 and mother of 2, to keep swimming. Seven-time Olympic medalist Amanda Beard hasn’t been seen much, if at all, in competition since the 2012 U.S. Olympic Trials. But she’s not done swimming yet. “The way that I look on my swimming career is as long as I’m physically capable of doing it,” Beard told the Springfield (Ill.) Journal- Register."

Lane 4 - The Press Democrat posts "Speedo support lets Carrillo, Stanford star Maya DiRado focus on Olympic dream. “She’s in an elite realm because of our sponsorship of her. There are very few professional swimmers out there,” said Brian Basye, Speedo USA marketing director. “We sponsor the best athletes and really get behind them and promote them.” The sponsorship provides DiRado the financial security to focus full-time on the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro."

Lane 5 - Sun Sentinel posts "Fort Lauderdale aquatic center still has troubled waters. With the start of construction just months away on a new $33.7 million aquatic center, the city is facing waves of concern that the project won't be the world-class facility originally envisioned."

Lane 6 - Around The Rings posts "Oussama Mellouli Named Ambassador For Qatar's Year Of Swimming."

Lane 7 - POGO Physio posts "Commonwealth Games swimmer Jordan Harrison goes POGO!"

Lane 8 - M Live posts "Kalamazoo Masters Swimming Group a fitness challenge for all skill levels."