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 Phelps Flops 
 in Old-Style Suit 

He fails to qualify in two events, barely makes a third

Nov 10, 09 11:05 AM CST
(AP) - Wearing an old-style swimsuit, Michael Phelps missed out on two finals and barely qualified for a third today at a World Cup short-course meet. Phelps failed to qualify for the finals of the 100-meter freestyle and 100 backstroke. He qualified in the 100 medley, finishing seventh in 53.13 seconds.... More »

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Michael Phelps • swimming • Speedo LZR Racer • swimsuit

Phelps to Competition: 
Lose the Speed Suits

Swimmer challenges others to switch before ban takes effect

Oct 15, 09 5:55 PM CDT
(Newser) - Michael Phelps challenged his competitors at the upcoming FINA/Arena World Cup meets to race without the full-body technical suits recently banned by swimming authorities for providing an unfair advantage in speed. The ban doesn’t go into effect until January, but Phelps said he was “getting ready for where... More »

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sports • Michael Phelps • world record • swimming • swimsuit

travel

 Cool and Weird Places to Swim 


Sep 19, 09 5:51 AM CDT
(Newser) - If you love swimming but tire of the ordinary and the chlorine-scented, consider these "unusual or cool places" uncovered by WebUrbanist:
  • The Dead Sea: Lie back and read a good book in the world's saltiest body of water, which will likely keep you afloat while delivering "
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Florida • travel • Zimbabwe • swimming • Black Sea • Puerto Rico • Gulf of Mexico • Dead Sea • jellyfish • underwater • Southeast Asia

 Great White Sightings 
 Prompt Cape Cod Swim Ban 

For first time, officials tag Atlantic great white sharks

Sep 6, 09 4:51 PM CDT
(Newser) - Several Cape Cod beaches have banned swimming this weekend after four great white sharks were spotted prowling the waters, the Cape Cod Times reports. Shark expert Gregory Skomal and his crew tagged two of them—described as 8 and 10 feet long—with high-tech trackers. It was a rare instance... More »

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Atlantic Ocean • shark • Massachusetts • swimming • Cape Cod • great white shark

(Newser) - Mortified visitors can't believe it when continental pools insist that men wear tiny, tight Speedo swimsuits, writes Angelique Chrisafis in the Guardian. An Irish journalist was recently hauled out of a French pool and could only return in an "unbelievably skimpy" pair of Speedo trunks that were "bloody... More »

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France • hygiene • swimming • Paris • swimming pool • Speedo • swimming trunks

Searchers Find, Can't Recover 8th Body

Olympian Torres rode copter over Hudson
2 days before crash

Aug 10, 09 11:08 PM CDT
(Newser) - Crews searching the Hudson River for the victims of Sunday's collision between a sightseeing helicopter and a small plane located an eighth body yesterday in the submerged plane but were unable to recover it, 1010 WINS radio reports. Rough water and silt impeded the efforts of divers, who suspended work... More »

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New York City • New York • swimming • helicopter • air disasters • Hudson River • airplane • Dara Torres • Olympic athletes • US Olympic athletes • Olympics • helicopter crash • Hoboken • Piper PA-32 • midair collision

(AP) - Michael Phelps and the US 400-meter medley relay team closed the fastest meet in swimming history with an appropriate finish Sunday night in Rome—the 43rd world record. Phelps earned his fifth gold medal of a world championship that showed he's still got plenty of motivation, even after scoring a... More »

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Michael Phelps • world record • swimming • Olympics

(AP) - Michael Phelps beat Milorad Cavic again, and this time there was no doubt about it. With a defiant performance in a supposedly inferior suit, Phelps became the first swimmer to break 50 seconds in the 100-meter butterfly, beating the Serbian with a time of 49.82. Cavic also broke 50... More »

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Michael Phelps • swimming • Milorad Cavic • butterfly

(Newser) - Michael Phelps today rebounded from yesterday's stunning loss by shattering his own world record in the 200-meter butterfly at the FINA World Championships in Rome, ABC News reports. Phelps achieved the feat without a full-body suit, wearing only an ankle-to-waist version. In his loss yesterday, he lost to a swimmer... More »

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Michael Phelps • Rome • world record • swimming • World Championships • FINA • butterfly • 200-meter

 Swimmer Makes Ass of Himself 


Jul 29, 09 3:01 AM CDT
(Newser) - Champion US swimmer Ricky Berens got that sinking feeling when his high-tech suit split down the back an instant before he sailed into the water for his leg of a relay at the FINA Swimming World Championship in Rome. The result was a flash of muscly derrière transmitted on... More »

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Italy • Rome • swimming • wardrobe malfunction • gold medal • swimming pool • USA Swimming • swimsuit • gold medalist • Ricky Berens

German Hands Phelps Rare Loss; Breaks Record, Too

Stunning reversal raises questions about role of high-performance bodysuits

Jul 28, 09 2:16 PM CDT
(AP) - Germany's Paul Biedermann handed Michael Phelps his first major individual loss in 4 years—and snatched away his world record, too—with a stunning win in the 200-meter freestyle at the world swimming championships today in Rome. Virtually unknown outside his country before this meet, Biedermann has now erased Ian... More »

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Michael Phelps • World Swimming Championships • Germany • swimming • broken records • Speedo LZR Racer • swimsuit • Paul Biedermann

OPINION

 You're At the Beach, 
 Now Cover Up! 


Jul 16, 09 8:23 AM CDT
(Newser) - Being at the beach is no excuse for unseemly dress, writes Paula Marantz Cohen in the Smart Set, who found herself looking at '09's swimsuit designs and wishing for some outfits from '10—1910, that is. Not wanting to show off vast areas of flesh usually covered up isn't just... More »

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fashion • swimming • bikini • swimsuit

OPINION

 Pool Bans Black Kids?  
 What Decade Is It? 

Racial discrimination sends us back to the 1950s

Jul 10, 09 10:53 AM CDT
(Newser) - A largely white suburban Philadelphia swim club’s barring of black and Latino campers was so backward “I thought I had fallen into a time warp,” writes Annette John-Hall in the Inquirer. Things like this happened in the 1950s—when singer Dorothy Dandridge booked a room in a... More »

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children • Pennsylvania • race relations • swimming • Philadelphia • racism • civil rights • swimming pool • racial discrimination • summer camp

(Newser) - Michael Phelps demolished both the 100-meter butterfly world record and any lingering concerns about his fitness at the US Nationals yesterday, USA Today reports. Phelps—who returned to training less than five months ago—finished in 50.22 seconds, breaking the 50.40 record set by fellow American Ian Crocker... More »

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Michael Phelps • swimming • USA Swimming

 Barcodes Will ID 
 Illegal Suits at 
 Championships 

Swimming aims to weed out banned attire

Jun 1, 09 2:55 PM CDT
(Newser) - Swimmers at this year’s world championships will be subjected to a barcode test to ensure their suits are legal, the Times of London reports. Suits’ buoyancy will be checked before the event, with each outfit assigned a code. At race time, the suits will be scanned; if they don’... More »

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Michael Phelps • swimming • World Championships • broken records • Speedo LZR Racer • swimsuit

 Swimsuits Banned, 
 Records Questioned 

Cutting-edge swimwear adds array of advantages

May 20, 09 7:39 AM CDT
(Newser) - After more than 100 records were broken in the past year and a half, the international swimming federation has put 348 high-tech swimsuits under the microscope—banning 10 of them and requiring modifications to another 136, the New York Times reports. The suits can increase buoyancy, squeeze the body into... More »

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Michael Phelps • world record • swimming • Speedo LZR Racer • swimsuit

 Phelps Takes 
 Another Loss  
 in Charlotte 

Beaten by a second in 100-meter freestyle

May 18, 09 9:10 AM CDT
(Newser) - A day after losing his first final in nearly a year, Michael Phelps lost again last night in Charlotte, this time in the 100-meter freestyle, the AP reports. The American came in almost a second behind France’s Frederick Bousquet, who holds the world record for 50 meters. “The... More »

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Michael Phelps • swimming • Charlotte • Jay-ZTV • loss

 Phelps Finally Loses 


May 16, 09 10:49 PM CDT
(Newser) - Michael Phelps has proven he can be all too human outside the pool, and now there's proof he can be human inside it as well. The Olympic star lost his first race in a year tonight when Aaron Peirsol of California beat him in the backstroke at the Charlotte Grand... More »

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Michael Phelps • swimming • Jay-ZTV • Aaron Peirsol

(AP) - Sporting a goatee and an old-school swimsuit, Michael Phelps picked up right where he left off in Beijing. Two races. Two wins. The world's greatest swimmer left a 9-month layoff and marijuana travails in his wake tonight at his first meet since a triumphant Olympics. None of it seemed to... More »

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Michael Phelps • swimming • Olympics • Jay-ZTV

(Newser) - Michael Phelps’ suspension ended today, and the swimmer is back in the pool preparing for a tourney next week in Charlotte, the AP reports. The Olympian said he was actually unaware of the end of the 3-month ban, imposed after photos emerged of him hitting a bong. “I had... More »

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Michael Phelps • 2008 Beijing Olympics • competition • swimming • marijuana • professional athletes

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