Hiromi Kobayashi, who is a member of Japan’s synchronized swimming team, apparently fainted in the pool during the finals today. The 23-year-old athlete from Osaka had to be taken out of the Water Cube on a stretcher after she hyperventilated at the end of her routine. The young woman, who is competing in her […]
I was over on Yahoo Sports and spotted an article about a possible curse (I know, I giggled a bit too) associated with the miniseries “A Shot at Glory.” Of the eleven athletes profiled, six have had disastrous experiences at the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games. Need examples? Here we go:
The biggest shock was when […]
It was a Dutchman, Maarten van der Weijden, that finished first for the Gold Medal on Thursday in the first ever 10k swimming marathon, despite Great Britain’s David Davies leading for most of the race. Davies and Bronze Medalist, Thomas Lurz of Germany both drifted to the outside at the finish, allowing van der Weijden […]
The Russian pair of Anastasia Davydova and Anastasia Ermakova successfully defended their 2004 Olympic Gold Medal on Wednesday. The pair received all perfect 10s in technical merit.
Earning the Silver Medal were Gemma Mengual and Andrea Fuentes of Spain. Saho Harada and Emiko Suzuki of Japan were awarded the Bronze Medal.
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Russia’s Larisa Ilchenko won the women’s 10km swimming marathon in the event’s Olympic debut. She finished the race in 1hr 59:27.7. Great Britain’s Keri-Anne Payne took the Silver Medal and her countryman, Cassandra Patten took the Bronze Medal.
Natalie du Toit of South Africa, the only woman to qualify for both the Olympics and the […]
It was the last day of the Olympic swimming meet and they saved some of the most exciting moments for the end. Not only did Michael Phelps swim to an unprecedented 8 for 8 Gold Medals, but Dara Torres showed that 40 is not too old to compete in Olympic swimming. Below are the […]
He’s done it! American swimmer, Michael Phelps, captured his 8th gold medal of the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games when he and his teammates, Brendan Hansen, Jason Lezak and Aaron Piersol, set a World Record in the men’s 4×100 medley relay race earlier today. I was on the edge of my seat throughout the event. […]
Michael Phelps continues to be the most popular and fascinating story from the Water Cube, but he is far from the only story. Below is a summary of what happened at the National Aquatic Center on Friday. Sunday concludes the swimming competition.
Great Britain’s Rebecca Adlington won Gold in the long distance swimming race, the […]
Michael Phelps has earned his 7th gold medal at the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games. Yes, that is seven more than all of Team Canada combined… sigh.
Accomplished the feat by beating Milorad Cavic of Serbia in the 100-metre butterfly by a hundredth of a second, with a time of 50.58 seconds, which is an Olympic […]
In this video from the Associated Press, Michael Phelps’ mother and two sisters talk about Phelps’ passion for swimming, how he views every race, and what it was like growing up with him.
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