Eventually, his webbed feet got so badly worn that he dropped to only average in swimming.
Australia, Russia, and France, who are our biggest competition in swimming, provide funding for their athletes.
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Janet Evans, the only American woman to win four Olympic gold medals in swimming, put it best.
The commission is considering such issues as demands for separate hours for Muslim women in swimming pools.
Witnesses, including hotel guests, had seen them alive in swimming gear 15 minutes earlier, the hearing was told.
After the 2000 Olympics, leaders launched an effort dubbed Project 119, boosting funding in swimming, gymnastics and weightlifting.
Daoud has previously competed at a world-class level in swimming, tennis and soccer and also loves boxing and motorcross.
For instance, this summer he mentioned once that he had been in swimming and that the mosquitoes were something fierce.
To narrow the racial gap in swimming, the L.A.-based Amateur Athletic Foundation gives grants to swim facilities in Southern California.
Think of John Wooden in college basketball, Doc Councilman in swimming, Bill Bowerman in distance running, Bill Walsh in professional football.
Witnesses, including hotel guests, had seen them alive in swimming gear 15 minutes earlier, the inquest at New Bridge House, Chelmsford heard.
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The duck was excellent in swimming but relatively poor in running, so he devoted himself to improving his running through extra practice.
His West End debut was in Swimming With Sharks opposite Christian Slater.
Near drownings and deaths have occurred in swimming pools and also with children wandering into traffic or falling off playground ladders and other gymnastic equipment.
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"I was very pleased as I know I am in good shape and now have something else in swimming to have a go at, " he said.
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The study, sponsored by USA Swimming, found that a fear of drowning and a fear of injury prevent many African-American parents from putting their children in swimming lessons.
Since walking to that first lamppost, De Mello has gone on to compete in 20 New York City Marathons and five Paralympic Games, competing in swimming and wheelchair fencing.
Armstrong had posted on his Twitter account last month that he was in swimming training but he will now have to wait to make his competitive debut in the pool.
During the armed robbery in Lymington, a man in swimming goggles threatened a couple at their home before stealing their car and forcing the woman, in her 60s, to go with him.
Although government regulators insist that Malathion is relatively benign to humans and pets, environmental regulators have measured its presence in swimming lakes and rivers at many times the level officially considered safe.
Thursday's success for Scottish Olympians followed Lossiemouth rower Heather Stanning winning gold alongside Helen Glover in the women's pairs on Wednesday, the same day as Glasgow-born Michael Jamieson won silver in swimming's 200m breaststroke final.
If you were to ask the average person in the street to name five swimmers, they could mention three and they would probably be me, David Wilkie and Duncan Goodhew and we all packed in swimming years ago.
Mr Hollande also said he would be firm on demands made by the Muslim community, saying he supported France's ban on face-covering veils and would not allow separate hours in swimming pools for men and women.
The Chinese should collect three medals from the shooting range this weekend to go along with Yang's medal in swimming, a near-automatic gold in women's three-meter synchronized diving, as well as two of the three gold medals that will be awarded in weightlifting.
As a regime it could help you forget most things - you venture into the icy night in swimming costume, psyche yourself up for a few minutes in a shallow outdoor hot-water pool on the dockside, run the 100m or so to the sea and then plunge in, screaming.
The reception area is in the head, they walk up a leg to their bedroom, and they cool off in the swimming pool in the belly.
My first brush with Australian tennis royalty came in a swimming pool in Marrakesh of all places, when I found myself shoulder deep in water alongside a ridiculously handsome man who introduced himself, after a bit of nosy prodding, as a "retired sportsman".
His girlfriend Stephanie Cronin videoed a very chilly Liam in his shorts swimming in the hole.
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There simply isn't enough evidence to justify the benefits of swimming in freezing cold water over some laps in a warmer swimming pool.
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