Word: swam
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...still notched very good times in the semifinals and finals the next day, Rathgeber couldn’t pull of a repeat performance of his scorching prelim time, which elevated his ranking to 14th in the world in the event. After finishing second in his semifinal heat, Rathgeber swam neck-and-neck with American teammate Robert Margalis—one of the top swimmers in the world—in the finals, but Margalis ultimately pulled away to finish second behind Thiago Pereira of Brazil. Pereira set pool and event records by clocking in at 1:57.79, while Rathgeber finished...
Some days, then, when I say I feel like a dip in the pool, I really do feel like a dip in the pool. The first (and only) time my wife and I swam at night, she said, "This is a scene from every slasher movie ever." It seemed so decadent--swimming under the stars in our own wooded backyard--that we half-deserved to be filleted by Freddy Krueger...
...time All-American Noelle Bassi who, despite struggling with knee and back injuries all year, won a third straight Ivy League title in the 200 butterfly and qualified for her fourth NCAA Championships. After placing 14th in the event at the meet in 2006, the injured Bassi swam a 2:00.89 at this year’s Championships to grab 32nd...
...think the animals have just accepted me.' MARTIN STREL, Slovenian endurance athlete, who last week completed a record-setting 5,268-kilometer swim of the Amazon River. The 52-year-old swam alongside snakes, crocodiles and pirhanas during his 66-day journey, but was never attacked
Miles a Slovenian man swam in 66 days to become the first person to swim the entire length of the Amazon River...