Word: swimmer
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...Richardson, however, it was not love at first sight with cross country. Growing up a swimmer, Richardson caught the eyes of her middle school cross country coaches after running the mile...
...Paralympics are the “elitest of disabled athletes. They train just as hard if not harder as Olympic athletes,” said Peggy L. Ewald, Kolbe’s high school and Paralympic coach. The U.S. Paralympic swimming team won 44 medals in Beijing. Paralympic swimmers are classified according to the severity of their disability, from S1, the most disabled, to S10, the least. Kolbe is an S3 swimmer. Outside the pool, she has to use a wheelchair to get around. Her coaches describe her as a woman with a “positive outlook and contagious...
...Paralympics are the “elitest of disabled athletes. They train just as hard if not harder as Olympic athletes,” said Peggy L. Ewald, Kolbe’s high school and Paralympic coach. The U.S. Paralympic swimming team won 44 medals in Beijing. Paralympic swimmers are classified according to the severity of their disability, from S1, the most disabled, to S10, the least. Kolbe is an S3 swimmer. Outside the pool, she has to use a wheelchair to get around. Her coaches describe her as a woman with a “positive outlook and contagious...
...Michael Phelps Rules!I disagree with mark reese?s com?ments in Inbox regarding swimmer Michael Phelps [Sept. 8]. It may be true that Phelps had the advantages of technology in breaking Mark Spitz?s speed records; however, Phelps-with his laser-sleek swimsuits and streamlined swimming caps-competed for his eight medals against other athletes with the exact same advantages. Phelps won those medals fair and square and should not have to justify his victories to those who think he should have done it the ?old-fashioned way.? Janice Heidt, Houston...
...cancer? It's all the rage. Actress Christina Applegate, Senator Ted Kennedy, Olympic swimmer Eric Shanteau, columnist Robert Novak are just the highest profile of the 1.4 million Americans who will get a diagnosis of cancer this year. Walk into the oncology waiting room of a hospital and you'll find it hard not to notice the crowd--or the balding heads, the yellow faces, that gaunt prisoner-of-war look of those who are well into their chemotherapy. You stare blankly across the room at the others staring blankly back, everyone silently asking the question: Am I going...