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...historic Palestine from Israel. We parked our car in a designated spot so his watchers could check that we hadn't been tailed. As the sun dipped into the sea lapping the Gaza Strip on a steamy night last June, the killer was cooling off with a swim. For a wanted man, he seemed rather audacious, relaxing unarmed on the crowded seashore. But though he appeared at ease, he took meticulous precautions against Israeli agents. Two bodyguards drifted over to surround him while he toweled off and dressed, and then they climbed into the backseat of our car beside...
...ways to describe the champ's misfortune, that would be a gross over-reaction. Those who know Thorpe expect him to make a quick recovery. Given he won't be racing in a distance event, "Thorpedo" should be able to rejig his workload before August's Games to swim faster in the sprint events and relays, a leading local coach told Time...
...ability to swim fast - she was, for a time, the fastest woman ever over all the freestyle distances - was a gift Shane Gould couldn't cope with. A year after winning five medals at the Munich Olympics, the Sydney-born schoolgirl was lost. For Gould the joy of swimming was the sensation of gliding through water and the process of trying to do it better; but most people seemed fixated on results. Feeling depersonalized by celebrity and curious about life beyond the pool, she lacked the will to churn out laps...
There are plans to reopen Twin Falls in June for the dry season, with an Aboriginal-run boat providing cultural talks. That will open up the gorge, which tourists once had to swim down, to more people, says Whitehead: "I can't think of a better solution." Traditional owners say they're baffled by the furor. "I don't know what they're all whingeing about," says Alderson. "We want people to come here," says Lee, "to learn about this country and this culture...
...competitive swimmer as an undergraduate, Yale said that every crowd at Harvard swim meets was confused when her name and school were announced...