A success in the pool and out
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Indianapolis, Oct. 12 - The pool where swimmers set four world records, where America&#39;s most honored Olympic swimmer Jenny Thompson said goodbye, is all gone.
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CAMBRIDGE -- For North Andover sophomore Kirstin Kasper, there was no need to be nervous. Swimming is nothing new to her -- in fact, she has been doing it since she was 5.
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ATHENS, Greece - Ian Thorpe won the most anticipated duel at the Olympic pool, taking gold in the 200-meter freestyle Monday night and ensuring that Michael Phelps won't match Mark Spitz's record of seven gold medals. Defending Olympic champion Pieter van den Hoogenband of the Netherlands got off to a quick start - more than 1 second under world-record pace at the halfway point - but couldn't maintain it...
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I love the smell of chlorine in the morning. Smells like 10-meter platform diving, which is a welcome slice of air-conditioned heaven on the hottest day of the Olympics.
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ATHENS, Greece -- The US Olympic team has excelled in the pool, on the courts, in the fields, on the track. Now you can add the beach.
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Michael Phelps wins more golds in Athens than Holland, New Zealand, Spain and Canada.
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The United States swim team sealed the swimming competition of the Athens Olympics in the same way it opened it - with a world record and another gold medal for Michael Phelps.
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Michael Phelps made a comfortable  return to the pool at the world short course swimming  championships Thursday, touching first in his preliminary heat  in the 200 meters freestyle.
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By Keri Brenner, The Olympian, Olympia, Wash.  Feb.
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It was a glorious surprise, igniting a party complete with song and dance: The Greeks won the first gold medal of their hometown Olympics with an unexpected victory last night in synchronized diving.
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Britain add two swimming golds and a shooting gold on day two in Athens.
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ATHENS -- This was a duel in the pool -- the world&#39;s two greatest swimming powers going head-to-head for more than seven minutes at the Olympics.
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LINZ, Austria - Just when you thought it was safe to go back in the water - well, it is, actually.
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Plentiful buses, helpful volunteers, and efficient security have added up to &#39;positive surprises&#39; for the host city. There are many measures by which to judge the success of an Olympic Games: records broken, medals won, dreams fulfilled or dashed.
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ATHENS, Greece - Michael Phelps had a front-row seat at the pool, and made Olympic history without ever getting wet. Decked out in a white shirt, khaki shorts and flip-flops, Phelps led cheers and waved an American flag while his teammates did all the work in the 400-meter individual medley Saturday night...
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Now this was a duel in the pool. With Michael Phelps leading off Tuesday night, the United States bested its top rival in the most thrilling race of the Athens Games. Klete Keller held off Ian Thorpe and finished the Australians with a lunge for the wall that gave the Americans a gold medal in the 800-meter freestyle relay. The margin was only 13-hundredths of a second.
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ATHENS, Greece - The night before, Michael Phelps had stood by the pool with a strained smile and a bronze medal, his quest for Olympic immortality dashed, his million-dollar bonus lost, his gold medal count stuck on one.