Our swimming saviours
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A FAST finish in the pool at Athens has delivered Australia&#39;s best swimming medal haul since the 1956 Melbourne Games. A heroic butterfly leg from Petria Thomas in the women&#39;s medley relay yesterday snared the team&#39;s seventh and final gold medal.
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By Therese Poletti and Nicole C. Wo, San Jose Mercury News, Calif.  Sep.
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By Karen Nelson, The Sun Herald, Biloxi, Miss.  Feb.
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With their latest work, Walter Martin and Paloma MuÃ±oz have climbed into their own distinct niche by preserving the human condition in water and a touch of alcohol.
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By Matt Dees, The News & Observer, Raleigh, N.C.  Sep. 24--DURHAM -- The bright yellow fugitives made a swim for it, but Tex Law was ready for 'em.
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By Guy N. Limbeck, Post-Bulletin, Rochester, Minn.  Mar. 5--BOYS HIGH SCHOOL SWIMMING AND DIVING  MINNEAPOLIS -- A rush and a wait. It was not a good combination for the John Marshall swimmers during the Class AA state swimming and diving meet.
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They came from expected sources - Michael Phelps and Natalie Coughlin in swimming, Steven Lopez in taekwondo and Carly Patterson in gymnastics â-nd unexpected sources
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The river: it enfolds us in its icy embrace. Superficially, it isn't turbid, only an insistent, coiled, supremely powerful inertia. Stop swimming for an instant, and I can feel it push me downstream at a steady 2mph.
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As of Saturday, the end of the swimming competitions, he had eight medals: Six gold and two bronze. In comparison, Canada has won two silver and a bronze.
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Every ounce of his energy was expended, leaving an empty fuel tank. But, even in a depleted state, Brendan Hansen found a way to bolster his ever-growing swimming legacy.
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KINGSTON -- Swimming used to be more of a challenge than a good time for the three Kingfish Swim Club members.
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A school of Dolphins has saved a group of swimmers from a great white shark attack. The amazing rescue happened when lifeguard Rob Howes took his daughter and her friends for a swim off the northern New Zealand coast.
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My children are great kids. They inspire me every day. Scott, 24, and his sister, Joy, 22, have cystic fibrosis. Thanks to the medicines available when they were young and new medicines available
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By J.R. Welsh, The Sun Herald, Biloxi, Miss.  Feb. 12--GULFPORT -- Sometimes Bob and Edna Boyd feel as if their fate is being held in the hand of a giant they cannot see. All they can do is feel the squeeze.
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Little tsunamis are always with us, and need our help.
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He has chosen to give chase to swimming&#39;s greatest achievement and, predictably, he has fallen short. He will not match Mark Spitz&#39;s seven gold medals at these Summer Olympics, but he should not be chided for trying.
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ATHENS, Greece -- Finally, for one night, the waves died down. For one night, the mist cleared. And for one night, the US women&#39;s swim team owned the spotlight.