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  • Coach Bowman discusses possibility of Michael Phelps returning

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    Read USA Today At the world championship trials on Wednesday, the Phelps comeback talk continued. His longtime coach Bob Bowman said he would support a run at the 2016 Olympics if Phelps is fully committed. “There’s a part of me that wants him to come back if he’s going to do it the right way,”…

  • Bob Bowman, Coach and Cook, Puts Swimming Back on the Front Burner

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    Read The New York Times After Phelps won the last 6 of his 22 overall medals at the 2012 London Games, Bowman took a nine-month sabbatical from coaching. He passed the time he normally spent in the broiler oven that is the pool deck over a hot stove, trying to duplicate the meals he watched…

  • Michael Phelps might be back. Or not.

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    Cap & Goggles had this breaking news story, yesterday, quickly confirmed by NBC Michael Phelps is about to launch a comeback. He’ll soon be returning to training; in fact, he’s rumored to be arriving in Colorado Springs, at the Olympic Training Center, in the next few days. Maybe he won’t show. Perhaps he’ll read these…

  • Horse part-owned by Michael Phelps wins at Gulfstream

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    Cerro, a 3-year-old colt partly owned by 18-time Olympic champion swimmer Michael Phelps, won the $54,500 third race at Gulfstream Park on Saturday. Phelps and his former coach, Bob Bowman, share an ownership interest in the Ireland-bred colt, which runs in the colors of Team Valor International. “We are really excited to be part of…

  • Phelps & Bowman: A partnership like no other

    Phelps & Bowman: A partnership like no other

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    “They forged one of the most unique relationships in all of sports, a coach who took the child of recently divorced parents under his wing at age 11 and nurtured him to greatness in the pool. Along the way, they’ve yelled and screamed at each other and butted heads from time to time. They also…

  • Phelps drops 200 free from Olympic program, ‘only’ 7 possible golds then

    Phelps drops 200 free from Olympic program, ‘only’ 7 possible golds then

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    Phelps dropped the 200-meter freestyle from his Olympic program Monday, which means he will swim seven events in London and won’t try to duplicate his otherworldly eight gold medals in eight events in Beijing. “So you won’t hear the number eight again,” said a smiling Bob Bowman, Phelps’ longtime coach, who announced the change. “It…

  • Swim Spa training with Coach Bowman

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    Hmm, water looks a bit rough to me, and the second video reveals that there are only 6 speeds to choose from. But I’m really impressed by the depth of that thing! Via the17thman Nooo, not those Aquaspinning cycles. Pools are for swimming ! There are more videos on www.youtube.com/MasterSpas, see also www.michaelphelpsswimspa.com

  • The US East Coast hit by (massive) earthquake

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    Millions of Americans from Georgia to Canada were jolted Tuesday by the most powerful earthquake to hit the US East Coast in decades. Summer Sanders tweeted about how crazy it feels to be in a swimming pool during an earthquake, while Michael Phelps felt nothing. Ricky Berens felt that he was missing out on something,…

  • The World Swimming Time Zone is now GMT+8 hours

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    All the best swimmers in the world are now flocking along the China Standard Time zone, waking up at approximately 7 AM in Shanghai, midnight in London, 7 PM the day before in New York and 4 PM the day before in San Francisco. The Brits are in Osaka, the Americans at the Gold Coast…