Tag: Ricky Berens
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Dwyer and Berens celebrate gold with a 4,610-calorie McDonald’s meal
Well, I guess it is better than a retirement smoke ;-) Dwyer ordered a Quarter Pounder, two six-piece chicken nuggets, french fries and a McFlurry ice cream sundae. Berens, according to his Twitter photo, went even bigger: Two Quarter Pounders, a Big Mac, a six-piece nugget order, two french fries and a McFlurry. NBC Today…
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Phelps drops 200 free from Olympic program, ‘only’ 7 possible golds then
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…
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Olympic trading card the thing this summer
Ricky Berens tweeted yesterday that he’d received copies of his new (and first ever) Topps trading cards, and rated them as awesome. They are nice, yes, but the Danish have even RPG-esque rating of tactics, technique, stamina and strength, as seen on the Mie Ø. Nielsen trading card to the right, presented by her on…
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For lower-profile Olympians like Berens, social media is key to branding success
Interesting article here on Mashable: “Ricky Berens is a world-class athlete, but he’s no Michael Phelps. The two teamed up to help the United States win a relay swimming gold medal at the 2008 Olympics and will probably both participate in the 2012 Games. But outside the pool their lives couldn’t be more different.” ……
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2 NEWS talks with Janet Evans and Ricky Berens
With less than 100 days until the 2012 London Olympic games, 2 News Today spoke with two members of the U.S. swim team, Janet Evans and Ricky Berens. Via wdtn 2 NEWS talks with olympic swimmers: wdtn.com
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The US East Coast hit by (massive) earthquake
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,…
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USC Olympian count closing to 20
It is an established tradition for Olympic athletes to get the rings tattoed on themselves after participating in the world’s ultimate sporting spectacle, and nowhere is this more apparent than at USC. That’s because coach Dave Salo has amassed a training group that is pushing close to 20 Olympic swimmers. Rebecca Soni (USA) Jessica Hardy*…
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Meichtry mauled Lochte and Phelps
Swiss swimmer Dominik Meichtry soundly beat Ricky Berens, Markus Rogan, Ryan Lochte, Michael Phelps and others at the Charlotte UltraSwim 2011 yesterday, winning 200 freestyle in 1:48.55 against 1:49.25, 1:49.47, 1:49.48 and 1:49.89 respectively. Dig how the commentator doesn’t mention him until after 125 meters. Full results here.