Swimmers Making Record Splash
from USA Today
 Just days into the Beijing Olympic swimming competition, the number of world records set in the Water Cube pool is the same as for all of the 2004 Olympics. Swimmers have set eight world records here so far, the most stunning on Monday, when the victorious U.S. men's 4x100-meter freestyle relay team dropped nearly four seconds from a record set by another U.S. team the previous night, finishing in 3:08.24. More
U.S. Swimmers Trim Times at Beijing Olympics Using ‘Top Secret’ Technology
from Science Daily
A fluids mechanics professor at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute in Troy, N.Y., is using experimental flow measurement techniques to help American swimmers sharpen their strokes, shave seconds from their lap times, and race toward a gold medal in Beijing this summer. More
For Swimmer Battling Cancer, Pool is His Comfort Zone
from USA Today
Eric Shanteau doesn't recall if it was the first or second conversation he had with his father in the blurry days after being diagnosed with testicular cancer six weeks ago. He'll never forget the message. "You have cancer; it doesn't have you," Rick Shanteau, a lung cancer patient for the last year, told his son. Eric, 24, has been living those words every day since. More
Title IX’s Assault on Swimming
from Townhall.com
As the Olympics kick off, all eyes are firmly set on one athlete: Michael Phelps. Not only does Phelps have the chance to win a record eight gold medals in a single Olympics, he is also practically assured of passing Jenny Thompson’s mark of twelve career medals to become the most decorated Olympic athlete in American history. Not bad for a 23 year old. More
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Researchers Explore What Makes Better Athletes, the Physiology of Performance, and More
from Science Daily
The world-record pace for the marathon continues to improve for both men and women. For men, the record pace for the marathon is now about as fast as the record pace for the 10,000-meter run just after World War II. Today, champion athletes are running more than four times farther at speeds of well under five minutes per mile. How can this be? Are humans simply built better or is there something else behind the mind-blowing speeds on the racetrack?
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Time to Make a Splash
from The Sun
Races used to be decided by judges stood over the end of every lane, stopwatch in hand, looking to see when each individual swimmer had touched the edge of the pool to end their race. In Beijing, innovations such as the touchpad will determine whose fingertips have the best reach. More
Want to Live a Long Life? Run
from Reuters
People who want to live a long and healthy life might want to take up running.
A study published shows middle-aged members of a runner's club were half as likely to die over a 20-year period as people who did not run.
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