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Phelps to Guest Star on USA’s Suits… 22-time Olympic medalist Michael Phelps will be making a cameo appearance on Suits, the USA Network drama and one of the swimmer’s favorite shows. Phelps will be starring as himself in the midseason three premiere in early 2014 as he comes face to face with Harvey (Gabriel Macht), the sports agent that could never land him as a client. Phelps has appeared as himself in an episode of Entourage, hosted Saturday Night Live and recently appeared in the Golf Channel show, The Haney...

Canada’s Sydney Pickrem wins bronze at world juniors DUBAI, UAE- Sydney Pickrem won Canada’s second medal at the FINA World Junior Swimming Championships on Thursday placing third in the women’s 200-metre individual medley. Ruta Meilutyte of Lithuania earned the gold medal clocking a meet record two minutes and 12.32 seconds, Ella Eastin of the U.S. was second in 2:13.76 and Pickrem followed in 2:14.36, her first career sub 2:15 time. ‘’I’ve been trying to go under 2:15 for over a year now so it’s great to achieve that here,’’ said...

RESUMEN DE JUEGO NUM. DE JUEGO HORA GENERO BLANCO AZUL FINAL MEJOR ANOTADOR BLANCO MEJOR ANOTADOR AZUL 22 9:00 MASCULINO URU PER 4-9 Canepa (#2) 2 goles Nunez (#6) 4 goles ANOTACION POR PERIODOS EQUIPO 1 er PERIODO 2 NDO PERIODO 3 ER PERIODO 4 TO PERIODO FINAL BLANCO 1 1 1 1 4 AZUL 2 1 4 2 9 OFICIALES ARBITRO ARBITRO DELEGADO UANA HACKSHAW (TRI) FERNANDEZ (BRA) CULLINGHAM (USA) COMENTARIOS En el primer encuentro de la jornada, Perú hizo buen uso de su superioridad física y de natación...

Swimming World Juniors, Day 4: Ruta Meilutyte: two gold medals in 40 minutes Gergely Csurka, FINA Media Committee Member Link to Start Lists, Results, Medal Tables and Team Scores DUBAI (United Arab Emirates), 29 August – Two titles in 40 minutes to Ruta Meilutyte, both in Championships Record time – the Lithuanian star proved her outstanding class again by winning the 100m breaststroke and the 200m individual medley (and also taking part in the 50m back semis). Six more Championship Records fell on Day 4 which also saw a hat-trick...

Newsletter #16 // August 28th 2013 follow us This newsletter provides you with background information and news on FINA's activities and upcoming events. JUNIOR SWIMMING STARS SHINE IN DUBAI (UAE) With a record participation of over 800 athletes from more than 90 National Federations, the fourth edition of the FINA World Junior Swimming Championships is taking place from August 26-31, 2013 in Dubai (UAE), in the iconic Hamdan Sports Complex. This venue hosted in December 2010 the 10th FINA World Swimming Championships (25m). During the first two days of the...

KYLIE STEWART WINS 200M BACK TO LEAD U.S. AT WORLD JUNIORS Highlighted by a gold medal and championship-record swim from Kylie Stewart (Atlanta, Ga.) in the women’s 200m back, the United States claimed five medals on day three of the 2013 FINA World Junior Swimming Championships at Dubai’s Hamdan Sports Complex. Through three days of swimming, Team USA has captured 14 medals at World Juniors – five gold, six silver and three bronze. Competition runs through Saturday with evening sessions slated for 10 a.m. Eastern. Joining Stewart on the women’s...

D.C. Bidding for 2024, Phelps Involvement Possible 8/27/2013 Washington D.C. has a population of 630,000 people (Getty Images) (ATR) Washington D.C. will explore bidding for the 2024 Olympics. On Tuesday, a group called DC 2024 announced the formation of the exploratory committee for the bid. The proposed Olympics would use resources throughout the D.C. metropolitan area, and the states of Maryland and Virginia. “With more state-of-the-art sports infrastructure in a 40-mile radius than any other U.S. city, thousands of hotels and lodging options, and a vast and expanding transportation system,...

Two top-five finishes for Canada at world juniors DUBAI, UAE – Yuri Kisil of Calgary helped Canada placed fourth in the mixed 4X100-m freestyle relay after narrowly reaching the 50-m freestyle final in national record time Wednesday at the FINA World Junior Swimming Championships. Australia won the gold medal in this new event which pits teams of two men and two women in three-minutes and 28.74 seconds. The U.S. was second in 3:29.56 and Russia third in 3:29.93. Canada bettered its time by more than four seconds in the prelims...

2013 FINA WORLD JUNIOR CHAMPIONSHIPS MEDAL COUNT FOR USA SWIMMING 14 Total Medals – Five Gold, Six Silver, Three Bronze (through Aug. 28) Gold Women’s 400m IM: Ella Eastin Women’s 800m Free Relay: Quinn Carrozza, Kathryn McLaughlin, Katherine Drabot, Cierra Runge Women’s 200m Fly: Kathryn McLaughlin Men’s 200m IM: Gunnar Bentz Women’s 200m Back: Kylie Stewart Silver Women’s 400m IM: Becca Mann Men’s 400m Free Relay: Paul Powers, Brett Ringgold, Kyle Gornay, Caeleb Dressel, Justin Lynch (pr) Women’s 100m Back: Kathleen Baker Women’s 800m Free: Becca Mann Women’s 200m Back:...

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