Some of you out there have asked about how to watch the swimming portion of the Pan American Games. Unfortunately, ESPN360.com will not be covering the swimming section online. Still, ESPN Deportes (the Spanish language version) has made swimming a priority and although the announcing will be in Spanish, there will be extensive […]

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In the interview posted earlier, Kicker Vencill talks about his thoughts on the Thorpe and Mellouli drug cases. There is a lot we can learn from this man, not just about the doping system but also about how to overcome adversity and I have no reservations about declaring him a great role-model for today’s […]

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United States swimming star and five-time Olympic medalist Natalie Coughlin is the latest star of Speedo’s “Speedo Make Waves” podcast series.
In this seventh edition of “Speedo Make Waves,” now available at www.speedo.com/podcasts and via iTunes, Coughlin sat down with Scott Goldblatt (USA swimmer and Olympic medallist), the editor of the top-rated swim blog Timed Finals, […]

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The 2006 Pan Pacific Swimming Championships officially came to a close on Monday with the completion of the men’s and women’s 10K open water swim. The swim was held on Elk Lake in Victoria. For the first time, the 10K Open Water was a part of Pan Pacs.
In this episode, I talked to race winners […]

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In this edition of the Timed Finals Live podcast, hear Cullen Jones’ reaction to his victory in the 50 meter free. His thoughts on hitting the weightroom when he gets back to training, about where he swam growing up in New Jersey, about his newly signed endorsement deal, what his mom told him about […]

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For episode five, I had a chance to catch up with five members of Team USA. I wanted to try and bring you a little closer to some of the United States’ top stars including Megan Jendrick, Kate Ziegler, Ryan Lochte, Michael Phelps, and Neil Walker.
Megan Jendrick, who won gold at the 2000 Olympics […]

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In this edition of the Timed Finals Live podcast, hear Aaron Peirsol’s reaction to his breaking of the world record in the 200 meter backstroke. His thoughts on racing Michael Phelps, his streak of six years without a loss in this event, how he is a better racer than individual swimmer, and more.

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For the fourth episode of the Speedo Make Waves podcast from the 2006 Pan Pacific Swimming Championships I had an opportunity to take an at life out of the water.
For former swimmers Rowdy Gaines of the United States, now a TV commentator for NBC’s swimming broadcasts, and Mike Mintenko of Canada, their involvement in the […]

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For the third episode of the Speedo Make Waves podcast from the 2006 Pan Pacific Swimming Championships I had an opportunity to take an inside look at the sport of swimming. I was able to sit down with USA Swimming National Team Director Mark Schubert to talk about the state of the sport and […]

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In this edition of the Timed Finals Live podcast, I talked to a number of athletes, including Roland Schoeman, Rick Say, and Kirsty Coventry about their thoughts on the morning finals and how it will impact them.  In the podcast, we see the three spectrums of thought on the issue - some good, some bad, […]

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Despite the knowledge we gathered and the skills we honed on the first day of podcasting, it figures that something would go wrong. It did this morning and our microtrack recording shot craps and began deleting our recordings as fast as we could record them. Yet we forged ahead to continue to bring […]

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In addition to the Speedo Make Waves podcasts that I am working on here at the Pan Pacific Championships, I am working on providing the readers of Timed Finals a bonus podcast called Timed Finals Live. Today’s bonus-cast features Roland Schoeman as he talks about motivation, his outlook on swimming, and what he thinks […]

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It took strong nerves and a champions will, but we got through the first Speedo Make Waves podcast. Timed Finals has teamed up with Speedo to be here in Victoria, British Columbia for the next five days bringing you all the action from the Pan Pacs with daily podcasts at Speedo.com and live blogging […]

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