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The 2008 Olympic Games | Michael Phelps Record Breaking

The 2008 Olympic Games | Michael Phelps Record Breaking

By Steve Keating | Reuters.com
OMAHA, Nebraska (Reuters) - Michael Phelps broke his own world record in the 200 meters individual medley at the U.S. Olympic swim trials on Friday, clocking a time of one minute, 54.80 seconds.
Pushed to the wall by good friend and rival Ryan Lochte, Phelps sliced 0.18 seconds of his old mark [...]

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Drowning of 1yr. old baby ruled as accidental

By Alexia Campbell | Sun-Sentinel.com
10:04 AM EDT, July 30, 2008
PEMBROKE PINES - Police have released the identity of the year-old girl whose body was found at the bottom of a backyard pool earlier this week.
Essence Young drowned accidentally in the pool at a house in the 1500 block of Southwest 159th Avenue while her grandfather [...]

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The History of Swimming

Swimming has been known since prehistoric times; the earliest recording of swimming dates back to Stone Age paintings from around 6,000 years ago. Written references date from 2000 BC .
Competitive swimming in Europe started around 1800, mostly using breaststroke .
In 1873 John Arthur Trudgen introduced the trudgen to Western swimming competitions, after copying the [...]

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Shirley Harold Featured On Moms of Miami

Just recently, Ms. Shirley Harold was featured in the miamiherald and on momsmiami.com

promoting swim safety.
"Florida is the leading state in the country in drowning statistics. We are at our numbers for 08′. Nine babies, yes 9, under the age of 5 including JMari have drowned in florida."
If you, your child, or someone that you know, [...]

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