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Maryland Special Olympics celebrates 41 s t games
1,600 athletes participate in competition at Towson University 1,600 athletes participate in competition at Towson University

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Thorpe to return for London Olympics
Five-time Olympic freestyle champion Ian Thorpe announced his return to swimming for the 2012 London games on Wednesday.

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200yd Freestyle 1:59.14 YState time Junior Olympic time 14year old

400yd IM 4:50.18 YState time Junior Olympic time 14year old

500yd Freestyle 5:18.12 YState time Junior Olympic time 14year old

Dara Torres took over 6 years off from competitive swimming and comes back to set US records! At 41! Blatant doping in the track and field, Tour De France and sports in general.

PSA: Milo Little Olympics blasts on Oct. 15-17 in CDO
MANILA, Oct. 13 (PNA) — A total of 12 sports event will be disputed in the 2010 National Milo Little Olympics in Cagayan de Oro set October 15 to 17.

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My son’s first competitive swimming 25m dash for Special Olympics and he took home the Goldl! 29.92 seconds! TALK ABOUT PROUD!! Event held at Lewiston, ME YMCA.

This summer, (exactly from July 17 to August 2) Rome will be hosting all the passionate swimming fans ready to attend the thirteenth edition of the FINA swimming championships. FINA is the organization that advertises acquatics sports in all its disciplines and organizes the international competitive activities of swimming, synchronized swimming, diving and water polo.

According to the organization but also the Rome tourist board, this will be the most important 2009 sports event in the city. These Championships, differentiated for the competitions held not only in pools but also for diving, synchronized swimming, swimming in open water and water polo, will travel to Rome 2.500 athletes, 1.500 coaches and representing managers of over 170 Countries from all over the world.

This special sport event, that was already hosted in Rome in 1994 at the Foro Italico, isn’t only important for the competitive expressions and for the great world and olympic champions that will take part, such as Alessia Filippi , Michael Phelps, Federica Pellegrini andTania Cagnotto, but will also be very important for the economic aspect of roman tourism. Many Rome Hotels will be waiting to host these fans in their facilities.

The Opening Ceremony will be taking place on the 18th of July at the magnificent Stadio dei Marmi, located in the heart of the Foro Italico. Those interested in this great sport event in Rome may carry out their own pre-emption purchase by filling out the booking form at the official website http://www.roma2009.com/?pag=tk&lang=en and then send it to :ticketingoffice@roma09.it.

Ticket sales for the Championships will start up on April 1st and there are 180 thousand total tickets available.

An Today Tonight interview with 17 year old Ian Thorpe recorded at the 2000 Sydney Olympic Games | Thorpe won 3 Gold and 2 silver medals at the games | Thorpe retired from competitive swimming in 2006 and is regarded as one of the all time greats | This footage has been taken from a Channel 7 Australia broadcast | If this is a breach of copyright please advise and it will be removed