Topic: USA Swimming
AP News | 2010-03-19 23:45:26
Olympic gold medal swimmer says sexual abuse problem in competitive youth swimming
The governing body of U.S. competitive swimming hasn't done enough to address widespread sexual abuse against young girls at swim clubs across the country, an Olympic gold medalist said Friday. Deena Deardurff Schmidt, a 1972 Olympic champion swimmer, said as she trained in the 1960s, she ...
AP News | 2010-01-19 03:51:26
Katie Hoff competes in the women's 200-yard individual medley final at USA Swimming's Southern California Grand Prix in Long Beach, Calif., Monday, Jan. 18, 2010. (AP Photo/Jason Redmond)
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AP News | 2010-01-19 03:51:23
Michael Phelps prepares to compete in the men's 100-yard backstroke final at USA Swimming's Southern California Grand Prix swimming event in Long Beach, Calif., Monday, Jan. 18, 2010. (AP Photo/Jason Redmond)
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AFP Global Edition | 2009-09-19 23:01:22
<div><p>High-tech polyurethane swimsuits that have fueled a tidal wave of world records will be banned in US racing from October, USA Swimming announced Saturday.</p><p>Delegates at USA Swimming's annual convention voted "overwhelmingly" to implement the ban in events sanctioned by the American governing body, three months before ...
