Monday, July 30, 2012

Dana Vollmer

  • LONDON -- Dana Vollmer won a gold medal at the Olympics and set a world record, too. Not bad for someone who didnt even qualify four years ago.
  • (ESPN)
  • Cathy Vollmer sits in the front row at the 2003 USA National Swimming Championships in Indianapolis. Shes nervous, as any mom with a daughter competing would be.
  • (Huffington Post)
  • LONDON — So much for all those dire predictions of records set during the high-tech bodysuit era standing for decades. They're quickly falling at the Olympic Aquatics Centre.
  • (NorthJersey.com)
  • LONDON — Four years ago, Dana Vollmer did not even qualify for the Beijing Olympics. Last night, she not only won a gold medal in the women's 100-meter butterfly, but she set a world record doing it, winning her first individual gold in 55.
  • (New York Post)
  • Why were there so many empty seats during the first day of the Olympic games? Does that mean the Games are a failure?
 Apparently, many of the empty seats you saw are right up front—VIP positions, essentially.
  • (Entertainment Online)
  • Another night of the summer games in London for the 2012 Olympics are underway, and already, there were many things that stood out.
  • (Entertainment Online)
  • LONDON — There was serious drama Sunday at the Aquatic Center, but it sure wasn't what was expected. First, U.S.
  • (Chicago Sun-Times)
  • The second day of the London 2012 Olympics was filled with more teeth-clenching and heart-wrenching moments than last night's episode of True Blood. At this pace, we're going to be a ball of nerves by day 17. As anticipated, the U.S.
  • (Entertainment Weekly Online)
  • ELLEN Gandy was eighth as the United States Dana Vollmer won the Olympic 100 metres butterfly title in a new world record of 55.98 seconds in London.
  • (campaignseries.co.uk)
  • LONDON — Dana Vollmer finished a blistering final 50 meters of the 100 butterfly Sunday, smacked the wall, ditched her goggles and squinted at the clock. It took a moment to find it, then to sink in. She'd done it: 55.98 seconds. A world record.
  • (Dallas Morning News)

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