• Snowflakes welcome swimming season in Germany

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    People take a bath at Berlin's Wannsee lido, on March 29, 2013. The Strandbad Wannsee opened the annual swimming season this Friday with temperatures of 39 degrees Fahrenheit.

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    Manfred Scharnowski takes a sip of tea before he takes a bath at Berlin's Wannsee lido, on March 29, 2013. The Strandbad Wannsee opened the annual swimming season this Friday with temperatures of 39 degrees Fahrenheit.

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    A person walks along Berlin's Wannsee lido, on March 29, 2013.

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    A man pulls a child on a sled through a park in Leipzig, Germany, on March 29, 2013. Fresh snowfall hit parts of the country on Good Friday.

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    A snowman stands in a park in Leipzig, eastern Germany, on March 29, 2013.

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    A man swims in an open-air pool in Frankfurt, Germany, on March 29, 2013. The open-air pool is one of the very first to start its bathing season in the state of Hesse despite the wintery weather and cold outside temperatures.

    Slideshow: Signs of Spring

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    Warming weather and longer days bring out the first signs of Spring.

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    Mexico hosts Synchronized Swimming World Trophy

    The Mexican synchronized swimming team performs during the Synchronized Swimming World Trophy 2012 held at the Mexican Olympic Committee in Mexico City, Nov. 30, 2012. With the participation of teams from Brazil, Russia, China, U.S., Canada, Great Britain, Netherlands, Japan, Ukraine and Mexico, the event is a gathering of the swimming world with a different concept from the skills of the Olympic Games or World Championships and more emphasis on an artistic side.

  • Michael Phelps conducts a swim lesson in Rio

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    Olympic record gold medal winner U.S. swimmer Michael Phelps adjusts his googles during his visit to the sport complex of the Alemao favela in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil on Oct. 30.

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    U.S. Olympic swimmer Michael Phelps gives a swimming lesson to youths during a visit at the Alemao slum complex's Olympic Village in Rio de Janeiro, Oct. 30.

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    U.S. Olympic swimming champion Michael Phelps trains young swimmers at Olympic Village Carlos Castilho in the Complexo de Alemao slum in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Oct. 30.

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    U.S. Olympic swimming champion Michael Phelps high fives young swimmers after leading them in a workshop at the Olympic Village Carlos Castilho in Complexo de Alemao slum in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil on Oct. 30.

    Micahel Phelps, the most decorated Olympian of all time, held a swimming workshop in the Clomplexo de Alemao slum of Rio de Janeiro today. He was visiting to Rio de Janeiro to promote the 2016 Olympic Games.

  • New brides in Poland take the plunge for charity

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    Four new brides slide down a water slide in Poland for charity on Aug. 26.

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    Dozens of brides emerge from a swimming pool after a charity photo shoot in Poland on Aug. 26. Most of the participating brides were married in the past few months.

    Polish Newlyweds participated in a photo shoot in Poznan, Poland on Sunday in a special event, ‘Brides Conquer City for a Sick Child.’ Proceeds from the fundraiser will help purchase a special wheelchair for an eight-year-old armless child.

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    Endurance swimmer Diana Nyad jumps into the water in Havana, Cuba, Aug. 18, to start a more-than-100-mile trip across the Florida Straits to the Florida Keys. Nyad, who turns 63 on August 22, set off on her fourth attempt to swim the treacherous waters from Cuba to Florida without a shark cage.

    Nyad back in water in Cuba-Florida record swim try

    In the summer of 2010, unfavorable weather kept her from even setting out. Last year, first a debilitating asthma attack and then painful, dangerous jellyfish stings forced her from the water on two separate attempts.

    This time Nyad is banking on a custom-made swimsuit to protect her from the jellyfish. It covers her head-to-toe with a pantyhose face and holes only for the eyes, nose and mouth.

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  • A respite from the heat in Kabul

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    An Afghan man relaxes on a tube at a public swimming pool in the city of Kabul on Aug. 14.

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    An Afghan youth dives at a public swimming pool in the city of Kabul on August 14.

    Slideshow: Afghanistan: Nation at a crossroads

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    More than ten years after the beginning of the war, Afghanistan faces external pressure to reform as well as ongoing internal conflicts.

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     With all the disturbing images we see coming out of Afghanistan, it was a nice break this morning to see this slice of daily life from Kabul.

     

  • Phelps finishes individual events with gold

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    U.S. swimmer Michael Phelps points to the crowd following the podium presentation where he was presented with the gold medal in the men's 100m Butterfly Final on Day 7 of the London 2012 Olympic Games at the Aquatics Centre on Aug. 3.

    Reuters reports -- Michael Phelps, showing no signs of complacency after breaking every imaginable record in Olympic swimming, won the men's 100 meters butterfly gold medal at the London Games on Friday.

    On the eve of his retirement, Phelps provided an unforgettable reminder of his incredible talent and determination when he came from seventh at the turn to overpower his rivals and win in a time of 51.21 seconds. Read more

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    U.S. swimmer Michael Phelps celebrates winning gold in the men's 100m butterfly final during the London 2012 Olympic Games at the Aquatics Centre on Aug. 3.

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    South Africa's Chad le Clos, left, and Michael Phelps of the U.S. compete in the men's 100m butterfly final during the London 2012 Olympic Games at the Aquatics Centre Aug. 3.

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  • Phelps beats Lochte in 200 IM in final duel

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    Michael Phelps, top, and Ryan Lochte of the United States compete in the men's 200-meter individual medley swimming final on Aug. 2.

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    Phelps swims to win the men's 200m individual medley final.

     

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    Debbie Phelps, center, the mother of Michael Phelps and his sisters Hilary Phelps, left, and Whitney Phelps, cheer him on during the men's 200-meter individual medley swimming final on Aug. 2.

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    Michael Phelps with his gold medal.

     

     Reuters reports: Michael Phelps  became the first male swimmer to win the same event at three successive Olympics when he clinched the men's 200 meters individual medley gold medal at the London Games on Thursday.

  • Celebrations as US men's team wins gold medal in Olympic 200-meter freestyle relay

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    United States' Conor Dwyer, left, Ryan Lochte, center, and Ricky Berens, right, celebrate as Michael Phelps closes in on their team's gold medal win in the men's 4 x 200-meter freestyle relay at the Aquatics Centre in the Olympic Park during the 2012 Summer Olympics in London, on July 31.

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    United States' Michael Phelps dives in to start the last leg of the men's 4 X 200-meter freestyle relay before their gold medal win at the Aquatics Centre in the Olympic Park during the 2012 Summer Olympics in London, on July 31.

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    Michael Phelps of the U.S. holds his 19th Olympic medal presented to him in the men's 4x200m freestyle relay victory ceremony during the London 2012 Olympic Games at the Aquatics Centre, on July 31.

    Reuters -- Four years after he climbed to the top of Olympic achievement, Michael Phelps took the last step he needed to reach the absolute peak.

    The greatest swimmer of all time became the most decorated Olympian of all time when he won a record 19th Olympic medal at the London Games on Tuesday.

    With a little help from his American friends, Phelps won his first gold medal in London in the 4x200 meters freestyle less than an hour after a shock defeat in the 200 butterfly, an event he has dominated for over a decade.

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    United States' Ricky Berens, left, and United States' Michael Phelps react as they win gold in the men's 4x200-meter freestyle relay swimming final at the Aquatics Centre in the Olympic Park during the 2012 Summer Olympics in London, on July 31.

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    United States swim team members, from left, Ryan Lochte, Conor Dwyer, Ricky Berens and Michael Phelps walk with a U.S. flag after being awarded the gold medal for their win in the men's 4 x 200-meter freestyle relay at the Aquatics Centre in the Olympic Park during the 2012 Summer Olympics in London, on July 31.

     

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