trashtalking at Summer Olympian

Lead Stories: November 21, 2008

Enter the Villain

Posted March 31, 2008 at 08:04 AM by Michael J. Sedor

Section: Beijing 2008, Beijing Results, Culture/History, Events, Aquatics, Special Features, Columns/Blogs, Quote of the Day, Videos, Michael Sedor

My personal Olympics villain has emerged. It’s a multi-headed animal full of America-disparaging quotes and replete with shady performance-enhancing rumors. They’re cocky, they…

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Swimmers Battle Outside the Water

Posted March 19, 2008 at 05:00 PM by Michael J. Sedor

Section: Beijing 2008, Events, Aquatics, Columns/Blogs, Michael Sedor

One month ago Australian Eamon Sullivan smashed the eight-year old 50m freestyle swimming world record, the aquatic version of the 100m dash, lowering the record time from 21.64 to 21.56. From there the accusations, trashtalking, and sharply barbed slurs began.

Two-time…

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