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Michael Phelps Closes World Championships With 5th Gold Medal

ROME (AP) -- Michael Phelps had every reason to be satisfied after the Beijing Olympics. Yet he kept insisting there was more to do in the pool.Clearly.Even coming off his longest layoff and the embarrassment of being photographed inhaling from a marijuana pipe, Phelps turned in another remarkable performance over eight...

Cancer Is Not Enough to Stop Olympic Swimmer Eric Shanteau

This past weekend, Eric Shanteau returned to the pool after kicking testicular cancer to the curb, and he did the same to most of the other swimmers against whom he was competing. Sports Stars Who Fought Cancer Swimmer Eric Shanteau found out he had testicular cancer a week before qualifying for the Olympic...

Shanteau Fails to Qualify For Finals; Heads Home for Cancer Treatment

Eric Shanteau's decision to delay his cancer treatment didn't pay off in a medal, but it didn't seem to matter to him. Shanteau swam a personal best in the 200 meter breaststroke on Wednesday morning, but that wasn't enough to earn him a spot in the finals. He failed to qualify for the finals by .13 seconds, which means...

Eric Shanteau Made Olympic Swimming Team a Week After Learning He Has Cancer

Last week Eric Shanteau qualified for the U.S. Olympic swimming team in the 200-meter breaststroke. Today he revealed to the Associated Press what only he, his doctors and his family knew: He had been diagnosed a week earlier with testicular cancer.Shanteau says that his doctors have told him that the right medical...

U.S. Swimming Trials Day Six Wrap-Up: Beard Earns a Spot; Phelps, Lochte Blow Field Away

We're covering the U.S. Olympic Swimming Trials all week.Thursday night's swimming trials action was all about the upsets. But Friday was about the battles between the favorites.There really wasn't a big upset on Friday, but we did see plenty of top performances. Rebecca Soni, a disappointment in the 100 meter breastroke,...

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05/25/12 Cancer-free Shanteau is eager to focus on the pool Source: The Bulletin - Bend OR At his first Olympics, Eric Shanteau was distracted by a far more important race â beating cancer.
05/23/12 Cancer-free Shanteau eager to focus on swimming Source: eTaiwanNews.com At the last Olympics, Eric Shanteau was distracted by a far more important matter _ surviving cancer.
05/14/12 U.S. breaststroke stars Hansen, Shanteau set to renew... Source: Austin American-Statesman - Austin TX For very different reasons, Brendan Hansen and Eric Shanteau were two of the most compelling stories at the 2008 Beijing Olympics.
05/06/12 Olympic swimmer Eric Shanteau is living with his... Source: Los Angeles Times - Los Angeles CA As an athlete, an Olympic swimmer with goals different from, say, someone who earns a living as a businessman or artist or construction worker, Eric Shanteau made decisions that might raise an eyebrow.
05/01/12 Dale Oen's death saddens Eric Shanteau Source: USA Today Eric Shanteau did not know Norway's Alexander Dale Oen, whose death Monday from apparent cardiac arrest at age 26 rocked the swimming world.