swimming

[erilyn]

My family has a question they'd like me to ask any Americans I know:

Has there been much(/any) coverage of or news about, the World Swimming Championships (on at the moment in Melbourne) in the US? The US team has done well, especially Michael Phelps (he's just...wow - 6 gold medals and counting, it was a shame about the relay, plus multiple world records), and they're just interested in how the sport gets covered there vs how it's covered here.

Thanks for indulging their curiousity :)

Comments

[olivejz28.livejournal.com]

A couple of people have already mentioned coverage on ESPN and CNN, which is about right. There's been a little more coverage about it here in the metro Detroit newspapers because Phelps' coach works at the University of Michigan and that's where he trains. At least, that's the last I knew. Swimming doesn't seem to get much coverage unless it's an Olympic year. But really, how can you ignore a guy that's one seven gold medals?