Team USA Media Summit - Dallas

01/16

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Coach Bob Bowman and Gold metal winner Michael Phelps meet the press at the United States Olympic Committee's 2012 Team USA Media Summit. Bowman admitted that he wanted to get back to the Olympics before Phelps.

02/16

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Gold medalist swimmer Michael Phelps talks about participating in his third Olympic games and chance for him to set the record for most gold metals ever won.

03/16

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Synchronised swimmers Mary Killman (left) and Maria Koroleva (right) pose with paralympian swimmer and seven time gold medalist Jessica Long. They have to kneel since Long's legs are cut-off just below her knees.

04/16

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Weightlifter Sarah Robles demonstrates her strength at doing the "explosive" clean and jerk. She will be making her Olympic debut in London as the female member of the U.S. Olympic Weightlifting team.

05/16

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Dallas, TX, USA 13-5-12 - Team USA swimming coach, Bob Bowman, talks to reporters at the 2012 Media Summit, who along with Michael Phelps told how they decided to try again to win gold metals at 2012 Summer Olympics in London.

06/16

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Gold metal Olympic swimmer Michael Phelps laughs at a press conference during 2012 Team USA Media Summit in Dallas, Texas, previous summits have taken place since 1988.

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Two-time Olympian Jennifer Nichols demonstrated to the press how she and Brady Ellison are taking aim on the 122-centimeter archery competition.

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Dallas, TX, USA 13-5-12 - 2-time Olympian Jennifer Nichols autographs the target after giving an archery demonstration to press members with no.1 ranked Brady Ellison, right.

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Dallas, TX, USA 13-5-12 - TV cameraman gets a hot of the US Olympic Committee emblem at the 2012 Team USA Media Summit gives the press a chance to meet Olympic team members, ask them questions and record them on film or video. USOC has hosted a Team.

10/16

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World Championship silver medalist Dotsie Bausch tells the press how they generate more than 400 watts of power using rollers demonstrated by bronze medalist Sarah Hammer.

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Olympian silver medalist Hyleas Fountain demonstates at the 2012 Team USA Media Summit one of the warm-up routines track & field contestants do to prepare for competition. Fountain competes in the heptathlon.

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American record holder Lashinda Demus (400m hurdles) tells the press at the Team USA Media Summit how they prepare for competition.

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Field hockey striker Katie O'Donnell, left, and defender Lauren Crandall tell the press how they defeated #1 ranked Argentina at the 2011 Pan-American Games.

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Olympic Team USA sychronized swimming duet of Mary Killman and Maria Koroleva preform part of their routine for the press in Dallas, Texas. They placed seventh at the 2012 FINA Olympic Games Qualifing Games.

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Gold medalist swimmer Michael Phelps talks about participating in his third Olympic games and how he had to claw his way into getting back to practising and motivated to compete.

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Dallas, TX, USA 13-5-12 - Team USA field hockey striker, Katie O'Donnell demonstrate at the 2012 Media Summitt how the American team defeated No. 1-ranked Argentina at the 2011 Pan American Games in Guadalajara, Mexico.

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The US Olympic Committee held a three-day Team USA Media Summit for photojournalists, and members of print, broadcast, and internet media, aimed at introducing the press to top Olympic and Paralympic hopefuls competing in London's 2012 Olympics.