
Odds are you know dick about swimming. And that’s OK. It ranks somewhere between timber sports and cricket on the American sports passion meter. But you probably know Amanda Beard. The seven-time medalist has transcended the two-week focus on aquatic racing that rolls into the world consciousness every four years. It doesn’t hurt that she’s been on the cover of FHM, Playboy and featured in Sports Illustrated’s iconic swimsuit issue. Beard has snagged another cover, only this time she’s gracing the frontside Beijing 2008, from Sega. As it turns out, she’s actually a gamer herself.
Amanda says, I love playing the Wii. We do it at parties and stuff. I make people bring it over so we can play bowling and tennis and stuff. I haven’t tried the Mario and Sonic Olympic Games yet, but it sounds right up my alley–a little bit of old school with a little bit of new school. Perfect.
According to Amanda, Swimming is really hard in the game. The first couple of times I played I was really bad. I spent an hour and a half on the game because I couldn’t walk away without
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