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Today Bank of America announced a $15,000 contribution to Race for the Oceans following Aaron's stellar performances in Beijing.

“Aaron’s accomplishments in the pool are equaled only by his dedication and commitment to protecting the world’s oceans,” said Ray Bednar, Global Sponsorship Marketing executive, Bank of America. “We are delighted to celebrate Aaron’s tremendous success at the Beijing Olympic Games, and honor his achievements through our support of his Race for the Oceans advocacy.”

Aaron's teammate Ryan Lochte won his first individual gold medal in the 200-meter backstroke final in a world record of 1 minute, 53.94 seconds.

While many assumed Aaron would become the first man in 36 years to sweep the Olympic backstroke events at consecutive Games, the "greatest backstroker of all time" took second place in stride.

As he said to the Orange County Register, “It really doesn’t take anything away from my career, a race is a race. You can get beat, no one owns anything.”

The event brings Aaron's career medal count to 4 golds and two silvers -- not too shabby!

We watched last night as our favorite backstroker-slash-ocean lover, Aaron Peirsol, won his fourth Olympic gold medal and set a world record of 52.54 seconds in the 100-meter backstroke, which made him the first man since Roland Matthes of East Germany in 1968 and 1972 to win back-to-back 100 backstroke titles at the Games, according to the New York Times' report.

It was an exciting race. The first 50 meters saw Aaron lagging behind in lane two, but after his flip and a fierce kick off the wall, he surged ahead. The commentators roared.

As the Washington Post's Olympics blog reported yesterday, Aaron placed third in the preliminary heats of the 100-meter backstroke behind Matt Grevers and Russian Arkady Vyatchanin, who was one-hundredth of a second faster.

He's favored in the 200-meter backstroke, and he'll likely swim the backstroke leg of the 4x100 medley relay.

Go Aaron, go!

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Last night Aaron set a world record in the 100-meter backstroke at the U.S. Olympic swimming trials against what he said was the toughest field he's ever faced -- think Michael Phelps, Ryan Lochte, and Randall Bal.

Only five weeks until the Olympics... who's excited?

Just when I think I'm the only Olympic swimmer that's advocating for ocean protections, Amanda Beard and Tara Kirk release these public service announcement supporting Oceana and Wild Aid.