Oct. 9, 2009: The Olympic champion talks about dancing the rumba in front of her longtime swimming coach, Teri McKeever, why she's glad she's dancing the bolero in next week's episode of "Dancing With the Stars" and how she and partner Alec Mazo are staying injury-free each week.

Fans may cast their votes for Natalie and Alec via phone on Tuesday night during and up to 30 minutes after the "Dancing with the Stars" performance shows. Their official voting number is 1-800-VOTE4-13 or 1-800-868-3413.

Throughout the season, Natalie will be sharing her DWTS experience through her Twitter (@nataliecoughlin) and Facebook pages so be sure to follow along and VOTE for Natalie all season long.

Again, Natalie and Alec’s official voting number is 1-800-VOTE4-13 or 1-800-868-3413. You may also vote online at www.abc.com starting from the opening of each episode on the East Coast and until 12:00 Noon, ET the following day. (AT&T subscribers may also text message their votes by texting the word "VOTE" and entering the number that corresponds to the team they want to support - standard text message rates apply).