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Team USA's Bowe Becker Quit Swimming, Came Back and Won Gold
U.S. swimmer Bowe Becker walked away from swimming and the Summer Games. Now he has a gold medal
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Lydia Jacoby's Stunning Gold Leads 4-Medal Pool Haul
On a night the U.S. swim team had two defending Olympic champions competing, it was 17-year-old Lydia Jacoby who took home the lone gold for Team USA. The Americans claimed four more medals at the Tokyo Aquatics Center on Monday night, with Jacoby winning gold and Lilly King taking bronze in the women’s 100m breaststroke, Regan Smith capturing bronze...
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“Does it Really Get Better Than That?” U.S. Swimmer Chase Kalisz on Training With Michael Phelps
U.S. Swimmer Chase Kalisz recalled asking Michael Phelps how he handled the same difficult schedule Olympians face now in Tokyo, with preliminary heats at night and final competition in the morning, when Phelps competed in Beijing....
Kalisz, the first American to capture a gold medal at the Tokyo Games when he won the men’s 400m individual medley on Sunday, noted that... -
Australia's Ariarne Titmus Takes Gold in 400m Freestyle, Katie Ledecky Second
U.S. swimmer Katie Ledecky won silver in the 400m women’s freestyle, losing to her Australian rival Ariarne Titmus in a much anticipated show China’s Li Bingjie took the bronze medal. Titmus, who won the event in the 2019 world championships, took the gold medal with a time of 3:56.69. Ledecky came in at 3:57.36 and Li at 4:01.08.
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Meet This U.S. Swimmer's Unusual (Imaginary) Pet
What do Olympians dream of? U.S. swimmer Lilly King shares one of hers with us and it just might surprise you.