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Brooks Curry’s Biggest Moment Came Before Winning the Gold Medal | BRProud News – NBC Local 33 / Fox44
LSU’s Brooks Curry became the first swimmer in program history to win a gold medal, but his coming out party happened in the United States.
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16-Year-Old Missing After Her Car Is Caught in Flash Flood | Inside Edition
The mother of Faith Moore thanked hundreds of friends, family, and neighbors who gathered at a vigil for her daughter. It was held at the softball field where the high schooler played. 16-year-old Faith went missing over the weekend when a flash flood near her Arizona town carried away her car. Hundreds of volunteers have…
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The Hawaiian Snorkeling Deaths Mystery
Over the years Hawaiians must have grown wearily accustomed to reading news reports of individual snorkeling deaths, but looked at collectively the figures were stark. Between 2009 and 2018 there had been 206 snorkeling deaths – 189 of them tourists. Compare that with the fatalities in that period of scuba-divers (28), freedivers (46), or swimmers…
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Lydia Jacoby Reveals Which Olympian Gave Her Pink Childhood Goggles | Access
Lydia Jacoby won gold while wearing some pretty special goggles! After the 17-year-old won the top spot in the 100-meter breaststroke at the Tokyo Olympics, she told Access Hollywood’s Scott Evans what the big win means to her. Lydia also revealed that she won gold while wearing her childhood goggles, which originally belonged to former…
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Former Swimming Coach Backs Duncan Scott’s Future Attempt at Gold | The Independent
Duncan Scott’s former coach believes he can still come up trumps at the Tokyo 2020 Olympics after the swimmer finished in second place behind teammate Tom Dean in the men’s 200m freestyle.
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Meet the Iraqi Swimmer Who Lost One Leg and Zero Hope | The National News
A victim of the war against ISIS, Mortaza Shakir Mahmood was injured in a car bomb in Mosul on April 23, 2014, a tragedy that made him lose a leg, but not hope.
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Duncan Scott’s First Swimming Club Celebrate His Second Place at Tokyo 2020 | STV News
Swimmer Duncan Scott has won Silver Medal in the Olympic men’s 200m freestyle. The 24-year-old becomes the first Scot to win a medal at Tokyo 2020 as Team GB teammate Tom Dean lifted the Gold. Duncan’s win in Tokyo has inspired a new generation of Scottish swimmers.
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Ugandan Swimmer Ambala Atuhaire After His 100m freestyle Race At The Olympic | Uganda Olympic Committee
Ugandan Swimmer Ambala Atuhaire After His 100m freestyle Race At The Olympics.