Category: Competition
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Meet Olympic Swimmer Gunnar Bentz | 11Alive
Gunnar Bentz says he started swimming because he wasn’t good enough at soccer. Born and raised in Atlanta, now he’s part of Olympic and University of Georgia history
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‘The Gold Rush in the Pool Is Real’: Gleeson | Sky News Australia
Sky News host Peter Gleeson says “the gold rush in the pool is real”. Mr. Gleeson assessed the recent gold medal win for Australian swimmer Ariarne Titmus in the women’s 400-meter freestyle final at the Olympic Games, as well as other medal prospects in upcoming events.
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Team USA and Tennessee Swimmer Erika Brown Earn Bronze in the Tokyo Olympics | WBIR Channel 10
in case you missed it over the weekend, Tennessee swimmer Erika Brown can now add Olympic medalist to her long resume.
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Olympic Trivia: How Many Bolles Swimmers Have Qualified for the Olympics? | First Coast News
Jeannie Blaylock reported from Bolles School with a trivia question for Olympic fans.
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‘I Closed My Eyes. I Daren’t Look’ – Adam Peaty’s Nan on Watching Olympian Swim to Gold | ITV News
The absence of friends and family in Tokyo didn’t stop Olympic swimmer Adam Peaty from winning gold.
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Canada’s Young Women’s Swim Team Nabs Multiple Medals in Tokyo | CBC News: The National
Canada’s women’s swimming team may be young, and may not have competed internationally in more than a year, but it is already winning big at the Tokyo Olympics — with Maggie Mac Neil grabbing Canada’s first gold of the Games.
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Crowd Cheers as Seward’s Lydia Jacoby Wins Gold in 100-Meter Breaststroke Olympic Swimming Finals | Alaska’s News Source
This was the reaction at a watch party in Seward the moment Lydia Jacoby won gold in the 100-meter breaststroke finals at the Olympics in Tokyo!
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Lydia Jacoby and Katie Zaferes: Full Medal Press Conference, Swimming and Triathlon | USA Today
American Katie Zaferes won bronze in women’s triathlon amid rainy conditions Tuesday morning at Tokyo’s Odaiba Marine Park. The American triathlete finished third with a time of 1:57:03. Alaskan teen Lydia Jacoby pulled off a shocking upset in the women’s 100-meter breaststroke, becoming the first American woman to win gold in swimming in these Olympics.…