Category: History
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Michael Phelps – All Eight Gold Medal Races at Bejing 2008! | Athlete Highlights
Enjoy this look back at Michael Phelps’ historic performance at the Summer Olympic Games 2008 in Beijing, China. https://youtu.be/3o7I0FxFNeQ
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Adrian Moorhouse 100m Breaststroke Gold | Seoul 1988
On September 19th 1988, Adrian Moorhouse put the pain of LA 1984 behind him to win Olympic 100m breaststroke gold by the narrowest of margins in Seoul – only one hundredth of a second!
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Summer Sanders – USA Olympic Gold Swimmer
2019 Sacramento Walk of Stars honoree Summer Sanders tribute video.
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Olympic gold medallist, Jodie Henry on the AIS
Three times Olympic gold medallist, swimmer, Jodie Henry visited the AIS in May 2019 to speak about the important role the AIS has in supporting athletes across Australia. Jodie also touched on how the AIS model has changed since her time as an athlete based at the AIS, in Canberra.
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The World’s Tallest Water Slide Was a Terrible, Tragic Idea
At nearly 169 feet (51.5m) tall, Verrückt—which means “insane†in German—was taller than Niagara Falls. Riders flew down the world’s tallest water slide at 70 miles per hour, challenging the laws of physics. The attraction was the pride and joy of Schlitterbahn Water Park in Kansas City. Then, on August 7, 2016, Verrückt came to…
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Silver Medal Interview – Olympian Kaitlin Sandeno
Kaitlin Sandeno talks about winning the silver medal in the 400 IM at the 2004 Olympics in Athens, Greece.
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Exclusive Reel: Outtakes from Brooklyn’s Eleanor Holm After Swimmer’s Ban from Olympic Team (1936)
In 1936 in New York, Eleanor Holm, a Brooklyn born and raised swimmer and daughter of a New York City Fire Department officer, comments about her removal from that year’s U.S. Olympic team because of alleged inappropriate behavior aboard the ship en route to the Olympic Games in Berlin, Germany. Holm, a 100-meter backstroke gold…
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GB Olympic gold medalist swimmer Lucy Morton’s collection at Hansons
Lucy Morton won gold for Great Britain at the Paris Olympics of 1924… for the 200 metre breaststroke.