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She helped win national championships and fought off cancer. Then came the hard part.
Ask Alexandra Marshall what she loves about swimming, and her cherubic face morphs into an expression that can only be described as blissful.
“Oh, I love this question,†says the 23-year-old Queens University of Charlotte student, closing her eyes and smiling. “Swimming brings so much peace to my life. The stress that I might be having in life … all kind of melts away when I jump into the water. When I’m underwater, it’s very quiet. It’s very peaceful.â€
It’s a sense of peace, however, that has often been agonizingly elusive for Marshall over the past four and a half years, as she’s endured a severe virus, then a devastating cancer diagnosis, then a rigorous chemotherapy regimen, then bouts with depression and resentment.
In May, she’ll be leaving Queens about as profoundly changed as any student can be by their college years. There’s just one more order of business she has to attend to as an athlete before that happens:
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Red Bull Neptune Steps Course Overview
2018 Red Bull Neptune Steps in Glasgow.
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On the Record: Former Singapore swimmer Joscelin Yeo
Joscelin Yeo may have made Singapore proud with her triumphs in the pool, time and again. But now retired, she says she doesn’t miss competitive swimming – or the limelight that came with it.
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Tunisia: Veteran Mellouli not slowing down ahead of Mediterranean Games
At 34, Oussama Mellouli is the most talented professional swimmer in Tunisia. He was the 1,500 meters freestyle World champion at the 2009 Wold Aquatics Championships and won 3 gold medals at the 2008 and 2012 Summer Olympics. Now he’s in Tunis to prepare for the 18th Mediterranean Games.
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Trump on Olympics: ‘Hard to sell tickets when you think you’re going to be nuked’
President Donald Trump on Saturday claimed South Korean President Moon Jae-in credited him with the success of the 2018 Winter Olympic Games and threw out a line about the North Korean nuclear threat.
“President Moon of South Korea said without Donald Trump the Olympics would have been a total failure,” Trump said. “It’s true, true. You know. Might as well say it.”
He added, “It’s a little hard to sell tickets when you think you’re going to be nuked.”
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AMA – a short film by Julie Gautier
“Ama is a silent film. It tells a story everyone can interpret in their own way, based on their own experience. There is no imposition, only suggestions.
I wanted to share my biggest pain in this life with this film. For this is not too crude, I covered it with grace. To make it not too heavy, I plunged it into the water.
I dedicate this film to all the women of the world.”
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10 of the Scariest Man Eating Sea Creatures
Who will eat you when swimming? A shark? A seal? A killer whale? Divers beware! Top 10 Man Eaters From The Deep Sea that will
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Jason Lezak talks about his team’s performance in the second round of the 2018 #USASwimSquads
#USASwimSquads captain Jason Lezak talks about what went right and what went wrong in the second round in Atlanta.