Meet Allison Schmitt, a member of your USA Swimming 2016 Olympic Team representing the stars and stripes in Rio. Allison will be competing in the 4x100m and 4x200m women’s freestyle relays.
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USA Swimming Olympic Team 2016 – Olivia Smoliga
Meet Olivia Smoliga, a member of your USA Swimming 2016 Olympic Team representing the stars and stripes in Rio. Olivia will be competing in the 100m women’s freestyle.
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Princess Charlene Will Skip the Rio Games Amid Zika Fears: ‘She Has Concerns – And So Do I,’ Says Prince Albert
The 2016 Summer Olympics will be without its highest-profile royal couple.
Monaco’s Princess Charlene has decided not to attend the Games in Brazil, and her husband Prince Albert will considerably shorten his own visit over health concerns.
A former Olympic swimmer, Charlene has decided to remain home with the couple’s 19-month-old twins, Prince Jacques and Princess Gabriella.
“First, she has decided not to go because she couldn’t stand to be away from the babies for two weeks and they’re really not old enough to support the trip,” Albert tells PEOPLE.
Charlene is also worried about the Zika virus.
“She has important health concerns,” he says. “She doesn’t like what she’s been reading, hearing, about the Zika virus and some other health issues.”
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USA Swimming Olympic Team 2016 – Conor Dwyer
Meet Conor Dywer, a member of your USA Swimming 2016 Olympic Team representing the stars and stripes in Rio. Conor will be competing in the 200m men’s freestyle, 400m men’s freestyle and 4x200m men’s freestyle relay.
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Chelsea Gubecka’s Road to Rio
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Michael Phelps [USA] – Men’s 200m Medley | Champions of London 2012
With victory at Athens 2004 and Beijing 2008, Michael Phelps successfully defended his Men’s 200m Medley title at London 2012 as he went onto become the most decorated Olympian of all time.
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U.S. Olympic Swimmer Caitlin Leverenz on Her Mom
While raising an athlete is a commitment, raising a member of Team USA is a full-time job. Watch as U.S. Olympic swimmer Caitlin Leverenz shares how she was built, not born to become a champion with the support of her mom.
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U.S. Olympic swimmer: Despite Zika fears, ‘I’m going to go anyway’
There are some athletes who desperately wanted out of these Olympics.
But there are many more – such as Charlotte Olympic swimmer Cammile Adams – who desperately wanted in. How desperately?
“You could tell me I’m going to get Zika,†Adams told me, “and I’m going to go anyway.â€
The Zika virus, transmitted by mosquitoes, is no joking matter. Zika infection during a pregnancy can cause a serious birth defect called microcephaly as well as other severe brain defects. Zika is a public health emergency in Brazil, where the Olympics officially begin Aug. 5.
But Adams wasn’t joking. She is 24, getting married in October and hopes to have children sometime in the distant future. The native Texan rests smack in the middle of the “You Need To Worry About Zika†demographic.
For Adams, though, Zika and all the rest of Brazil’s problems never made a dent in her will to compete in her second Olympics and win her first medal.
“The U.S. Olympic Committee is going to take care of us,†said Adams, a bubbly optimist who has a twin sister and was elected by her teammates as one of the Olympic swim team’s captains last week. “I’m not really worried about it.â€
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Olympic Games Rio 2016 Official Theme-Music: Alma e Cora̤̣o РThiaguinho and Projota
Writer : Victor Reis , Leo da Baixada e Rodrigo Marques
Voice: Thiaguinho e Promote
Music Production – Tropkillaz e Nave
Mastering: Carlos Freitas (Classic Master)https://youtu.be/eFGCIkUcGtM
