Tag: Tokyo 2020
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El Dorado Hills Swimmer Will Make a Splash at Tokyo Olympics | ABC10
For Bryce Mefford, competing at the 2021 Tokyo Olympics is summed up in one word, “unbelievable.” The Oak Ridge High School graduate is set to make his Olympic debut in Tokyo next week. Mefford earned his spot on the U.S. Squad in the 200-meter backstroke event. It’s something his parents are still trying to wrap…
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Special Report: Las Vegas Swimmer Comes Out of Retirement to Compete in Tokyo Olympics | FOX5 Las Vegas
A Las Vegas swimmer came out of retirement to go for gold at the Tokyo Olympics.
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Swimmers Katie Ledecky, Phoebe Bacon Represent Stone Ridge School in Tokyo Olympics | myMCMedia
Two Tokyo Olympic swimmers — Katie Ledecky and Phoebe Bacon — are alumnae of Stone Ridge School for the Sacred Heart in Bethesda. The two graduated five years apart, but it poses the question, is there something in the water at the all-girls Catholic School in Bethesda.
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Breathtaking Opening Ceremony Moments | Olympics
Enjoy this look back at the TOP Summer Games Ceremonies: 10. Sakai Yoshinori / Tokyo 1964 9. Muhammad Ali / Atlanta 1996 8. James Bond and The Queen / London 2012 7. Cathy Freeman / Sydney 2000 6. A Statement of Peace / London 1948 5. From mythological beginnings to present day / Athens 2004…
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Swimmers to Watch | Tokyo 2020 Olympic Swimming | Propulsion Swimming
With the delayed Tokyo 2020 Olympics Games just around the corner, we at Propulsion Swimming give you our top 10 swimmers to watch at the 2021 Olympics.
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Marie Wattel Aims to End “Great” Loughborough Stay On a High With Olympic Success | Loughborough University
French swimmer Marie Wattel has loved her four years at Loughborough University and now aims to end her time in the UK on a positive note by achieving a medal at the Tokyo Olympics.
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Team USA Swimmer Andrew Wilson Has a Passion for Applied Math | 11Alive
The 27-year-old was a double major in applied math and had a 3.96 GPA at Emory University in Atlanta, Georgia.
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Zimbabwe Sends First Black Swimmer to the Olympics | Africanews
That’s historically been the case in southern Africa, where the most successful swimmers — like Coventry and South Africans Chad le Clos and Cameron van der Burgh — are all white. It’s maybe starker because they come from majority-Black countries.
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Zara Mullooly and Will Perry Added to ParalympicsGB Team for Tokyo 2020
The inclusion of the two Northampton Swimming Club athletes takes the total number of swimmers heading to Japan up to 25, following the first selections to the squad at the end of June.