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How Paralympic swimmer Ali Truwit recovered from a shark attack

by admin | Aug 30, 2024 | Representation, SEW

Ali Truwit gathers her gear as she stands on the deck of a boat floating off Turks and Caicos in the Atlantic Ocean. It’s a warm and sunny day in May, ideal for snorkeling. Sophie Pilkinton, her former Yale swimming teammate, asks her to pose for a photo. Ali...

This all-girls high school has more swimming medals than most countries

by admin | Aug 6, 2024 | Representation, SEW

Swimmers from 189 countries are in the Paris Olympics pool competing for medals. The official medals table doesn’t show this, but a small all-girls Catholic school from Bethesda, Md., has bagged more hardware than all but seven of them. If Stone Ridge School of the...

U.S. women’s relay swim team wins Olympic gold, smashes world record

by admin | Aug 5, 2024 | Representation, SEW

The U.S. women powered to a dominant lead early in the 4-by-100 meter medley relay on Sunday. The only real question was whether the swimmers would shatter the world record set by another U.S. American team in 2019. They never relented, winning gold and beating the...

Katie Ledecky swims into history with 800 freestyle victory at the Paris Olympics

by admin | Aug 5, 2024 | Representation, SEW

Every year on Aug. 3, Katie Ledecky is reminded of her first Olympic gold medal. She was just 15 years old, a reserved high schooler who had surprisingly made the U.S. swim team for the London Games. Then she went out and shocked the world, beating everyone in the...

Katie Ledecky becomes most decorated American woman in Olympic history

by admin | Aug 2, 2024 | Leadership, Representation, SEW

Katie Ledecky is now the most decorated American woman in Olympic history. With a silver medal Thursday in the 4×200 meter relay, Ledecky won her 13th medal, breaking a tie with swimmers Natalie Coughlin, Jenny Thompson and Dara Torres. Read More

Katie Ledecky, one of the oldest U.S. swimmers, has a golden senior moment

by admin | Aug 1, 2024 | Representation, SEW

Down and back she went — 50 meters at a time, 30 times in all. In the pool, Katie Ledecky is the model of consistency. From lap to lap and from Olympics to Olympics. She was once the youngest member of the U.S. Olympic team. She won gold then, an unassuming, cheery...

Kaylee McKeown still rules the Olympic backstroke, beating Regan Smith in women’s 100 meters

by admin | Jul 31, 2024 | Representation, SEW

When it’s time to race, Kaylee McKeown is sure hard to beat. American Regan Smith came into the women’s 100-meter backstroke at the Paris Olympics with the world record and no shortage of confidence. Read More

Olympics commentator dropped over sexist comments about women’s swim team

by admin | Jul 31, 2024 | #MeToo, Representation, SEW

Olympics commentator Bob Ballard was dropped from Eurosport, the European pay TV company, on Monday after the veteran sportscaster made sexist comments about the Australian women’s swim team. Following the conclusion of Saturday 4×100 meter freestyle relay,...

Katie Ledecky has a new book, new digs and a new perspective on the road to Paris Olympics

by admin | May 3, 2024 | Representation, SEW

There isn’t much Katie Ledecky hasn’t accomplished in a swimming pool. The 27-year-old is already a seven-time Olympic gold medalist, the most decorated individual female swimmer of all time, and the most recognizable active athlete in her sport. Unphased and...

2024 Olympics are only 100 days away: Here’s how Team USA is shaping up for Paris.

by admin | Apr 19, 2024 | Representation, SEW

The Olympic flame has officially been lit, the 2024 Paris Games are now exactly 100 days away − and, for Team USA, it’s already time for final preparations. “You can feel the energy and the excitement building − certainly inside the walls of our...
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