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Michael Phelps Katie Ledecky St. Louis 1904 Olympic swimmers Swimming for recreation Johnny Weissmuller Modern Olympic swimming pool
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Assorted sports balls including a basketball, football, soccer ball, tennis ball, baseball and others.
American Sports Nicknames
Man swimming the butterfly stroke in pool. (swimmer; athlete)
Water Sports Quiz
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Gertrude Ederle or Gertrude Caroline Ederle, press photo. First woman to swim the English Channel. One of the best-known American sports personages of the 1920s.
8 Incredible Swimming Feats
low angle view of a female swimmer preparing to dive from diving board against clear blue sky.
How Is Diving Scored?
three boys sitting in a pool eating pizza, living the dream.
Is It Really Dangerous to Swim After Eating?
Car with a pickle design in the Zagreb Red Bull Soapbox Race, Zagreb, Croatia, September 14, 2019. (games, races, sports)
10 Unusual Sports
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6 Unusual Olympic Sports
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Michael Phelps
Katie Ledecky
St. Louis 1904 Olympic swimmers
Swimming for recreation
Johnny Weissmuller
Modern Olympic swimming pool
Gertrude Ederle
Diana Nyad before her historic Cuba-to-Florida swim
Watch: Swimming the breaststroke
Watch: Swimming the butterfly
Watch: Swimming the backstroke
Watch: Swimming the freestyle
Why peeing in a swimming pool is a hazard
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Pablo Morales
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Eleanor Holm
American swimmer and entertainer
Katie Ledecky
Katie Ledecky
American swimmer
Australia's most-decorated Olympian
Emma McKeon
Australian swimmer
Sophie Pascoe
Sophie Pascoe
New Zealand swimmer
Michael Phelps
Michael Phelps
American swimmer
Ariarne Titmus
Ariarne Titmus
Australian swimmer
Ryan Lochte
Ryan Lochte
American swimmer
Caeleb Dressel
Caeleb Dressel
American swimmer
Natalie du Toit
Natalie du Toit
South African swimmer
Ye Shiwen
Ye Shiwen
Chinese swimmer
Nathan Adrian
Nathan Adrian
American swimmer
Missy Franklin
Missy Franklin
American swimmer
Trickett, Libby
Libby Trickett
Australian swimmer
Diana Nyad
Diana Nyad
American swimmer and journalist
Princess Charlene
Princess Charlene
princess of Monaco
Michelle Smith
Irish swimmer and lawyer
Inge de Bruijn after winning the 100-metre butterfly at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney.
Inge de Bruijn
Dutch athlete
Thorpe, Ian
Ian Thorpe
Australian swimmer
Williams, Esther
Esther Williams
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Assorted sports balls including a basketball, football, soccer ball, tennis ball, baseball and others.
American Sports Nicknames
Man swimming the butterfly stroke in pool. (swimmer; athlete)
Water Sports Quiz
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Young man skeet shooting with airborne shell
6 Unusual Olympic Sports
Car with a pickle design in the Zagreb Red Bull Soapbox Race, Zagreb, Croatia, September 14, 2019. (games, races, sports)
10 Unusual Sports
Gertrude Ederle or Gertrude Caroline Ederle, press photo. First woman to swim the English Channel. One of the best-known American sports personages of the 1920s.
8 Incredible Swimming Feats
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three boys sitting in a pool eating pizza, living the dream.
Is It Really Dangerous to Swim After Eating?
low angle view of a female swimmer preparing to dive from diving board against clear blue sky.
How Is Diving Scored?