Swimming is cool because the events never change.

Swimming is cool because the events never change. The 100 Free is the 100 Free whether you're 8 or 31. A kid can look at an olympian and see themselves. And just like the writer, we were saying to Abby, "Did you see how Michael Phelps did that flip turn?"
http://www.slate.com/blogs/five_ring_circus/2016/08/10/katie_ledecky_is_my_sons_olympic_hero.html

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