Today in swimming history takes one of the most veteran swimmers in the current USA Swimming National Team program, and throws him back 14 years. At the 1997 U.S. Open, Robert Margalis, at only 15, won the 400 meter IM in.
It was on this day, November 20th, that Ian Thorpe announced his retirement from the sport of swimming 5 years ago. This bit of history is an apropos nugget in the shadow of Thorpe’s return to the sport two weeks.
On November 16th, 2000, one of the great distance swimmers to ever enter the pool, Australia’s Kieren Perkins, announced his retirement. Perkins won back-to-back gold medals in the 1500 free at the 1992 and 1996 Olympics before slipping back to.
On November 15, 2004, seven years ago from today, USA Swimming held their very first incarnation of the Golden Goggles Awards to benefit the USA Swimming Foundation. Even in it’s first year, the event known as the “Academy Awards of.
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