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8 Incredible Swimming Feats: Media

Not your average dip in the pool.

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Gertrude Ederle
Gertrude Ederle.
Library of Congress, Washington, D.C. (neg. no. ggbain 37118)
Vladimir Salnikov delivering a gold-medal-winning performance in the 1,500-metre...
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Portrait of Lord Byron
Lord Byron began writing the first cantos of his autobiographical poem Childe...
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Duke Kahanamoku c. 1910 Hawaii
Library of Congress, Washington, D.C. (reproduction no. LC-DIG-ggbain-10653)
Ederle, Gertrude
Gertrude Ederle.
Library of Congress, Washington, D.C. (neg. no. ggbain 37118)
Dawn Fraser (centre) standing on the winners' podium after receiving the gold medal...
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Diomede Islands
Little Diomede Island (left) and Big Diomede Island, Bering Strait.
Dave Cohoe
Michael Phelps
American swimmer Michael Phelps (foreground) en route to winning a gold medal in...
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