Before giving birth, Vollmer believed she would retire from the Olympics once she was a mom, but decided to make a comeback shortly after Arlen was born. While Vollmer still earned a bronze medal, she couldn’t quite keep up with Sweden’s Sarah Sjöström ― who set a world record at 55.48 seconds and beat Vollmer by more than a second. Five months later, she was finishing fourth in the 100-meter fly at the 2015 Phillips 66 National Championships. ADVERTISEMENTDana Vollmer came close but eventually missed becoming the first American mom in history to win a gold medal in swimming on Sunday, finishing third in the final of the women’s 100-meter butterfly. Canada’s Penny Oleksiak finished second, beating Vollmer by 0.17 seconds.

Source: Huffington Post August 08, 2016 01:30 UTC