I’m going to the Olympics in Rio (so you don’t have to :) ). “I kept telling him he could be a great swimmer, but he didn’t quite believe it,” Mattson said. Speaking by telephone from his Delaware home, Mattson, 85, remembered Gemmell as someone who was talented, but lacked self-belief. Gemmell earned all-America honors at Michigan, where he studied mechanical engineering and set a school record in the 400-yard individual medley. After a month spent working with Urbanchek at a pre-2012 Olympics camp, Ledecky shaved 5.15 seconds off her 800 time in London.

Source: New York Times August 06, 2016 19:55 UTC