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the most amazing part of the story of the oldest American rookie swimmer to medal in 112 years is what the 1904 dude medalled in

Posted by crash davis (aka crash davis) Aug 9 '16, 17:12

" In the long annals of American swimming, only one older Olympic rookie has stood on the podium: Edgar Adams, who won a silver medal in 1904 for an event called plunge for distance, in which swimmers dove into the pool and floated motionless as far as they could."

http://www.espn.com/olympics/swimming/story/_/id/17254524/2016-rio-olympics-rookie-ii-starring-us-swimmer-bronze-medalist-david-plummer (www.espn.com)

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I saw Plunge for Distance open for the Presidents of the United States of America at the Topeka Soupcan back in '9 -- nm - prayformojo Aug 9, 17:28
Haha! :-) -- nm - Krusty Aug 9, 17:22
Hard to imagine why that hasn't been kept. -- nm - Reagen Aug 9, 17:19 1
- On it. -- nm - Bored Lifeguard Dude Aug 9, 17:37
i could totally medal in that -- nm - gerald Aug 9, 17:13 1
- all you need is a time machine and you'd be an Olympic hero -- nm - crash davis Aug 9, 17:16

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