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Swimming sensation Kathleen Baker was just 12 when she was diagnosed with Crohn's Disease.
The chronic bowl condition can cause abdominal pain, severe diarrhea, fatigue, and weight loss that would greatly affect any individual’s way of life, but for an aquatic prodigy in North Carolina the blow was even greater.

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Olympic champion Kathleen Baker: I did not want to be known as that sick kid

Hungary's Katinka Hosszu comes from behind to win the women's 100m backstroke final in the last 25m and out-touches USA's Kathleen Baker.

Rio 2016 | Olympic Games

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Women's 100m Backstroke Final | Rio 2016 Replays

Swimming Day Eight in Rio 2016.
Women's 50m Freestyle Final.
Men's 1500m Freestyle Final.
Men's & Women's 4x100m Medley Relay Final.

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Swimming: Finals - Day Eight | Rio 2016 Replays

Men's 200m Freestyle Final.
Men's&Women's 100m Backstroke Finals.
Women's 100m Breaststroke Final.

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Swimming: Semi-finals and Finals - Day Three | Rio 2016 Replays

Returning Olympic champions the United States win gold in the women's 4x100m swimming medley relay final at Rio 2016.

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USA win Women's 4x100m Medley Relay

The USA's women's team win gold in the 4x100m medley relay final, beating Australia by two-seconds.

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Women's 4x100m Medley Relay Final | Rio 2016 Replays

Katinka Hosszu wins her second gold of the Olympic Games, edging out USA's Kathleen Baker in the women's 100m backstroke final.

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100m Back marks second gold for Hungary's Hosszu

USA women's 4x100m medley relay victory was the nation's 1000th ever gold medal in Summer Olympic Games history.

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USA reaches 1000 Summer Olympic gold medals

Chinese bronze medallist Fu Yuanhui is a bundle of energy and emotion after securing a podium place in the 100m backstroke final.

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Fu Yuanhui overwhelmed after clinching bronze

Highlights of the women's 100m breaststroke swimming final on Day 3 of the Rio 2016 Olympic Games at Olympic Aquatics Centre.

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Women's 100m Breaststroke Final - Swimming | Rio 2016 Highlights

United States of America

Simone

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Sweden

Armand

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Mikaela

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Ilia

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Kathleen

Imagine having had 10 endoscopies and colonoscopies by the age of 24. US swimmer Kathleen Baker has been dealing with Crohn's disease since she was 12 years old but that has not stopped her from winning two Olympic medals and being a HUGE inspiration to many people. "My Crohn's disease has given me so much in return," she tells us. Baker suffered a broken foot only a few weeks before the US Olympic Trials for Tokyo 2020. Learn how she deals with challenges.

Tokyo 2020 | Olympic Games

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Kathleen Baker: There are opportunities in everything

Caeleb Dressel and Katie Ledecky are among the stars locking horns in Omaha, Nebraska, in the hope of securing their qualifying spots for the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games.

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USA Swimming Trials - The battle of the champions

Ryan Murphy looked back to his best as he cruised to victory in the men’s 200m backstroke on night three of the TYR Pro Series.
The three-time Olympic swimming gold medallist failed to land a title at the 2019 World Championships, but clocked the fastest time of 2021 so far

HANGZHOU, CHINA - DECEMBER 12: Ryan Murphy of the United States competes Men's 100m Backstroke Final during 14th FINA World Swimming Championships - Day 2 on December 12, 2018 in Hangzhou, China. (Photo by Fred Lee/Getty Images)

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Ryan Murphy returns to form with world lead time in Texas

The USA’s top swimmers are returning to top-level competition!
After one year out of competition due to the pandemic, the likes of Caeleb Dressel, Katie Ledecky, Simone Manuel and Regan Smith will compete at a star-studded San Antonio leg of the Tyr Pro Series, 4-6 March.
Onlookers will be particularly

BARCELONA, SPAIN - JULY 30:  Katie Ledecky of the USA celebrates as she sets a new World Record time of 15:36.53 during the Swimming Women's 1500m Freestyle Final on day eleven of the 15th FINA World Championships at Palau Sant Jordi on July 30, 2013 in Barcelona, Spain.  (Photo by Al Bello/Getty Images)

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Ledecky and Dressel headline star-studded San Antonio meet

Young swimmers continued to make a splash on the third and final day of the U.S. Open Championships, held at nine different sites due to COVID-19 restrictions.
Phoebe Bacon (pictured above), 18 years old and already a national champion in the 100m backstroke, continued her quick rise up the ranks,

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Swimming: Teenagers Bacon, Huske score big wins on final day of U.S. Open

Competing “side-by-side” across three different time zones and nine separate pools, swimmers – many of them racing for the first time in months – were back in action for day two of the U.S. Open Championships, a virtual event.
Organised by USA Swimming, it’s the first major domestic event in

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Lochte, Smith, Baker and more race on day 2 of U.S. Open swimming event

Olympic gold medallists and world-record holders Katie Ledecky and Ryan Murphy were each named Athlete of the Year at the annual USA Swimming Golden Goggle Awards in New York.
They were honoured after standout performances which helped lead the U.S. Team to 45 medals at the 2018 Pan Pacific Championships

Pan Pacific Swimming Championships - Tokyo

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Katie Ledecky and Ryan Murphy win Golden Goggles awards

Olympic champion Simone Manuel blasted her way to the fastest time for the 50m freestyle ever seen in an American pool as the US Swimming Championships drew to a close in California.
Manuel touched home in a time of 24.10 seconds, surpassing the previous best mark of 24.13 seconds set

Simone Manuel dives into the water for the 50m freestyle final at the US Championships in Irvine

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