I read Jenny Thompson conparing herself to other famous swimmers and track people. She forgot to include Shirley Babashoff, another swimmer who won 8 medals in two olympics, Probably to many swimmers today Babashoff and most swimmers prior to 1980 are not known to them. I guess that most of the 1950's swimmers and some of the early 1960's swimmers are not known to me either. But she did mention Mary T Meagher and Tracey Caulkins that came in the generation after Shirley. Oh,well. Maybe, many of us in masters might look up information on the olympics in swimming prior to 1968. And the master swimmers that are younger need to learn about those those olympic swimmers prior to 1984.
Thanks. Would like to read that one as well. As Trudy's niece Mary Ederle Ward co authored America's Girl, as you might imagine, it was not pitched that she died destitute. Rather it's claimed that she lived a full life and lived to the old age of 98. So who really knows? Author Dahlberg also focused on some other women who attempted the swim during the same summer. Agreed that Ederle did not fully capitalize on her fame.
OK,that's it...I guess I'm done reading your posts just to get another look at your a(b)vatar. This new one is a bit off-putting. So ends an era.
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Thanks. Would like to read that one as well. As Trudy's niece Mary Ederle Ward co authored America's Girl, as you might imagine, it was not pitched that she died destitute. Rather it's claimed that she lived a full life and lived to the old age of 98. So who really knows? Author Dahlberg also focused on some other women who attempted the swim during the same summer. Agreed that Ederle did not fully capitalize on her fame.
OK,that's it...I guess I'm done reading your posts just to get another look at your a(b)vatar. This new one is a bit off-putting. So ends an era.
Maybe think about bringing back the electric green platform pumps?
