My friend just announced that her grandfather swam in the Olympics, when the swimming competion was done in the Hudson River. She is 40.
What does she mean by this? I don't think any Olympics were in NY, but could they have trained there? Or is she fibbing? :joker:
Just curious...SmartSwimmeroftheDay award to the person who knows!
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...in the history of the Olympic swimming events, all were held in POOLS, right?
Depends on how you define the word pool.
...some notes from the Five Fast Facts column in the May/June SWIMMER:
At the 1900 Olympics in Paris, events took place in the Seine and ran with the current.
At the 1904 Olympics in St. Louis, swimming took place in waters held within a man-made structure originally created as a network of boating lagoons for the 1904 Louisiana Purchase Exposition.
The 1908 London Olympics featured a 100-meter pool inside a huge stadium used for other sports such as rugby and track and field.
...in the history of the Olympic swimming events, all were held in POOLS, right?
Depends on how you define the word pool.
...some notes from the Five Fast Facts column in the May/June SWIMMER:
At the 1900 Olympics in Paris, events took place in the Seine and ran with the current.
At the 1904 Olympics in St. Louis, swimming took place in waters held within a man-made structure originally created as a network of boating lagoons for the 1904 Louisiana Purchase Exposition.
The 1908 London Olympics featured a 100-meter pool inside a huge stadium used for other sports such as rugby and track and field.
