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ANTHONY ERVIN: THE ROAD LESS TRAVELED

OMAHA – At some point sitting across from Anthony Ervin at a German restaurant in the East Village, I gathered he was not a “prototypical swimmer” – whatever that means.

We had just spent the day at a diversity clinic in Flushing, New York. Anthony was brought in to teach nearly 100 kids from the greater metro area some stroke techniques. He showed up in tight-fitting pants and a black Imagine Swimming polo. He had tattoos down the full length of both arms. He looked the exact opposite you’d think an Olympic gold medalist freestyler “should” look. Read more about ANTHONY ERVIN: THE ROAD LESS TRAVELED

Inspired by Students, a Gold Medalist Makes a Comeback

OMAHA — The black Imagine Swimming jacket, worn over a gold California swimming and diving T-shirt, covered Anthony Ervin’s heavily tattooed arms. The glasses and the wispy facial stubble gave Ervin more the look of a graduate student, which he is, than of the other facets of his personality — guitarist, swimming instructor, thoughtful individualist who, to his own surprise and wonder, finds himself back in the pool after years away.

Uninterested in defending his 2000 Olympic gold medal in the 50-meter freestyle, a burned-out Ervin quit swimming in 2003 at age 22. Read more about Inspired by Students, a Gold Medalist Makes a Comeback

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