The basketball coach cut me within two days, so I was back in the pool. I was the first one in the wall after the first 25 yards, but the last one out because I didn't have a flip turn.
Merlin OlsenAbout author
- Author's profession: Athlete
- Nationality: american
- Born: September 15, 1940
- Died: March 11, 2010
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