The Americans also got individual gold medals from five other swimmers, including the new wave (Ryan Murphy) and the old guard (Anthony Ervin). After giving few hints of such across-the-board success at last years world championships, the Americans stormed back to win 33 swimming medals in Rio: mor
Date: Aug 25, 2016
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Rio Olympics' iconic moments will endure over ironic, idiotic
Joining Ledecky, soon to be a Stanford freshman, on that gold medal list from the Bay Area are fellow swimmers Simone Manuel and Maya DiRado, both of Stanford, Ryan Murphy, Nathan Adrian, Anthony Ervin, Kathleen Baker, Dana Vollmer, Abbey Weitzel and Missy Franklin, all of Cal; water polo players M
Date: Aug 22, 2016
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Team USA's medal pile can't quite overshadow the Ryan Lochte incident
We are the United States, said veteran swimmer Anthony Ervin, the 50-meter freestyle gold medalist. We come here with an enormous presence, and a lot of advantage and privilege. Our staff in unbelievable. The [number] of people who help us take care of minds, our bodies I dont think the other
Date: Aug 21, 2016
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Summer Olympics 2016: Ranking the Biggest Surprises from the 2016 Rio Games
associated with being eligible to run for U.S. President isn't often connected to swimmers, certainly not those good enough to contend for an Olympic medal. But don't tell that to Anthony Ervin, who at 35 became the oldest individual swimming gold medalist ever after he won the men's 50-meter freestyle.
Date: Aug 21, 2016
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$$$ or Stanford: What gold medalist Ledecky gains from her decision
wins. "Older" swimmers have been able to take home Olympic medals. The 31-year-old Phelps won five golds and one silver at this Olympics, while Anthony Ervin, 35, won the gold medal for the 50 meter freestyle 16 years after he won his first gold in Sydney. Dana Vollmer, 28, won three medals this year
Date: Aug 16, 2016
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It would be impossible for Michael Phelps to keep swimming, but Michael Phelps is impossible
In Rio, Phelps became the first man to win individual gold at Olympics 12 years apart and the oldest man to win Olympic gold. (The latter record was eclipsed by Anthony Ervin.) Four years from now, Phelps will be four years older than he was when he became the oldest man to win Olympic gold. Four ye
Date: Aug 14, 2016
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If Michael Phelps Were A Country, Where Would His Gold Medal Tally Rank?
That made him the oldest swimmer to ever win an individual medal on Thursday night. But that milestone was surpassed the very next evening when fellow American, Anthony Ervin, 35, won the 50-meter freestyle. With five golds and a silver in Rio, Phelps has looked remarkably sharp while swimming a he
Date: Aug 14, 2016
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Michael Phelps gets another gold, but says it is the last
"These games really showed his growth," teammate Anthony Ervin said. "That human spirit, that capacity to heal. I think it showed in his swimming, it showed in his demeanour, and it certainly showed in his leadership on the team."