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Swimming
Culture
Brave heart
A nonswimmer learns to breathe
Sports
A New Chapter for Black Olympic Swimming
With a gold and silver in Rio, two “lit gurls” turn the page on a difficult past
Culture
Waterbaby
For this swimmer, the water is calming — and she recalls her first plunge like a second baptism
Sports
The ‘Phelps Effect’ hits a black barbershop
The holder of the most medals in modern Olympic history likes to keep it tight
Culture
Rolling in the deep
Kids in Buffalo, New York, are busting stereotypes in the pool and school
Culture
Underwater rhymes
A Memphis pool party, me and Shock G — ‘The Humpty Dance’ did not save my life
Culture
A swimming lesson with Cullen Jones
Jemele Hill and Justin Tinsley join the 2-time gold medalist for a morning dip
Culture
Jumpman
He was picking songs for his funeral as he leapt into the crystal blue water of a Virginia pool
Culture
Swimming upstream
Practice, meets, commitment, pride — a daughter’s complex and amazing journey in competitive swimming is her family’s as well