She was a good swimmer, better than David.

NEWYORKER: The Swan

Weissmuller, though, was good at wrestling alligators and a marvellous swimmer (a former Olympics champion).

ECONOMIST: Maureen O��Sullivan

After all, for most of them, getting a state title is as good as their career will get, and that chance, certainly for an individual swimmer, is blown away the moment Franklin enters the pool.

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