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Olympian Aaron Peirsol’s Love Affair With Water
If you follow competitive swimming, Aaron Peirsol needs no introduction.
The commonly spun narrative goes something like this: the greatest backstroker in swimming history, Aaron Peirsol is a giant among men. The very definition of a high performing elite athlete with a slew of world-records and Olympic gold medals to prove it.
But Aaron is not his career. Aaron Peirsol is different.
Let's set the stage. Aaron burst onto the international swimming scene at the age of 17, walking away from the 2000 Sydney Olympics with a silver medal in the 200m backstroke. At the 2004 Olympics in Athens…
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