Articles by Hannah Hecht

Russia’s Anastasiia Krapivina Reinstated into Women’s 10k Open Water

Russia’s Anastasiia Krapivina will swim the 10k Marathon Swim at the Rio Olympic Games tomorrow.

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Surplus Food from Olympic Village Being Used to Feed Rio’s Hungry

A group of chefs in Rio de Janeiro have founded an initiative to help feed Rio’s hungry over 5,000 meals per day using surplus food from the Olympics.

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Schooling: “Hopefully It Changes All of Sporting Culture in Singapore”

Joseph Schooling was racing for something bigger than himself in his gold-medal-winning 100 fly.

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Watch: Baker, King, Vollmer, & Manuel 4 x 100 Medley Gold (Race Video)

Watch the American women win the 1,000th Summer Olympics gold medal for Team USA.

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Great Britain’s Silver Medal 400 Medley Team Sets New British Record

The British men’s silver medal winning medley relay broke 4 x 100 medley British record by well over a second tonight.

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South America Recap: Host Country Brazil Comes Away Medal-less

Team Brazil comes away from this Olympic Games medal-less, only the second host nation to do so in swimming in this century besides Greece from 2004.

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Viral Video Shows Ledecky’s Dominance through “One Thousand Miles”

The latest viral video trend (originated by @JimmyDonofrio) demonstrates the length of Katie Ledecky’s 17 second 800 free victory by playing Santana’s “Smooth” and Vanessa Carlton’s “A Thousand Miles” in the between time.

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Phelps: “I Am Ready to Spend Some Time with Boomer and Nicole”

Michael Phelps is excited to spend his time post-Rio with his family.

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Katie Ledecky’s World Record 800 Freestyle Gold (Race Video)

Watch Katie Ledecky’s world record shattering swim in the 800 freestyle.

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Ledecky on Post-Olympics: “I’ll Have to Get All My Stuff for My Dorm”

Katie Ledecky talks about her upcoming season at Stanford University and yesterday’s record-breaking race.

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Maya DiRado ‘Lezaks’ Katinka Hosszu for 200 Back Gold (Race Video)

Watch Maya DiRado close on Katinka Hosszu for an at-the-touch victory in the 200 back.

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Hilary Caldwell: “Backstroke Seems to Be a Pretty Social Event”

Hilary Caldwell of Canada talks about the ready room before the 200 back and her feelings on her Olympic bronze.

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Watch: Schooling Defeats Phelps-le Clos-Cseh Silver Tie Trio 100 Fly

Watch Joseph Schooling pull of a huge upset over triple silver medalists Michael Phelps, Chad le Clos, and Laszlo Cseh.

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Anthony Ervin: “I’m Gonna Try and Make the Tokyo Team, Of Course”

Ervin plans to keep training through Tokyo, after becoming the oldest Olympic gold medalist in swimming history tonight with his win in the 50 free.

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Phelps Sticking to Retirement Plan and “Happy about It”

Tonight after his three-way silver in the 100 fly, Phelps was quoted saying that his is standing by his plan to retire.

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