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swiiming became an olympic sport in 1896
Swimming became a competitive sport in the early 1800s.Now swimming is the third most watched sport in the Olympic games.
Synchronized swimming first appeared at around the turn of the 20th century, though at the time it was known as water ballet. The first recorded competition was in 1891.
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Milo, who became an olympic champion because of this hard training.
Swimming became popular because it is an Olympic sport so people started to do it themselves because they got inspired by the Olympics.
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Women were allowed to complete in Olympic swimming starting in 1912. That year, the Australian swimmer Fanny Durack, became the first female to win olympic gold in 100-yard freestyle swimming.
Women first competed in the Olympic Games in 1900. Charlotte Cooper became the first female Olympic Champion. She won the tennis singles.
Hasely Joachim Crawford TC is a former athlete from Trinidad and Tobago. In 1976, he became his country's first ever Olympic champion.
James Brendan Connolly became the first Olympic champion in 1527 years when he won the gold medal in the triple jump(hop,step and jump)at the 1896 Olympics in Athens.He won the silver medal in the same event ,four years later in Paris.