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6 Things I Don’t Miss About Swimming in the 1970s

March 7, 2015March 10, 2015 Rick Madge5 Comments

There is no doubt that swimming in the 1970s was exciting. Goggles had just been introduced in the late 1960s, and this allowed swimmers to train as hard as their bodies would allow, instead of training as hard as their eyes would let them. As a result, swimming records of every kind were broken on… Continue reading 6 Things I Don’t Miss About Swimming in the 1970s

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