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On swimming

Another splash by youngster

Elizabeth Beisel backstroked her way to a second berth, finishing second in the 200. Elizabeth Beisel backstroked her way to a second berth, finishing second in the 200. (Al bello/Getty Images)
By John Powers
Globe Staff / July 6, 2008

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OMAHA - Her name changes with every quadrennium, but there's always The Kid. She's 14 or 15 or 16 and she pops up wide-eyed and faster than a waterbug and makes the Olympic swimming team. In 1960, it was Donna de Varona. In 1964, it was Pokey Watson. There was Janet Evans in 1988, Anita Nall in 1992, Amanda Beard ... (Full article: 795 words)

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