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    reclining chair in our family room. Whenever I hear her say my name in an urgent matter‚ I always get nervous. “Kamille‚ I think you might want to see this!” “What is it?” “Here.” I peered onto her lap which held up her laptop. She had pulled up our swimming assignments for the meet that night. My jaw couldn’t have dropped faster as I scanned my name. Two letters in particular stood out. I.M. This was the race of nightmares; this was the race every swimmer feared. Visibly shaken‚ my mom

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    Michael Phelps was born in 6.30‚1985 in Baltimore of the US. Unfortunatly‚he got a very terrible and unhappy time in his childhood.His parents always quarreled and quarreled.Little Michael felt so sad‚so he put himself into the swimming pool.It seemed to be the only way for him to keep happy. When he was 15 ‚Michael competed at the Sydeny Olympics.But the reault seemed a little disappointed.He didn’t win a medal.But he never gave up.After that‚he swam every day‚no Christmas‚no New Year‚even

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    accomplish that besides Beowulf. Last of all‚ you can notice selflessness in about everything he does. “He could never leave me behind‚ swim faster across the waves than I could‚ and I had chosen to remain close to his side” Beowulf participated in a swimming match with the amazing swimmer Brecca. He could easily win but he decides to swim by his friend and make sure that he is okay. Beowulf has more concern for Brecca’s life than his own! That ‘s a true show of selflessness. He does something very

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    to swim. I was never really afraid of water‚ but the thought of swimming around in it never appealed to me. I knew that learning how to swim would be very important later in life and would help me to be a stronger person. I did not‚ however‚ realize that swimming would not only be fun‚ but also help me to become more confident. As always‚ I get nervous when I am put in new situations and‚ I was especially nervous at my first swimming lesson. After changing into my bathing suit‚ I stood shakily by

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    jessica ran home after the swimming meet. she never missed a meet‚ or anything related to swimming. it was her one and only passion‚ but today was different. she couldn’t wait for it to end. she NEEDED it to end. what made today different from any other day‚ was that it was the day of the olympics and her idol Michael phelps was swimming today. she admired him‚ not because he was good looking and in shape‚ but because he was passionate about swimming‚ and did his best every time‚ just like jessica

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    Personal Profile I am Paul Martinez and at my 18 years of age I find my self in a awesome and beautiful place. I had the opportunity of coming here just a year ago and I´m very thankful to my parents that supported me in every way which with out their help this experience would have been completely impossible. I was born in Mexico City in 1995 and shortly after that I moved to Akumal a small fishing town along the Caribbean coast. I spent my childhood surrounded by a beautiful natural landscape

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    different styles with various speed and intensity. I consider this type of activity very interesting‚ as I like to travel to warm countries where I can use my skills to sail in the sea or in the ocean. Also‚ almost all the muscles are used while swimming. Furthermore‚ I have been attending gymnastics and dance class for my self-development. And I am in pursuit of leaning how to dance Latin-American style such as tango. The movements in a dance are the keys to your soul. In the summer time‚ I involved

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    We eventually had the idea to go swimming. I love swimming in Arizona because the water is not cold in and back at home we don’t have a pool. The things I don’t like is that we have to wait for an adult to watch us and in the daytime the ground is so hot with red ants crawling all over as we walk

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    Growing up in Hawaii the ocean or the pool was the place I felt most comfortable. My dad is a big reason why I love the water and being so active. He signed me up on the Kona Dolphins swim team when I was ten years old. I immediately fell in love. I loved being able to push myself to swim faster and continuing to beat my fastest times. My coach saw potential in me and continued to push me to become a faster swimmer. But‚ as I got older and entered middle school‚ I grew apart from the sport and desired

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    The two sources that I am going to compare are Source 3 and Source 2. Source 2 is an article aimed for anyone who is interested in swimming or even people who like to read about incredible accomplishments made by other people. The text is formal and is about Philippe Croizon who in 2 years learnt to swim without his limbs. He lost of all of his limbs in 1994 while he was removing a television aerial from a roof and it hit a power line. However source 3 is a book extract aimed at adults who like reading

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