{"id":2346,"date":"2016-08-09T13:44:00","date_gmt":"2016-08-09T13:44:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/userblogs.ganoksin.com\/dailyjewel\/?guid=0187016a17da5040954717bc0d74ea16"},"modified":"2016-08-09T13:44:53","modified_gmt":"2016-08-09T13:44:53","slug":"yes-an-olympic-jewelry-story-it-happened-in-the-pool-jewelrymoment","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/userblogs.ganoksin.com\/dailyjewel\/2016\/08\/09\/yes-an-olympic-jewelry-story-it-happened-in-the-pool-jewelrymoment\/","title":{"rendered":"YES! an #Olympic #Jewelry Story! It Happened In The Pool #JewelryMoment"},"content":{"rendered":"
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First – allow me a moment to introduce Kathleen Baker, 2016 Women’s Olympic Swim Team.  This is a video she did earlier this year for USA Swimming.<\/a><\/p>\n

In the piece the nineteen year old headed to Rio with the 7th fastest time in the world and a fiercely competitive nature from a very young age.<\/span><\/p>\n


In a recently published New York Times <\/a>piece  she reflects on “coming out” about her battle with Chron\u2019s disease <\/a>and the nay-sayers that said she couldn’t swim competitively.<\/span><\/div>\n

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She also brings up her superstitions surrounding swim meet attire, which usually includes \u201cblue sparkle Uggs\u201d and her connection with pearls and the pearl earrings she wears to every meet.<\/span><\/div>\n

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