The 11 teens from Team USA shared their dreams and their journeys to earning a spot on the team in Tokyo.
The contingent of 11 teen swimmers headed to Tokyo for this month's Olympics is the largest group of teen swimmers on Team USA since 1996. They all spoke with Sheinelle Jones on TODAY Tuesday about their hopes for Tokyo and their Olympic journey, 10 days before the Games get underway after being postponed for a year due to the pandemic.
"I mean, if I'm going to go out of the country for my first time, might as well be for the Olympics," Grimes said. Training alongside the five-time Olympic gold medalist wasn't too intimidating for Bacon because she has known Ledecky since they were both little girls. When Bacon was a pre-kindergartner growing up in Maryland, she was paired with a fourth-grade mentor who happened to be the future swimming superstar.
Curzan also had some unorthodox training of her own in her home state of North Carolina ahead of the training camp in Hawaii while trying to work around pandemic restrictions. "I used to watch YouTube videos about how to perfect my technique," she said."I would try to use it in practice. If I ever felt like I needed more work, I would go to the gym with my brothers or stuff like that."
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