This Issaquah swimmer is going to the Olympics
Seattle Now
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4.7 • 670 Ratings
🗓️ 16 July 2024
⏱️ 14 minutes
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Summary
The 2024 Summer Olympics get underway on July 26th.
Among the many Pacific Northwest athletes headed to Paris, is 20-year-old Keana Hunter. The Issaquah High School graduate is a member of Team USA’s artistic swimming team.
We talk with Hunter about her journey to the Olympics, her grueling training routine, and why the sport formerly known as synchronized swimming changed its name.
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| 0:39.2 | the American athletes heading to the Summer Olympics in Paris next month. In a minute, we'll hear |
| 0:44.2 | from a 20-year-old from Isaquois about her sport, artistic swimming. But first, let's get you |
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