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Looking for Longhorns This Summer? Try the Pool at the Paris Olympics.
The University of Texas’s appeal as a destination for world-class swimmers was enhanced in the final push to the Paris Olympics. It was early June, 53 days before the start of the Summer Games, and lanes two, three, and four at the outdoor pool at the Lee and Joe Jamail Texas Swimming Center were occupied, respectively, by reigning Olympic champion Chase Kalisz, from outside Baltimore; world champion Hubert Kós, of Hungary; and Frenchman Leon Marchand, who eclipsed the last of Michael Phelps’s world records in 2023.In the outside lanes were Regan Smith, weeks away from reclaiming a world record in the 100-meter backstroke at the U.S. trials, and two others who would qualify for Paris. Erik Posegay, the new associate head coach of the UT men’s swim…The post Looking for Longhorns This Summer? Try the Pool at the Paris Olympics. appeared first on Texas Monthly.