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For the 5th time in the 6-year history of the award, Jamaica’s Alia Atkinson was named the 2019 Swammy Awards Central American & Caribbean Female Athlete of the Year. It was another big year for Atkinson in the pool. After missing…
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“Do what you can, with what you have, where you are,” said former US President Theodore Roosevelt. Some swimmers are luckier than others, growing up with resources at their fingertips. They have several teams and facilities from which to…
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SHANGHAI, China (AFP) via Observer — Jamaican star Alia Atkinson celebrated turning 30 by finally winning 50m breaststroke gold at the short course World Swimming Championships on Wednesday. Atkinson's landmark birthday was on Tuesday…
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Jamaica's swimming sensation Alia Atkinson fought off the determined challenge of her Russian competitors to take gold in the Women's 50 m Breaststroke Finals at the OCBC Aquatic Centre in Singapore on Saturday. Atkinson, with her…
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Jamaican swimming sensation Alia Atkinson had her country-woman Breanna Marie Laurin Roman for company in the search for top honours in the Women's 100m Breaststroke Finals at the Singapore leg of the Swimming World Cup 2018 series, on…
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