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发帖数: 18174 | 1 REBECCA SONI ANNOUNCES RETIREMENT
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Rebecca Soni broke the world record in the semifinals of the 200m breast. (
Small)Six-time Olympic medalist Rebecca Soni announced her retirement from
professional swimming today.
Since making her Olympic debut at the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games, Soni has
been an integral member of USA Swimming. The 26-year-old has won three gold
and three silver Olympic medals and is the only back-to-back Olympic gold
medalist in the 200-meter breaststroke event after winning at both the 2008
and 2012 Games.
“Before I move away from swimming too much, I want to take the time to give
back,” said Soni. “The swimming community has become my family and I want
to do my best to inspire the next generation and to share some of the
things I’ve learned.”
Soni will focus on her newly-launched lifestyle company and blog, The Atlas
Ventures, which was created alongside fellow world champion Ariana Kukors.
Her new endeavor encourages people of all ages to challenge themselves and
explore opportunities outside of their comfort zone.
"The entire family at Arena is pleased to congratulate Rebecca on an
incredible career. As an athlete, she made an indelible mark on swimming
history, and as an ambassador and role model, she has been poised,
professional and effective," said Tim McCool, Vice President and General
Manager of Arena North America. "We will never forget her 2012 world record
in the then-new red POWERSKIN Carbon-Pro, as that image remains an iconic
picture of her success. As she enters the next chapter, we are pleased and
honored that Rebecca will continue to be an Arena ambassador, and we look
forward to working together." | d**y
发帖数: 18174 | 2 忍着level5疼痛伦敦奥运会200米蛙泳打破2:20
Swimmer Rebecca Soni's Olympic heroics have a (painful) back story
March 19, 2013|By Lisa Dillman
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U.S. swimmer Rebecca Soni celebrates with a splash after winning the women's
200-meter breaststroke, setting a world record at 2:19:59 at the 2012
London Olympics.
U.S. swimmer Rebecca Soni celebrates with a splash after winning the women's
… (Robert Gauthier / Los Angeles…)
When Rebecca Soni took down one of the hallowed barriers in swimming —
becoming the first woman to go under 2 minutes and 20 seconds in the 200-
meter breaststroke — the moment resonated on multiple levels.
Not only did her star turn come on the world stage, at the London Olympics,
the modest Soni became the first American swimmer to repeat a gold-medal
performance in the breaststroke, winning in 2:19.59. Four years prior, Soni
upset the heavily favored Leisel Jones of Australia to own the podium at the
Beijing Olympics in the 200 breaststroke.
What made Soni’s London moment last August transcend other world records in
the pool is the back story of her Olympic experience. Few outside her inner
circle knew that the six-time Olympic medalist Soni was managing a painful
back condition, and she didn’t find out the true extent of it until after
the Olympics.
The pain running down her right leg came from a cyst on her tailbone, which
pressed down on the nerve. Soni first thought it was an injured hamstring.
It affected her flexibility, and while Soni downplayed the pain, she said it
interfered with her start and turn, but that it was not a problem other
than that.
“It was probably about a 5,” she said in an interview with The Times, of a
pain scale of 1 to 10. “But the problem was that it never, ever stopped. I
’d be lying in bed and it would be throbbing for no reason, like a fire
going down my leg.”
Soni said the pain started about a month before the Olympic Trials in Omaha.
She made the decision not to see the doctor, preferring to almost trick
herself into thinking it was not a major problem.
The former USC swim star is the definition of self-effacing, and she wanted
to stress in a recent interview that she didn’t want to the injury to be a
“huge focus.”
“At the moment, it’s feeling a little bit better from not training so much
. I still feel it all the time,” Soni said. “It’s just a nagging thing.
It’s not really getting in the way anymore. It’s more, ‘Oh just my leg
again.’ It’s no problem. I just accept it.”
Surgery was not an option.
“From what I understand, it’s not bad enough to be worth the risk,” Soni
said. “It’s just the nerve. … To me, it’s not worth it to risk. There’s
so many problems that could come up if one little thing goes wrong.”
For now, she is not sure about her future in the pool, beyond taking off
this year. Soni has applied to graduate school at USC in applied psychology
and is trying to work out plans to travel to Guatemala, a trip which would
be a byproduct of her partnership with the United Nations Foundation's Girl
Up campaign.
“This year is really the time to start the rest of my life,” Soni said.
Typically, the period following the Olympics can be a difficult one for high
achievers. In fact, Soni, 26, had a challenging time with the post-Olympic
letdown after Beijing, and that experience prepared her for 2013.
“It definitely laid the groundwork,” Soni said. “I knew to expect it. I
think it’s a little bit amplified this time because I am not in the water
every day. It’s almost an extra stress. Even being a little more lost about
where I’m supposed to be, if that makes sense…
“It’s hard every time you pass a big milestone in your life — something
you’ve been looking forward to do so long. Even though I’m thrilled about
the Olympics and how it went, it’s not the same when you wake up every
morning when you don’t have that strong goal inside of you.
“It’s definitely been a tough time but an exciting time. At least I try to
tell myself that.”
Years ago, a swim coach told Soni, then a teenager, that she would be the
first woman to break 2:20 in the 200 breaststroke.
“He was going on this whole rant: ‘You’re doing so well, you are going to
be the first one to go under 2:20.’ I was like, ‘Are you kidding me? I
can’t even break 2:30.’
“I remembered that conversation and started to really believe it was
possible eventually. I used his motivation and excitement about it to fuel
my everyday training.
“I just had to sit back [before London] and trust this was going to happen
and I did all the right work to get to that point. It’s a pretty tough
thing to get up on the blocks and realize that you’ve been training your
entire life for this one thing and realize this is your last chance, your
only chance to do it.”
Soni pumped her fist twice when she spotted the world-record time in the 200
breaststroke.
“It was never good enough until that one race. I went a little crazy,” she
said, laughing.
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: Small)Six-time Olympic medalist Rebecca Soni announced her retirement from
: professional swimming today.
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: been an integral member of USA Swimming. The 26-year-old has won three gold
: and three silver Olympic medals and is the only back-to-back Olympic gold
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发帖数: 18174 | 4 她和我们wa名人kukors的blog
http://www.theatlasventures.com/blog
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: 致敬！
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发帖数: 29576 | | d**y
发帖数: 18174 | 6 爆发力要求高
【在 T**********e 的大作中提到】
: 两届奥运可以了。感觉蛙泳比较容易受伤劳损。
| T**********e
发帖数: 29576 | 7
而且两臂肩膀容易劳损。
【在 d**y 的大作中提到】
: 爆发力要求高
| d**y
发帖数: 18174 | 8 家长们更不敢让小孩练蛙泳了……
【在 T**********e 的大作中提到】
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: 而且两臂肩膀容易劳损。
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发帖数: 1254 | | T**********e
发帖数: 29576 | 10
比赛型蛙泳肩膀缩着一下一下往上窜，身体发力不均衡，模样也猥琐。
【在 p*******4 的大作中提到】
: 也太多虑了，有几个小孩能练成索尼这个水平的
| d**y
发帖数: 18174 | 11 华人小孩蛙泳主项的不少。最近看了若干个3a,4a,4a+,4a++的视频，游的相当漂亮。练
好了一样拿奖学金拿冠军。游im的就更不能轻视蛙泳。
【在 T**********e 的大作中提到】
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: 比赛型蛙泳肩膀缩着一下一下往上窜，身体发力不均衡，模样也猥琐。
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