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Canales said yesterday his career started "by accident," explaining that he began swimming after his brother injured a tendon in his foot. "He had to swim to exercise the foot," Canales explained, "so I swam with him to keep him company...
Since that childhood triumph, he has climbed to more impressive heights. Last year in Montreal, he swam for the Puerto Rican Olympic team, and although he failed to qualify for the finals, he set Puerto Rican national records in both the 200-and 400-meter freestyle swims. He has also joined the Puerto Rican team three more times for competition in the Central American Games...
...Championships, many of the swimmers were up against competition that was far superior to even the best of their abilities. Yet many of these women, with no hope of obtaining the glory of medal-winning, understood their job as team members, and went out and swam better times than they had ever before swum...
Swimmers like Paula Bagger, Sue Vasallo and Debbie Van Ryn had little hope of beating many other swimmers but still swam their hardest, and in many cases picked up an important point or two in the consolation heats...
Costin said she swam five individual events and only one relay this weekend. If she had swum one or two more relays, the women on the relay teams might have gotten medals, and more of the women would have then won that glory...