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Swimmer Gary Hall Jr. Says IOC Is Sending Replicas of Olympic Medals Lost in L.A. Wildfires: ‘I’m Touched’ (Exclusive) "I am so appreciative, but the medals are just one thing.
After all his Olympic medals were destroyed in the Los Angeles fires, swimming great Gary Hall Jr. set an unexpected record replacing them at IOC headquarters Monday. “I’ll do a better job of ...
For Hall of Fame swimmer Gary Hall Jr., those losses included the pinnacle of his life's work—his 10 Olympic medals, which he believes were lost with his home in the Palisades fires.
Hall Jr. swam in the Olympic Games in 1996, 2000 and 2004, capturing back-to-back Olympic titles in the 50 freestyle in 2000 and 2004, tying with training partner Anthony Ervin on the first ...
American swimmer Gary Hall Jr. received replicas of his 10 Olympic medals after the originals were destroyed during the Los Angeles wildfires. Sports newsletter 🏈's best, via 📧 Studio IX ...
Former US Olympian Gary Hall Jr. won 10 Olympic medals and six world championship medals in his swimming career. He believes he’s lost them all in the Palisades wildfire, he told CNN’s Erin ...
Ten Olympic medals awarded to one athlete on the same day. “I’ll do a better job of taking care of these,” Hall Jr. quipped, receiving the new set of five golds, three silvers and two ...
Hall was diagnosed with Type 1 diabetes in 1999. He is the son of Gary Hall Sr., who won medals at three Olympic Games. A GoFundMe page has been set up for the younger Hall, which says, “Gary Jr ...