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https://www.swimmingworldmagazine.com/news/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/rowdy-gaines-summer-nationals-2014-e1586282892152.jpg1000749Although Rowdy Gaines was first known as the fastest man in the water in the 1980s, he is better known as the colorful voice of swimming today. His charismatic commentary welcomes any audience into the wide world of swimming. He breaks races down into an understandable language, and engages TV spectators in a sport they might not ordinarily watch.