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https://www.swimmingworldmagazine.com/news/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/2016-ervin-celebrate-rings-rio.jpg22321545During the summer, I coach a local swim team.Swimmers-turned-summer-league-coaches everywhere know what that entails: more DQ sheets than we can count, thunderstorms that always roll in on meet days, and countless laughs and memories with kids who admire and adore us.And those kids, as crazy as they are, have taught me more about the sport of swimming than I will ever realize.