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LOS ANGELES, California, September 16. U.S. Olympian Amanda Beard welcomed her first son into this world yesterday as Blaise Ray Brown was born at 10:50 a.m., according to People<\/i>.<\/p>\n

Blaise is the first son of Beard and husband Sacha Brown. Blaise was 7 lbs, 12 oz. and 19 \u00be inches long at birth.<\/p>\n

"I was in labor for about 16 hours and it was all worth it. He is happy and healthy and everything went as planned," Beard told People<\/i>. "It was the most amazing experience that Sacha and I have ever experienced. We are so happy to be new parents! This is gonna be the best adventure ever."<\/p>\n

Beard will be back in the pool training for the 2012 London Games sometime next year.<\/p>\n

Full text of People<\/i> article.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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