{"id":331868,"date":"2018-10-04T04:00:23","date_gmt":"2018-10-04T11:00:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/?p=331868"},"modified":"2018-10-03T21:42:07","modified_gmt":"2018-10-04T04:42:07","slug":"swimming-world-presents-for-love-of-the-sport-a-feature-on-kathleen-baker","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/swimming-world-presents-for-love-of-the-sport-a-feature-on-kathleen-baker\/","title":{"rendered":"Swimming World Presents “For Love of the Sport: A Feature on Kathleen Baker”"},"content":{"rendered":"

For Love of the Sport: A Feature on Kathleen Baker<\/h2>\n

Kathleen Baker<\/strong> has always loved swimming. It\u2019s been a motivating force that has helped her battle Crohn\u2019s disease and that has led her to help others believe they can overcome their own medical challenges. And it\u2019s a quality that she has shown throughout her career that\u2019s included a world record, Olympic gold and silver plus medals of every color at the 2017 World Championships and 2018 Pan Pacific Championships.<\/p>\n

Her endgame is 2020, when she hopes to return to Tokyo for the Olympics. While anything on top of making the team would have been a bonus in 2016, that won\u2019t be the case come 2020, when Baker will be expected to contend for multiple individual medals. She has grown up\u2014 from teenage talent to joyous Olympian to international force.<\/p>\n

But some things never change. Asked about her future beyond 2020, Baker replied:<\/p>\n

\u201cI think it\u2019s so important to enjoy what you love because then it doesn\u2019t ever seem like a job. I think as long as I\u2019m loving it, I\u2019ll swim for a while.\u201d<\/span><\/strong><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

To learn more about Baker and her many accomplishments, check out the October 2018 issue of\u00a0Swimming World Magazine<\/em><\/a><\/span>, available now!\u00a0\u00a0Swimming World subscribers can download this issue in the\u00a0Swimming World Vault<\/a>!<\/span><\/p>\n

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[PHOTO COURTESY: PETER H. BICK]<\/h3>\n

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