{"id":459344,"date":"2021-01-12T16:04:42","date_gmt":"2021-01-12T23:04:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/?p=459344"},"modified":"2021-01-12T16:04:42","modified_gmt":"2021-01-12T23:04:42","slug":"amy-bilquist-undergoes-successful-shoulder-surgery-aims-for-olympic-trials","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/amy-bilquist-undergoes-successful-shoulder-surgery-aims-for-olympic-trials\/","title":{"rendered":"Amy Bilquist Undergoes Successful Shoulder Surgery, Aims For Olympic Trials"},"content":{"rendered":"

Amy Bilquist<\/strong> has overcome injury after injury during her stellar swimming career.<\/p>\n

She will have to overcome one more before the U.S. Olympic trials.<\/p>\n

Bilquist underwent shoulder surgery on Friday to repair multiple issues in her left shoulder.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis is what my career has been unfortunately defined by, and here we are again,\u201d Amy Bilquist told Swimming World<\/em>.<\/p>\n

Bilquist was one of the top swimmers for the DC Trident<\/a> during the International Swimming League (ISL) season, but the multitude of races in a short period of time took a toll.<\/p>\n

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