10 Lessons I Learned in My 20s

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10 Lessons I Learned in My 20s

I turned 30 a few weeks age (yikes…) and usually on my birthday I reflect on the previous year and set new goals for the following year. This time, however, I decided to look back on the last decade and write down the top 10 lessons I learned during my 20s since that was the most pivotal time period in my life thus far.mSome of these lessons you’ve probably heard before, but I hope that there are some new ones in this list for you as well - lessons that will hopefully either inspire you or cause you to look at the world differently.

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5 Elite Athletes' Thoughts on Tokyo 2020 Postponement

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5 Elite Athletes' Thoughts on Tokyo 2020 Postponement

The Olympic Games have never been postponed in the history of the modern Olympic movement, so we are wading through uncharted territory! Because this is such an unprecedented situation, I was curious how athletes from various sports were handling this news and what they thought about the postponement. Even though I typically only write about synchro on this platform, this time I wanted to include elite athletes from a variety of sports and to have a mix of first-time Olympic hopefuls and returning Olympians.

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FINA World Champs, FOMO, and Team USA

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FINA World Champs, FOMO, and Team USA

Now that the FINA World Championships are over and our National Team is getting ready for the Pan American Games I need to get something off my chest. Ever since I retired after the 2016 Rio Olympics every time I watch a synchro competition I’m reeeeeally feeling the FOMO, except it’s not just the fear of missing out, it’s actually missing out!

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Olympian Spotlight: Alla Shishkina (RUS)

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Olympian Spotlight: Alla Shishkina (RUS)

Alla Shishkina is a 2-time Olympic champion, 11-time World champion, 5-time European champion from Russia. She is currently training on the Russian National Team in preparation for the 2020 Olympic Games.

Alla and I competed against each other at several World Championships. At the London and Rio Olympics we competed in different events - me in the duet and Alla in the team.

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