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Why Some Olympic Swimmers Think About Math in the Pool

Related Topics: Kate Douglass, Andrew Wilson

In a sport where gold and silver can be separated by a fraction of a second, many of the world’s top swimmers now scour data for even the smallest edge.

Kate Douglass of the United States often wears a device in training that measures her movement through the water.Credit...Al Bello/Getty Images

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By Jenny Vrentas

  • July 29, 2024

Kate Douglass, a statistics graduate student and the second-fastest swimmer in the world this year in two Olympic swimming events, has always been good with numbers.