There's an adage that a lot of coaches have, that I completely disagree with, is if you make the Olympic team too early you become complacent.

team placed third in the final. Dana Vollmer Lacey Nymeyer and Katie Hoff each extended the lead and the final time of 7:50. She has won a total of forty-eight medals in major international competition twenty-one gold seventeen silver and ten bronze spanning the Olympics the World and the Pan Pacific Championships.

At the 2008 Summer Olympics Natalie Coughlin became the first U. She has won a total of forty-eight medals in major international competition twenty-one gold seventeen silver and ten bronze spanning the Olympics the World and the Pan Pacific Championships. S.