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Swimming at the Olympics?

Art competitions formed part of the modern ol i games during its early years, from 19 12 to 19 forty eight. There were categories for architecture, literature, music, painting and sculpture. In 19 24, the irish painter jack b yates won the silver medal in the mixed painting class for a work entitled swimming. Bryan says that, strictly speaking, the title is liffy swim, but it appears in the olympic records as swimming.

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