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Olympic swimmer Christopher Reid to host swim clinic in New York

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January 9, 2020

It will be a two-day high-performance swim camp, where Reid will focus on freestyle and backstroke racing. He will be coaching different sessions, one for children 11 years old and under, and another session for children 12 years old and over.

For more information on this upcoming swim clinic, check out the official Fitter and Faster website.

Reid is a 2016 Olympian that specializes in explosive racing in freestyle, backstroke, and the individual medley (IM). Participants will learn all about generating power at key points of every race. He competes for South Africa.

Last month, Reid won the men’s 200 meter backstroke race at the Toyota U.S. Open. He also competed for the New York Breakers in the inaugural International Swimming League (ISL) season.

Digital Journal’s Markos Papadatos chatted with Christopher Reid in the summer of 2019 about the ISL.

For more information on South African swimmer Christopher Reid, follow him on Instagram and on Twitter.

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Written By Markos Papadatos

Markos Papadatos is Digital Journal's Editor-at-Large for Music News. Papadatos is a Greek-American journalist and educator that has authored over 22,000 original articles over the past 18 years. He has interviewed some of the biggest names in music, entertainment, lifestyle, magic, and sports. He is a 16-time "Best of Long Island" winner, where for three consecutive years (2020, 2021, and 2022), he was honored as the "Best Long Island Personality" in Arts & Entertainment, an honor that has gone to Billy Joel six times.