Anthony Ervin on Olympic Rule 50 "That's Not Going to Fly"


Anthony Ervin Photos Swimming Olympics Day 7 14 of 177 Zimbio

Anthony Ervin has reclaimed the Olympic title in the swimming's fastest race 16 years after he first won it - to cap a phenomenal career comeback. Ervin, who is now the oldest Olympic.


USA Swimming Introduces 2016 Olympic Team Anthony Ervin

Anthony Ervin will compete in Friday night's men's 50m freestyle having been third-fastest in the semi-final. Photograph: Ezra Shaw/Getty Images Sportblog Olympics 2012: swimming


Anthony Ervin pulls off Olympic swim victories 16 years apart

American swimmer Anthony Ervin has revealed how he spiralled into a life of alcohol, drugs and sex addiction after he won gold in Sydney in an extraordinary interview coinciding with his Olympic Games comeback.


Anthony Ervin Returning for Olympic Gold As the Oldest Swimmer

Anthony Ervin Has Set More Milestones than Almost Any Other Swimmer by Tom Slear//Contributor Anthony Ervin can probably claim more superlatives than any other American swimmer. He's been the first, the fastest, the youngest, the oldest, the longest, and as it was once expressed very delicately, the most interesting.


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Ben Proud sits in his room at the Gloria training base in Turkey, reflecting on the "life-changing" time spent in Hawaii with Elliot Ptasnik and Olympic champions Anthony Ervin and Aaron Peirsol.


Jewish Olympian Anthony Ervin Gets Closer to 2nd Gold in 50M Freestyle Jewish & Israel News

I n 1983, a two-year-old Anthony Ervin crawled out from his sleeping mother's arms, slid open the glass patio door of his suburban L.A. home and toddled to the edge of the backyard pool. His.


How Swimmer Anthony Ervin Faced His Demons to Win Rio Gold Men's Journal

Anthony Ervin became the oldest American swimmer to win an individual Olympic gold medal Friday night, winning the 50-meter freestyle by 0.01 over France's Florent Manaudou.


Meet the 2016 U.S. Olympic Swim Team Anthony Ervin

Anthony Ervin has capped a remarkable turnaround to become the oldest ever Olympic swimming champion at the age of 35 with victory in the 50m freestyle. The American won joint gold in the.


Anthony Ervin Bio SwimSwam

2016 Olympic Champion: Anthony Ervin. He indeed is one of the most intriguing swimmers out there. He's owned his transgressions and his story is an extremely interesting read. Very.


Anthony Ervin Once Again Claims Olympic 50 Free Gold, Sixteen Years After Original Swimming

A four-time All-American, Ervin is also a three-time Olympic medalist. In 2000, he tied with Gary Hall Jr. for Olympic gold in the 50-meter freestyle while also picking up gold as a member of the 400 medley relay and silver on the 400 free relay. He was a three-time NCAA champion in the 100 free (2000-02) and voted the Pac-10 Swimmer of the.


Anthony Ervin, Olympic Medalist in 2000, Comes Back in Swimming The New York Times

When swimmer Anthony Ervin won a gold medal in the 50-meter freestyle at last summer's Olympics in Rio, he set a record: At age 35, he was the oldest athlete ever to win a gold in an individual.


Rio 2016 Olympic Calympian Anthony Ervin, Men's swimming, USA California Golden Blogs

1. He no longer has either of his medals from the Sydney Games. He donated his gold medal for the 50m freestyle to the Red Cross Tsunami relief fund, selling it over eBay and raising just over.


Meet American Olympian Anthony Ervin The OldestEver Individual Olympic Swimming Gold Medalist

College swimming Anthony Ervin (Photo Credit: Tim Binning, theswimpictures) Growing up, Ervin swam for the Canyons Aquatic Club in Santa Clarita before choosing to attend the University of.


Anthony Ervin Bio SwimSwam

Ervin becomes oldest ever Olympic swimming champion. USA freestyler Anthony Ervin, 35, defies his advancing years to win the 50m sprint 16 years after earning a joint gold medal at Sydney 2000. Show more.


Anthony Ervin back in swimming after decade off

The 37-year-old's life is simply unbelievable: wins Olympic gold as a teenager, hits rock-bottom, becomes homeless and attempts suicide, regains control of life, makes Olympics again, and becomes oldest ever Olympic individual medallist swimmer. It means the American has a different attitude to winning than most. "Winning is not the goal.


Anthony Ervin is Back in the Water for the 2012 Olympics Hunk of the Day TSM Interactive

— Jewish swimmer Anthony Ervin became the oldest Olympic gold medalist in an individual swimming event, at 35 capping a comeback from burnout and drug use in the aftermath of his gold medal at 19.