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If I break my ankle right now, this Olympics wasn't meant to be.

I can walk on my hands.

That's basically what I'm doing when I'm tapping them - getting my toes to the end of my shoes.

I got injured at the Olympic Trials in 2000. I could not jump. I could not walk on my leg properly. I couldn't bend my knee. I couldn't straighten it.

I have odd thumbs that are extremely flexible. I can bend them quite far down the back side of my hand, basically the opposite side you'd even try to attempt bending your thumb. Because of that, I'm a very good thumb wrestler.

I can't believe that I'm on the Olympic team.

You're either an Olympian or not in swimming.

When I run barefoot, I put my shoes on my hands. Running around with shoe-hands looks a little weird.

I'm a great swimmer, probably due to the size of my feet.