加载中…相互激励、尽情发挥
(2012-08-13 11:36:47)
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俄罗斯移民玛丽亚·科罗列娃和印第安人玛丽·基尔曼是参加2012年奥运会的唯一一对美国花样游泳选手，尽管她们在双人比赛中仅获得第11名，但都为有机会参加奥运角逐而感到高兴和自豪。
这是两位背景迥异的花样游泳好手，玛丽亚·科罗列娃（Mariya Koroleva） [左]出生在俄罗斯的雅罗斯拉夫尔（Yaroslavl），幼年时移民来到美国；玛丽·基尔曼（Mary Killman）则出生在得克萨斯州，是联邦政府承认的美国印第安人波塔瓦托米族部落（Citizen Potawatomi Nation）的成员。
但是在游泳池里她们俩配合得天衣无缝。
基尔曼告诉“印第安部落今日媒体网络”（Indian Country Today Media Network）：“我们在一起能够相互激励、尽情发挥。”
她们是参加2012年奥运会的唯一一对美国花样游泳选手，尽管她们在双人比赛中仅获得第11名，但她们俩都实现了参加奥运会角逐的梦想。
对科罗列娃来说，那个梦想从她11岁时就开始了，当时她看了2004年奥林匹克花样游泳队的表演。她告诉《今日美国》（USA Today）记者：“这使我渴望加入她们的行列。”
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They Bring Out the Best in Each Other
09 August 2012
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Despite different backgrounds, these two Olympic swimmers harmonize in the pool.
The backgrounds of these champion synchronized swimmers couldn’t be more different: Mariya Koroleva (left) was born in Yaroslavl, Russia, and immigrated to the United States as a child; Mary Killman was born in Texas and is a member of the Citizen Potawatomi Nation, a U.S. federally recognized tribe of Native Americans.
But in the pool, they are in perfect harmony.
“We’re both able to pull the best out of each other,” Killman told the Indian Country Today Media Network.
They were the only U.S. synchronized swimmers to qualify for the 2012 Olympic Games. Although they finished 11th in the duet competition, both have realized their dreams of competing in the Olympics.
For Koroleva, that dream started when she was 11 years old and saw a demonstration by the 2004 Olympic synchronized swimming team. “It made me want to be one of those people,” she told USA Today.
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