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#2 Tim Duncan
The 1998 NBA rookie of the year, Tim Duncan had a very successful basketball career with the San Antonio Spurs for 19 seasons. But little do we know that his first love among sports was swimming. He wanted to replicate his elder sister Tricia who represented the USA in swimming at the 1988 Seoul Olympics.
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Tim excelled at 50m, 100m, and 400m freestyle and aimed to represent the USA team at 1992 Barcelona Olympics. His dream remained unfulfilled as his town was hit by a hurricane destroying the only Olympic-sized swimming pool on the island. This resulted in him leaving out swimming and going on to be one of all time greats in NBA.
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