artistic swimmers izzy thorpe and kate shortman hope to "carry on the legacy" of their mothers after trants for this summer's 0lympics. thorpe's mum karen competed alongside shortman�*s mother, maria, in the 1980s. thorpe and shortman won silver at this year's world championships and earlier this month won gold in an olympic test event in the paris. it's their second 0lympics, having come 14th in tokyo in 2021. where carrying on that legacy, both their mums got us into the sport and got us involved with it and they also coached us for a long time within the sport so, carrying on that legacy is really nice and i hope i'm doing my own pride. it's very strange. when you walk on the strange feeling so i think it's going to make a big difference for when we are competing to be able to feel the energy and buzz of the crowd and our friends and family being out there to support us. it's the journey is more than the outcome. 0bviously the journey is more than the outcome. obviously we train really hard and we are hoping to go for a medal but we'rejust hard and we are hoping to go for a medal b

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