Sum-sum ☀️ You know her as Olympic champion, multiple world record-holder and swimming phenom Summer McIntosh, but do you know what nicknames her teammates call her? The new episode of 'The Ready Room' where we recap the Canadian Swimming Trials is live now: https://youtu.be/3qsBSyhd7J4 | CBC Olympics

#OnThisDay | Today marks 60 years since Aussie Herb Elliott won 1500m gold at the Rome 1960 Olympic Games in a World Record time of 3:35.6! Elliott would retire soon after the Games having won 44 consecutive races over 1500m or a mile. Discover more: olympics.com.au/olympians/herbert-elliott/ 📹 Olympic | Australian Olympic Team

205K views · 7K reactions | #OnThisDay in 1960, the Soviet women won the Olympic title at the Rome Olympics. Enjoy the floor and uneven bars routines of the team that featured Polina Astakhova, Lidia Ivanova, Larisa Latynina, Tamara Lyukhina, Sofia Muratova and Margarita Nikolaeva! | European Gymnastics | Facebook

Just six days before the 1960 U.S. swimming Olympic trials, one of the favorites to win gold in Rome underwent an emergency appendectomy. Doctors said his Olympic dreams were over. They didn't know Jeff Farrell. Jeff looks back on the incredible moments leading up to the 1960 Games and explains why, 60 years later, swimming is still his therapy. After taking a couple decades off, he jumped back in the pool and started smashing records, again. | Growing Bolder