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Brian Goodell, Bobby Hackett and Vladimir Salnikov raced at the 1976 Montreal Olympics 1500m freestyle. A new film – The Dual We Missed – documents the backstory and lives of Goodell and Salnikov that intertwined between 1976 and 1988.
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Brian Goodell and Bobby Hackett were so ahead of their time that – in 1976 – Goodell would be seeded fourth and Hackett would be seeded sixth in the 2024 US Olympic Trials in the 1500m freestyle
It Really Was The Good O’ Days with Brian Goodell and Bobby Hackett Read More »
Can You Hackett? 100 x 100 Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. Way back when (in the 1970s), Coach Joe Bernal challenged his 16-year-old swimmer Bobby Hackett with some tough sets including a non-stop set of 100×100 (yards) freestyle on 1:00. Hackett’s workouts paid off as he swam to a silver medal in a 15:03
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