Brooke Bennett still chasing medals 30 years after winning her first Olympic Gold in Atlanta
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30 years after Brooke Bennett won her first Olympic Gold medal in Atlanta, she could be spotted at Sand Key Park in Clearwater training for her next event. “I did not want it to fully control my life or fully sacrifice everything," she said. "I’ve lived that life.
” At 46 years old, this three-time Gold medalist still has the itch to compete. But it won’t just be in the water. “Everybody knows me as the Mermaid, and I’m just the Mermaid tail.
Nobody I think ever visualized legs," she said. On Saturday in Jacksonville, Bennett aims to complete her first full-distance IRONMAN triathlon. It's a 2.
4-mile swim, 112-mile bike ride and a 26. 2-mile run. At her age, it must be finished in 17 hours.
“I am not doing this to be No. 1. To be the best.