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Moses parts the water and joins pro golf tour

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Contributed by: Danny Summers on 10/3/2006

Former U.S. Olympic Gold medal winner Ed Moses traded in his goggles for a 9-iron and now plays professional golf.

Moses won a Gold and Silver medal in the 2000 Olympics in Sydney, Australia. He captured gold as part of the 400 meter medley relay team, and still holds several breaststroke world records.

Moses was a resident athlete at the U.S. Olympic Training Center. He returns to the area this week where he will play in the $300,000 Gleneagle Invitational -- one of the stops on the U.S. Pro Golf Tour.

"It is going to be very difficult for me to spend time at the Olympic Training Center this week," he said in a statement."Swimming made me the person that I am and has brought so much joy into my life. I have so many good memories and I know all of them will surface again when I see the Rings at the swimming pool."

Moses will be featured during the cable television coverage of the Gleneagle Invitational in a story shot on location at the U.S. Olympic Training Center.

Moses is like many top-level athletes who are not afraid to expand their boundaries intoother areas of athletic achievement. Michael Jordanwent from the basketball court to thebaseballdiamond; Eric Heiden traded in his speed skates for a bicycle; and Dan Pastorini went from throwing footballs to racing dragsters.

Let us know if you admire athletes who try other sports, or if you think they are silly for doing so.

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