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Russian-born US Paralympic Swimming Champion Jessica Long Trains in Colorado

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US Paralympic swimmer Jessica Long was adopted from a Siberian orphanage by a Baltimore couple when she was 13 months old and has gone on to capture gold medals in the last three Paralympic Games, beginning in Athens in 2004 when she was 12 years old.

US Paralympic swimmer Jessica Long was adopted from a Siberian orphanage by a Baltimore couple when she was 13 months old and has gone on to capture gold medals in the last three Paralympic Games, beginning in Athens in 2004 when she was 12 years old. Long, who currently holds 15 Paralympic swimming records, is planning to return to Russian later this year for the first time since her adoption to meet her biological parents. Here, Long takes a water break during practice at the US Olympic Training Center in Colorado Springs.

© RIA Novosti . Bob Pearson US Paralympic swimmer Jessica Long was adopted from a Siberian orphanage by a Baltimore couple when she was 13 months old and has gone on to capture gold medals in the last three Paralympic Games, beginning in Athens in 2004 when she was 12 years old. Long, who currently holds 15 Paralympic swimming records, is planning to return to Russian later this year for the first time since her adoption to meet her biological parents. Here, Long takes a water break during practice at the US Olympic Training Center in Colorado Springs
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US Paralympic swimmer Jessica Long was adopted from a Siberian orphanage by a Baltimore couple when she was 13 months old and has gone on to capture gold medals in the last three Paralympic Games, beginning in Athens in 2004 when she was 12 years old. Long, who currently holds 15 Paralympic swimming records, is planning to return to Russian later this year for the first time since her adoption to meet her biological parents. Here, Long takes a water break during practice at the US Olympic Training Center in Colorado Springs
© RIA Novosti . Bob Pearson Jessica Long practicing her backstroke during a morning workout at the US Olympic Training Center in Colorado Springs
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Jessica Long practicing her backstroke during a morning workout at the US Olympic Training Center in Colorado Springs
© RIA Novosti . Bob Pearson Jessica Long speaking with RIA Novosti at the US Olympic Training Center in Colorado Springs
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Jessica Long speaking with RIA Novosti at the US Olympic Training Center in Colorado Springs
© RIA Novosti . Bob Pearson Jessica Long, center, taking a turn while US Paralympic swimming coach Dave Denniston looks on at the US Olympic Training Center in Colorado Springs
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Jessica Long, center, taking a turn while US Paralympic swimming coach Dave Denniston looks on at the US Olympic Training Center in Colorado Springs
© RIA Novosti . Bob PearsonJessica Long leading her teammates in “arm circles” to warm up for a pre-dawn workout at the US Olympic Training Center in Colorado Springs
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Jessica Long leading her teammates in “arm circles” to warm up for a pre-dawn workout at the US Olympic Training Center in Colorado Springs
© RIA Novosti . Bob Pearson Jessica Long walking poolside during practice at the US Olympic Training Center in Colorado Springs
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Jessica Long walking poolside during practice at the US Olympic Training Center in Colorado Springs
© RIA Novosti . Bob Pearson Jessica Long resting at the wall during practice at the US Olympic Training Center in Colorado Springs
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Jessica Long resting at the wall during practice at the US Olympic Training Center in Colorado Springs
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