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TUCSON-Keeping with the spirit of the London Summer Olympic Games, the Tucson Today team is kicking off a week-long series, "Olympic Dreamers".

Everyday this week a member of the morning team will take a turn at learning an Olympic sport.

News 4 Tucson's Samantha Ptashkin recently trained with University of Arizona Associate Head Swim Coach Rick DeMont at DeMont Family Swim on 2850 W Ina Rd.

DeMont has coached Gold Medalists and world record holders in the 1992, 2000, 2004 & 2008 Olympics. He is considered a world-renowned sprint freestyle coach.

To check out Samantha's outtakes from her session with Coach DeMont just head over to the KVOA facebook page.