https://www.swimmingworldmagazine.com/news/passages-richard-thornton-1980-olympian-and-accomplished-coach-dies-at-65/ The World’s Leading Independent Resource For Aquatic News Sat, 06 Jan 2024 19:33:11 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.5.3 https://www.swimmingworldmagazine.com/news/passages-richard-thornton-1980-olympian-and-accomplished-coach-dies-at-65/#comment-782694 Sat, 06 Jan 2024 17:03:31 +0000 https://www.swimmingworldmagazine.com/news/?p=575651#comment-782694 one of the really good guys in our sport

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