Missy Franklin and Kara Lynn Joyce swimming in Florida.

An Amazing Swimmer Racing for Olympic Medals

The Leonard Lopate Show | Nov 21, 2014

Olympic silver-medalist Kara Lynn Joyce tells us about the sport and recounts her journey to the 2012 London Olympics. She is the subject of the new documentary by Christo Brock, “Touch The Wall,” which begins following Kara Lynn Joyce in 2010, when Joyce was trying to make her third Olympics while the then 14-year old phenom Missy Franklin was working towards her first. “Touch The Wall” opens November 28 at the Quad Cinema.

 

 

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