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Olympian swims with team 24 miles across Lake Pontchartrain

NEW ORLEANS – Team USA Olympian Ashley Tappin-Doussan was part of a group that swam 24 miles across Lake Pontchartrain this weekend.

The trip took over ten hours, and she swam in a team of four. Tappin-Doussan won gold medals for Team USA in both 1992 and 1996.