Las Vegas local Cody Miller takes bronze in Rio Olympics

Las Vegas Olympian Cody Miller took the bronze in the 100-meter breaststroke on Sunday, according to the Wall Street Journal. 

 

 

While Adam Peaty of Great Britain took the gold with a world record time of 57.13, Miller set the American record with a time of 58.87.

 

Miller revealed in an Imgur post that he was born with Pectus Excavatum, a medical term for a sunken sternum which creates a reduced lung capacity. He was also diagnosed with asthma when he was in college.

 

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Still, Miller dedicated his life to swimming, earning several awards as an NCAA athlete at Indiana University. The 2016 Rio Olympics was his first Olympic games.

 

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