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Springfield's Ryan Held An Olympic Swimmer

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Ryan Held will be competing in Rio for the USA men's swim team, as part of the 4 x 100m freestyle relay team. The 21 year old is a Springfield native and both his parents, Randy and Cheryl Held, are longtime employees of St. John's Hospital. 

We caught up with them as they prepared to head to Rio to see their son compete, here is the conversation:

Rachel Otwell of the Illinois Times is a former NPR Illinois reporter.
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