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After clinching gold in the Men’s 100m Butterfly at the 2023 World Aquatics Swimming World Cup, Michael Andrew is all up for his Olympic dream. The 2016 World champion in the 100m medley has recently tied up with a brand new water resistance training program to retain his title in the 2024 Paris Olympics. But, among all these, the swimming sensation has stolen the spotlight for different reasons.?

The former Junior World Champion in 50m backstroke favors to keep an iron hold on his personal life. His recent social media post has enthralled his fans as the swimmer gave a glimpse inside his dating life.????

Michael Andrew hints about his love other than cutting through the water

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Michael Andrew has spent most of 2023 in preparation for the upcoming Olympics encounter. He went on taking part in the World Championship in Berlin. He ended the championship on a high note by grabbing the table-top finish in a 50m butterfly stroke.

Some of 2023 has proven to be quality family time for Andrew. Among all these happenings, he shared a date night picture of himself with Kendall Gath, an equestrian and entrepreneur. The announcement came late but stood enough to etch a mark. Eventually, the caption, ?Date night? of his shared story went viral in no time on Instagram.

However, Kendall Gath has been in the headlines for different news. Her set-up firm, The Equine Platform. has performed the bridging role between stakeholders in the equestrian field. Occasionally, she appears in her jockey suit on race tracks.?

The road ahead for Michael Andrew?

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Nonetheless, the 50m Freestyle was not proven to be a cusp for Andrew in the Berlin World Championship. He missed the gold to the Australian Isaac Cooper. This late failure cost him dearly as he missed the berth in the USA World Championship team for the event in Fukuoka. But the 2016 World Short Course champion kept it from becoming a stealing point.??

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Rather, he chose to sweat away from public eyes. In Israel, Micahel Andrew silently took part in a joint rallying point with the local youngster, Jonathan Itzhaki. Through such camps, he has tried to reach out to budding swimmers for improvisations. All this while, the former World Champion has set his target to seal his place World Champ team of the USA in 2024. His speculations are for the 50m freestyle, 200m individual medley, and 100 breaststroke. Eventually, all these three are to be participation zones for him in the upcoming Olympics.

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The quality family time spent and the recent companionship with Kendall Gath seem to teach Andrew one or two things about mental health in sports. He opined to a source, ?It?s really pivotal that athletes start to recognize their values not tied to their success in the sport.??

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