Austin, TX October 22, 2008: Swimmer Aaron Peirsol shows off one of his two gold medals from the Summer Olympics in Beijing during a ceremony at the Texas Capitol honoring Texas Olympians. Peirsol has a total of seven Olympic medals in three appearances in 2000, 2004 and 2008. ©Bob Daemmrich

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