IOC official pleased with LA 2028 plans

LOS ANGELES >> There were no public pools on her native Aruba, the small Caribbean Island that is part of kingdom of the Netherlands.
So Nicole Hoevertsz and her synchronized swimming partner, Esther Croes, trained for the 1984 Olympic Games in at a local Holiday Inn. When they outgrew the hotel pool, they relocated to Visalia, in the San Joaquin Valley, training at a high school and creating quite a buzz with the community.
“We were local celebrities,” Hoevertsz said laughing