John Legend takes a dive with Olympic hopefuls as he celebrates his progression from novice to ‘Olympic-level artistic swimmer’
John Legend showed off his aquatic skills in an Instagram stories post on Tuesday as he practiced diving with a pair of Olympic hopefuls, Anita Alvarez and Lindy Schroeder.
The 41-year-old vocalist appeared in a clip which was scored to Vangelis’s theme from the 1981 movie Chariots of Fire.
In it, both of the Olympians, clad in one-piece bathing suits, launched perfect dives, followed by the suave singer hoisting himself into the pool.
The latest: John Legend, 41, showed off his aquatic skills in an Instagram stories post on Tuesday as he practiced diving with a pair of Olympic hopefuls, Anita Alvarez and Lindy Schroeder
In the clip, the All of Me singer wore a cap with a white swimming top and board shorts with the American flag logo. He rounded out his athletic ensemble with goggles and looked overjoyed after his dive.
The singer, whose real name is John Roger Stephens, captioned the post: ‘2019: I learned to swim. 2020: Olympic-level artistic swimmer???’
The EGOT winner – he’s won an Emmy, Grammy, Oscar, and Tony award – continued: ‘Thanks to US Olympic hopefuls at Anita Alvarez & at Lindy Schroeder for their patience!’
He added the hashtags #TeamLegend, #TheVoice and #TheVoiceFinale alongside the post.
Gear: In the clip, the All of Me singer wore a cap with a white swimming top and board shorts with the American flag logo
Safety first: He rounded out his athletic ensemble with goggles
Ascent: The singer, whose real name is John Roger Stephens, captioned the post: ‘2019: I learned to swim. 2020: Olympic-level artistic swimmer???’
On her page, Alvarez shared a shot of herself and with the feted entertainer.
‘Lindi and I tested @NBCTheVoice Coaches to see if they could handle an Olympic workout,’ she said. ‘Find out how it goes TONIGHT 8/7c on @NBC for the LIVE Finale!’
Legend, who has two children with wife Chrissy Teigen, 34 – daughter Luna, four, and son Miles, two – got help learning how to swim last year from accomplished Olympic swimmer Ryan Lochte.
The Tonight (Best You Ever Had) singer spoke to People last year about his late start swimming.
Champion: John is an EGOT winner, as he’s won an Emmy, Grammy, Oscar, and Tony award
Honing his craft: The singer has been stepping his swimming game up in recent years
‘I was never afraid to go in the pool, but I was afraid to go in the deep end,’ he said. ‘I’m happy that I’m able to live with less fear and be able to swim with my kids. It just opens up a lot more opportunities.
‘I just want to be comfortable in any water settings. So if we’re out on a boat on the ocean, if we’re in a pool, no matter where we are.’
He said his daughter Luna was ‘the one who got me excited about doing it, because we started giving her lessons,’ adding, ‘Even Miles is taking lessons now. He started lessons before me, and we have the same teacher.’
Locate said in an April 2019 Instagram post: ‘Not a bad way to start my week. Swimming with [Legend] giving him some swim tips and getting him ready for 2020 Olympics haha!’