“Swimming For Gold” (** out of four) was an utterly predictable story about a young girl (Peyton List) whose dad sends her to Australia to coach an elite boys swim team but finds herself confronted with an old childhood rival (Lauren Esposito) who she has to make peace with to save the team and save the swimming camp that they are a part of from foreclosure. Nicely done at times and with good and enthusiastic performances to keep it lively but it’s usurped by a script and story that we’ve watched far too many times before. Young girls and sports fans may like this better.

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