This week on the SwimSwam Breakdown, we are discussing the 12-year-old Chinese phenom Yu Zidi (and swimming at the Chinese Nationals), Leon Marchand‘s spicy 4:07 400 IM, and Chris Lindauer going to Stanford.
- 0:00 SwimSwam Breakdown Introduction
- 0:32 12-Year-Old World Champ Qualifier Yu Zidi
- 7:26 Chinese Nationals
- 13:00 Longhorn Elite Invite
- 22:40 Selection Procedure for 2026 Pan Pacific Championships
- 35:18 Chris Lindauer to Stanford to lead the Women’s team
SINK or SWIM
- 41:36 Luka Mijatovic makes the World Champs team?
- 44:28 Leon Marchand breaks his own 400 IM World Record this summer in Singapore?
- 47:43 Yu Zidi wins a medal at World Championships?
Hey Chiefs/Eagles, don’t worry about the ‘25 regular season and playoffs. You automatically qualified for the ‘26 Super Bowl
So Wyatt had a kid? Or you have another sibling! Congrats to Uncle Coleman and to Wyatt!
I disagree with coleman on his point about american swimming, fort lauderdale proves otherwise imho, I also think the guys team will overperform expectations the onky events i would say i am actually scared for the us in is 50-200 breast, and I truly am putting all my faith in mckean at this point to go a 59 low
I was being a bit dramatic. but if I look at it now:
Freestyle, I think we’ve definitely got medal opportunities. Alexy/Guiliano, Hobson, Finke.
Butterfly, we’ve got hope. Dare, Luca, Heilman, Casas.
Medley, Foster, Casas.
Backstroke… ???
Breaststroke… see backstroke.
Relays, I think we still win 4×100 free and take back 4×200 now that Bowman + Texas = infinity stones. Medley will be tight with China.
I think casas and modglin have potential in backstroke if casas races it, I would also be interested to see if urlando might swim backstroke remember he had the 100 back ncaa record in a form that I think was worse than his form now
Urlando back was more UW than anything elae no?
Please provide your projected medal tally (G, S, B, total) strictly for the male contingent of USA Swimming at the 2025 World Aquatics Championships.
Sink or Swim:
Katie Ledecky wins more individual gold medals (400 FR, 800 FR, 1500 FR) than the entire male contingent of USA Swimming at the 2025 World Aquatics Championships.