Peaty Breaks Down 1st ISL Experience: “This is the future” (Video)
While Peaty is far and away the most dominant 100 breaststroke competitor in the Olympic venue, he is not considered the obvious favorite in short course
Ryan Murphy Looks to Times, not Points, on 1st Day in Budapest (Video)
Ryan Murphy followed up his win from last weekend with another this weekend, taking .47 seconds off his time in the process.
Pernille Blume Breaks Down Breakers 1st Night of Competition (Video)
Pernille Blume of the New York Breakers discussed her teams status after the first day of racing, particularly how they improved from Day 1 of Lewisville
Beyond the Pancakes: Jonty Skinner Defines Velocity for Swimming
Jonty Skinner is always concocting some new formula to think differently about swimming. If you haven’t heard his talk on Hydro Freestyle, check it out here.
Practice + Pancakes: Louisville Throws Down on VO-Tuesday
After going to practice with Indiana, SwimSwam drove down the road to Louisville, where we filmed the cardinals Tuesday PM workout.
Vlad Morozov Explains Risk that paid off Big in Skins Races (Video)
Morozov was great – his start basically held up better than anyone else’s, and he had the final round won from the moment he and Adrian hit the pool
Ryan Murphy on 1st ISL Meet: “I was pretty nervous yesterday” (Video)
LA Current swimmer Ryan Murphy was 2nd in the 100 back and won the 200 back in his ISL debut this weekend in Lewisville, Texas.
Ranomi Kromowidjojo Gives Full Play-by-Play of Skins Races
Kromowidjojo really proved herself a massive sprint factor here, winning a brutal three-round showdown with no ‘easy’ rounds compared to the field
Chalmers on ISL: “The best swimming competition I’ve ever probably experienced”
Kyle Chalmers had a wicked back half to surge past Morozov over the final few strokes, and take the win, 46.22 to 46.29.
Katinka Confident Iron will be better in Budapest (Video)
Team Iron moves into the lead with a big 1-2 finish by Katinka Hosszu and Zsuzsanna Jakabos in the 400 IM. Hosszu led the whole way, as you might expect
Vlad Morozov is on his 7th or 8th Weekend in a row of Racing (Video)
Morozov is a great ISL swimmer – he can sprint a lot of things very, very well, and Iron fill a breaststroke need with a win from the versatile sprinter
Michael Andrew Compares ISL and FINA Events (Video)
After swimming 5 events in “typical Andrew fashion”, Michael broke down what the differences were between a FINA event and todays ISL match
Cate Campbell Excited for Skins Showdown (Video)
Not nearly as close in the women’s event, as Cate Campbell, swimming in lane 2, beat Ranomi Kromowidjojo by nearly four-tenths of a second, 23.33 to 23.71
Nathan Adrian Previews What it will Take to win ISL 100 Free (Video)
Outside smoke reigned, as Vladimir Morozov and Kyle Chalmers, swimming in lanes 8 and 1, appeared to be the leaders the whole way. Adrian took 3rd
Practice + Pancakes: New Coaches on Full Display at IU PM Workout
There were 3 main groups on this Monday afternoon: Ray Looze’s breaststroke group, Cory Chitwood’s mid group, and Jonty Skinner’s sprinters.
