Articles by Katrina Radke

3 Olympic backstrokers – friends and competitors?

Dear Katrina, What is it like when you have to race your friends and main competitors in practice? To partially…

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Olympic Coach’s Perspective on the Games!

Jim Montrella, Assistant Olympic Coach in 1976 and a top coach in the USA for many years, shares his perspective…

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What does the Olympic Manager job entail?

First ever female Olympic Manager, Bev Montrella shares what managers do and how they help the athletes and team be…

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Dear Katrina asks Nelson Diebel what challenges Olympians faced?

Dear Katrina, What challenges have Olympians faced in training? I interviewed Nelson Diebel, Olympic Gold Medalist, who shares one time…

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What steps did you take to make the Olympic Team? Olympian Roque Santos’ story.

Dear Katrina, What steps did you take to make the Olympic Team? Every Olympian has their own story. Here is…

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Interested in Masters Swimming? President Nadine Day…

Hello All, US Masters Nationals just finished up last week. If you would like to get back into swimming, this…

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How do top athletes think? Ask 4-time Olympian Jill Sterkel

Dear Katrina, How does a top athlete think? 4 time Olympian Jill Sterkel shares her story of focusing on the…

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Stories of US National Team Members and interview with Julie Cooper

Hello All, The Olympic Trials are complete, and the 2012 Olympic Team is now getting ready to perform in London!…

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After a big meet

Dear Katrina, I just finished my biggest meet of the season, the Olympic Trials. I didn’t do what I wanted….

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Dave Wharton, 1988 200 IM Silver Medalist

Video by Katrina Radke, author of Be Your Best without the Stress.

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Emotions run high at Olympic Trials

Dear Katrina, At Olympic Trials, how do these athletes deal with such heights of emotion? From the agony of defeat…

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What advice do you have for people trying to make the Olympic Team?

Dear Katrina,  What do you say to others trying to make the team? This can be an intense meet –…

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Teresa Crippen, Olympic Trials Preview

Video producer, Katrina Radke, is an Olympian and an author. Her inspiring peak potential and wellness book, “Be Your Best…

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Arthur Frayler, Ready for US Olympic Trials

“Frayler swimming 400 & 1500 freestyle in Omaha!” (Photo Courtesy: ©Tim Binning/TheSwimPictures.com)

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I want to be like Michael Phelps and Natalie Coughlin.

Dear Katrina, I want to be a champion like Michael Phelps and Natalie Coughlin. How do they keep being so…

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