In just 12 months, Hubi Kos became a world champion, NCAA champion, European champion, and finally Olympic champion, taking gold in Paris in the men’s 200 back. With Leon Marchand as his training partner and Bob Bowman as his coach, Kos has made great strides in the pool over the last 18 months since he’s lived in the US.
Kos explains that Bowman obviously knows how to train athletes bodies but what really sets him apart is how he prepares his athletes mentally. Because of the rigorous challenges Bowman puts his athletes through on a daily basis in practice, Kos says it makes navigating the Olympic Games feel easy.
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Coleman, thank you very much for the interview with Hubi! It was so amazing and interesting to hear all these things about going to Austin, all these busy days before Olympics and all these trips made by Hubi/Leon, their practices and Chase advices. Hubi is such a nice guy. Also thanks for asking about his NCAA plans. I am not American but to my mind NCAA performances plays a big role in Hubi (and before Leon) achievements.
So deep interview and very home athmosphere.
Imagine if he started lifting weights…
Why is 200m back stagnant?
At the 2012 games, whole podium went 1:53. Now no one’s been able to crack 1:54 since Tokyo
Doing a big backstroke set during a solar eclipse sounds pretty dope tbf
Think the 100 back semis felt a little too easy for him.
We’ve got a Rowdy drinking game – we need a Coleman interview drinking game.
– Coughs: 1 shot
– “No kidding!”: 1 shot
– “YAh!”: 2 shots
– succinctly repackages what the interviewee just said and finishes with a “so that makes sense…”: 2 shots
– “Just to give the listeners some context..”: 3 shots
– Spends more time talking about something that happened at Pac-12s than their crowning glory: 3 shots
-” Welll… Cool!”: 4 shots.
Wow. The sign that I’ve truly made it. I’m humbled and honored🥹
I was honestly just thinking about these habits this morning. I know I need to be more diligent about them. Especially clearing my throat. And saying ‘makes sense’.
My only question: I didn’t spend THAT much time talking about Pac-12s… did I?
Tbf, it was a great Pac-12s.
Lol sorry I was being hyperbolic about how I’ve noticed you tend to focus on a lot of yards performances when interviewing someone whose being interviewed after having a good LC performance, it makes sense as you’re an American so you’re more connected to that realm but as a non American hearing you speak to Kos about what he needs to go in the 100y back at nc’s after he became Olympic champion was funny lol