SwimSwam sat down with Nick Mahabir, the Singaporean national known for swimming under David Marsh in San Diego and popping a 1:00 100m breast as a teenager. Mahabir, who has temporarily moved back to Singapore to train for the upcoming SEA Games and World Championships (both of which will occur in Asia), recently attended a media event where World Aquatics announced that Singapore would be hosting the 2025 World Championships.
With the move back to his home country, Mahabir discusses how daily life training in Singapore differs from the US. His training partner, world champs finalist and Commonwealth Games medalist Teong Tzen Wei, has not only helped the youth in the pool but out of it, positively influencing his diet and sleeping habits. Mahabir reveals he hasn’t eaten processed sugar for 5 months running and plans on keeping it that way through the World Championships.
Finally, we asked Mahabir about Singapore’s Olympic champion Joe Schooling and how the 100m fly specialist is viewed in his home country. Mahabir notes that after Schooling’s suspension for using Marijuana, the country seems to have lost a bit of respect for him. However, Nick shares his own personal experiences with Schooling and says that Schoooling is the most famous person in Singapore and is adored by the vast majority of the population.
Love interviews that Coleman does! So good with young swimmers. Well done, guys
Nick is a great interview and a great kid! Love the fact that World’s will be in Singapore.
When will we be done with the “clean eating” fad language?
Is it possible to join the Berkeley team and prepare for the Olympics before officially enrolling? If true this would be a great opportunity, good luck NICK
Was curious about this too – Seems like it would be a similar situation to an Olympic redshirt year, where he may be taking some classes while training with the team to prep for the Olympics. Only difference is that he wouldn’t have already competed for the team prior.
Hope it works out for him. We will see how his summer goes, but it seems like he could be real threat to podium in Paris in breaststroke if he continues to improve.
Was thinking this was the longest shampoo commercial I’ve ever seen and then the comments at the very end had me lol
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NICK MAH IS SO CUTE