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Santo Condorelli is now officially representing his 3rd country this decade on the international stage. After finishing 2nd in the 50 free at the US Trials in Indianapolis, Condorelli qualified for the US world championships team.
2025 has been quite a turbulent year for the USC grad so far. His father, who he shared much of his swimming journey with, passed away in January. Brett Hawke, who Condorelli had been training with since the fall of 2024, joined the Enhanced Games, leading Santo to part ways with his new coach.
Now training with a small pro group headed by Sean Kao in southern California, Condorelli is swimming free just for the heck of it. And it seems to be going alright for him so far.
He could have made top 6 in 100 if he swim this..guy is a huge relay swimmer and a relay medalist in olympic stage..
Umm, tat showing some things.
Even though he could clearly use the money, Santo’s integrity isn’t for sale.
I feel like this short interview has shown us more about Santo and who he is than the entire summation of all his previous videos. I like this guy, seems intense but very focused and positive.
Funny how everyone embraces the bad boy image, but would love to see the response if he has a Rio bathroom-type incident
Bro what? U expect and hope for him to mess up because of an image? Him not doing EG is the most relevant part of this story. If he was really a bad boy he’d be all over that.
People should really watch the lochte documentary. Yes he made a mistake but the media did him so dirty
Didn’t he throw his younger team mates under the bus – left them to face the music?
I partied with his dad in Indy during NCAAs. Super intense guy but funny and always wanted the best for him. This is awesome.
Does anyone know if he still does the middle finger on the blocks? I know it used to be to his father, would lowkey be kind a wholesome if so
Would honestly be oddly sweet if he does the middle finger to the sky.
Despite his bad boy reputation, he’s actually quite charming and articulate in interviews. Not thoughtless canned answers like “I just trust in my training” 🥱
Yeah why do u think guys like him and Shaine are my favorites? We need more entertainers, personalities, and disruptors in swimming.
Lilly King has not always been appreciated for it, but that is one of the notable things about her.
Dude the Lilly interview after the 100 made me tear up. Say what you want about her being off putting or whatever, but telling that indy crowd to focus on the next generation was a really cool moment.
Also I think GW in her own way is breaking the mold a bit. Really owning her legend status and performances in interviews instead of deflecting to others is so much better than “aww shucks don’t know how i won that race. I love my coaches, teammates, competitors etc”
Completely agree with this take. And I’ll add that the canned answer syndrome seems relatively new phenomenon to me… I remember swimmers in the 2000s like Coughlin and Hansen giving more raw interviews
This is my favorite take. If we want
more eyes on the sport of swimming then we need more characters and personalities. Love dressel as much as the next guy but his humble attitude gets annoying at times (I know that sounds weird). Always liked how Phelps had a little edge to him, and how it would show when he was pissed off.
The humble thing works best when juxtaposed by bolder personalities.
I’ll always maintain the “Phelps always being annoyed” thing annoyed me.
Fix your walls if you’re so mad about them!
Trusting your training is neither thoughtless nor canned.
Santo can certainly do his own thing and have his own followers. He’s 30 and has worked his way through representing at least 3 countries — loyalty was certainly never his specialty — but if we respect him for being himself, respect the guys who work harder than Santo and trust their training (another way to say they trust their coach).
Just swim fast Santo; and don’t rub off your 30 year old habits on youngsters like Luca and Campbell.