2022 US SUMMER NATIONALS
- Tuesday, July 26 – Saturday, July 30, 2022
- William Woollett Aquatics Center, Irvine, CA
- Prelims 9 AM / Finals 5 PM (U.S. Pacific Time)
- Meet website
- Meet information
- Psych Sheet
- OMEGA Live Results
- Day 3 Prelims Recap
After swimming in the B Final at the 2022 US Nationals in Irvine on Thursday, 2x Olympic champion Tom Shields spoke with the media about his future in the sport. Shields is committed to training through 2024, skeptical that he will earn his 3rd Olympic berth but nonetheless dedicated to putting in the work until then. Shields reinforces that he loves swimming and loves having it be his career but is also realistic with the fact that multiple Americans have now surpassed him in his primary event, the 100 fly.
Shields also discusses losing 50lbs over the past few months, adjusting his diet, and being a soon-to-be-father.
i’m also surprised that he says he sucks at surfing. With his build and power, i would think he would get good quite fast.
50 lbs?! how is that even possible? That’s weight that typically takes years to accumulate. For an athlete to put that kind of weight on, i am amazed.
50 lbs is a lot to gain and then take off. It reminds me of Huegill from Australia years ago getting up to over 300 lbs only to get serious again and I think he made the Olympic Team or another big interational team.
He won gold then in 2010comm games after losing the weight.
Raw honesty from my man Shields. You rarely get that from top athletes. Wishing him the best.
I hope he has an exit plan.
I imagine it involves having a great work ethic, uncommon attention to detail, a strong support network, and a degree from Cal…