Podcasts

Olympic Champion Tom Dolan on Swimming the Perfect 400 IM

There are a lot of layers to this analysis, including swims from Kalisz, Foster, Litherland and Seto, and we air them out entirely.

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Caroline Burckle Discusses Mental Health and Well-Being for Olympic Athletes

Mentla health was brought to the forefront of the Games when Olympic gymnast Simone Biles withdrew from the team competition.

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Natalie Coughlin Speaks to Olympic Pressure During Your 1st Games vs. Your 2nd

Coughlin explains that at her first Olympics in 2004, there was a freedom that wasn’t at her 2nd Olympics, coming in as a defending champion in the 100 back

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Lenny Krayzelburg Gives Perspective on Men’s Backstrokes, the Olympic Mindset

I ask Lenny “How do you balance having a great swim but not winning the race?” and he didn’t really have an answer because Lenny mostly just won races

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Cody Miller Shares Breaststroke Knowledge, Analyzes Women’s 200 WR & Men’s 100

Cody goes DEEP on the women’s 200 breast, revealing what he saw as the difference-maker for Olympic champion Tatjana Schoenmaker

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Double Olympic Champ Tom Dean Breaks Down 200 Free, 4×200 Free Relay

Dean breaks down both of his golden races, describing how he adjusted to the Olympic environment and embraced the pressure of an Olympic final

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Katie Hoff Analyzes the Women’s Olympic 400 IM, 400 Free, 200 IM and More

3-time Olympic medalist Katie Hoff has experienced the Olympic pressure-cooker. She helps us unpack the 400 IM, 200 IM, 400 and 200 free.

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Sprint Legend James Magnussen Floats Idea of Dean Boxall Coaching in US NCAA

We talk about most of the big races that have happened so far and specifically Australia’s golden moments form the last 5 days

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Melanie Margalis on Why It’s So Impressive to Sweep the IMs at the Same Meet

Margalis swim nerds it up, delving into why it is so difficult to have both your 200 IM and 400 IM fire on the same level at the same meet

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Olympic Star Aaron Peirsol Talks Ryan Murphy and The Elite U.S. Backstroke Club

Peirsol allows us inside the intimate inner-circle of U.S. backstroke champions, going back to John Naber from the 1976 Olympic Games.

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Rebecca Soni Gives Insight On Lydia Jacoby Breaststroke Olympic Gold

After seeing Lydia Jacoby win the women’s 100 breast, Soni compared Jacoby’s reaction to what Soni felt when winning her first 200 breast title in 2008

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Ricky Berens Dissects What it Takes to be Great in 200 Free & 800 Free Relay

Berens breaks down the subtleties of what it takes to swim a great 200 free and where the world is at in that progression.

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Jason Lezak Unpacks The 4×100 Free Relay and Dressel’s 100 Free

Lezak unpacks Team USA’s gold medal performance last night, detailing Dressel’s leadoff, the exchanges and Zach Apple’s monster anchor swim. 

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Nathan Adrian Weighs in on 400 Free Relay, Why Top Seed Should Pick Their Lane

The most interesting thing Nathan said: we should start a petition that top seed gets to choose what lane they swim in at night.

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Carson Foster Delves into 400 IM Pain, World #1 Swim with 4:08.46

Foster provides insight into the work he’s been doing since coming back to Austin from the Olympic Trials, including 10×100 (suited) on 1:10 best average

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