Usa vs Australia - The two countries with the
most swimming medals Total medals table...
The first battle of this cold war, the 400 freestyle,
is between The current World Record Holder, defending world champion and
defending olympic champion Ariarne Titmus vs the queen distance swimming, Katie Ledecky
We will see 6 of the top 10 best 400 swimmers in history of this event.
This will be the fastest 400 race in female history.
Whoever wins this race will change the trajectory of the swim meet.
At the end of this video, I will tell you my prediction of what i think will happen.
If you want to learn about strategy, this is the event you want to watch.
The 50 freestyle is too messy. Novice spectators don't know what is going on
with the technique of the swimmers. We can barely see anything. The 100 freestyle is
better but there is still too much splash. If this was formula one, I would pick the
underwater camera and watch the olympics just on these cameras, but I guess this will do.
There is more strategy and smoother techniques in the 200 free. But not enough pain. The 1500
and the 800 would be a great distance to watch but people, usually Ledecky, wins by too much,
and it becomes less exciting. The 400 is the perfect competitive showdown. It looks painful,
beautiful, and usually very exciting. Not always, of course. But this time we
have 6 of the best swimmers in history! Three of them have held the world record multiple times.
The 400 world record has been held by some of the most revolutionary swimmers of the sport.
ssFor years Ledecky went undefeated, not only on this race but the 800,
1500 and even the 200. Every time she dove in the water, she turned to gold. 5 years went
by and we didn't think anyone could catch her. The Australian coach Dean Boxall studied Katie
and made a plan. A plan to break Katie mentally and physically during the race.
Ariane went out faster than Katie, forcing her to push harder than usual. Then she laid back
a little, causing Katie to gain confidence. She probably thought Ariane was out of the
race. But that was all part of the plan. The Australian turned on the super kick and
We saw Katie trying to stay in front, but it was too late. There on the last
stroke, you can see the frustration on Katie. 2 years later Ariane did it again. Then to top
it all off she broke Ledecky's world record. While we waited for Ledecky's comeback,
the Canadian teenager, Summer McIntosh, broke Ariane's world record.
Ariane Titmus got it back last year. That’s where we are right now. Waiting to see if Katie,
Ariane, Summer or another girl will win this gold medal for their country.
If Katie wins, the USA has a real chance of winning the swimming
medal table. If Ariane wins, then the odds will be in favor of the aussies.
For good of for bad, Whoever wins the race will be imitated by the next generation of
swimmers. It is the one race where you can see a fast technique very clearly. If Ledecky wins
swimmers will focus on their arms more, If Ariane or Summer win swimmers and coaches
will focus more on their kick. Personally I think that approach is wrong. Looking at
the different styles is the wrong thing to focus at the olympics. It is better
to focus on what they do similarly. Like their breathing patterns, their incredible
horizontal balance, their body rotations, their core strength. And perhaps even more important,
what they did in preparation for the event. It's not as easy to find but a quick youtube
search and you will see that Ariane does some of the exercises outside of the
water that we recommend in our courses. Like pulling a sled and doing weighted pull-ups.
At 40 years old, Janet Evans swam faster than
the 1970s World Record. That is only a year before she was born.
If you only focused on what makes her different, like her straight
elbow technique and almost breathing like an open water swimmer, you might miss the point.
If you want to be faster than what you are now,
copy what the Olympians have in common. Once you are there, hone in on what makes you different.
If you want to find out what all of the best swimmers have in common, click on this video.
The comment section of that video is getting ridiculous. So we made little awards for
the best ones. Like this one. If we like your comment enough, it will get its own little award.