As you should know by now, here at Propulsion Swimming we are keen supporters of the ISL or
the International Swimming League. Not only has it added an extra level of excitement
to the sport of swimming, but it's also given professional swimmers a chance to earn money and
fund their careers. Over recent events we've seen the likes of Adam Peaty,
Caeleb Dressel and Kira Toussaint breaking some incredible short course world records
as well as some breakout swims from future British stars. Now in light of this we thought
we would give you a breakdown of our top 10 swims from the 2020 edition of the ISL. Now in light of
this for this week's video Propulsion Swimming we are going to be counting down our top 10 swims of
the 2020 edition of the International Swimming League counting down from 10.
Starting at number 10 we have Lilly King. The American breaststroker with an
utterly dominant display in the 100m breaststroke
in semi-final number two, beating the field by over a second in a time of 1.03.29.
At number nine is the Energy Standard Men's 4x100 medley relay and more specifically the lead-off
leg from Kliment Kolesnikov. Out of the blue Kolesnikov obliterates the 100 back world record
on the lead-off leg. You would have thought after this performance, along with teammate Rylov,
Energy would have picked backstroke in the skins. But hey, we'll leave that one for you to
discuss.
Number eight sees another relay team performance enter our top ten,
this time is the Cali Condors and their 4x100 Women's medley relay. The quartet of Americans
sealed an official world record beating a previous time set over five years ago by almost a second
and in turn, allowing them to pick the women's skins race.
That leads nicely to our next race and Lilly King is back again,
this time it's her performance in the final to keep her perfect record in skins racing. She wins
the breaststroke skins in the final and picked up several jackpot points along the way this season.
How can we not put this unreal performance in our top ten? Number six Tom Dean in the
men's 400m freestyle; he executed the perfect race strategy to win in a lifetime best time.
Could he be one of the British stars to look out for in the future? We think so!
We begin our top five with the fastest man on the planet. Caeleb Dressel sets a new world record in
the 100m fly on day one of the ISL finals. His first race of the final couldn't have gone any
better blowing away a stellar field that includes the likes of Tom Shields and Chad Le Clos.
Adam Peaty's 100m breaststroke had to make an appearance in our top 10 races.
A man not known for his short course prowess not only smashes the world record but also does so
with a massive glide to finish the race. It makes you think that there's even more room
for improvement but nevertheless, this was still a mighty impressive win for the London Roar captain.
Dressel's 100m IM only at number three you say? We thought his 100 IM time from the semi-final
was almost unbeatable, but man were we wrong. He beats his previous best time by 0.6 seconds
and almost jackpots the entire field with only him and his teammate picking up points.
You want to see a perfect example of how to race swimming's blue ribbon event? Well look
no further than Duncan Scott's 200m freestyle performance in the 2020 ISL final. Scott takes it
out like a train and holds pace to win in style; setting a new British Record in the process.
And topping our list of best ISL races of 2020 at number one is the women's 100m freestyle in
the ISL final. A race that could have gone to four or five swimmers. With unbelievable
drama from start to finish, the top four swimmers were separated by only 0.06 seconds and was won
by Beryl Gastadello who came back in the last five metres to snatch victory for the LA Current.
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