Is Shymanovich cheating or is he just doing what's within the rules?
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Hey guys. As you may or may not be aware by now, Propulsion Swimming is two years old, so what we
thought we'd do to celebrate is give all of our followers on social media and subscribers here
on youtube a chance to ask us any questions you want. And as you might be able to see,
Dan is finally back in the room with me to answer them together. Yeah, it's been a while,
hasn't it? He's given me the short chair so I look a bit short so sorry about that,
but I'm ready, let's do it! Right got the questions here let's jump straight into them.
Rate Brodie Williams podcast out of ten. Maybe three and a half. No, it was a good
one actually. It was a really good chat, wasn't it? I'm gonna give it like eight or nine. Yeah,
it was interesting to hear about Millfield and basically the background of Brodie. Of course,
that was asked by Kieran Bird. Who is your favourite swimmer British and International?
British... I'm gonna go with Duncan Scott. I've been a fan of him for... ever. And then an
international, I don't... I'll tell you actually Siobhan Haughey has really impressed me,
really impressed me. Yeah obviously brilliant Tokyo, two silvers, breaking the World Record
at the recent short course. Yeah, I'm going with Siobhan Haughey. Brit for me right now Abbie Wood.
I think there are some really exciting things to come from her. She was really unlucky in Tokyo.
And international it's either two Canadians: Summer McIntosh or Kylie Masse. I think Kylie
Masse has done incredibly well and gone under the radar with Kaylee McKeown's exploits. Yeah
but Summer McIntosh really exciting things to come. She is going to go very well in distance
swimming. Definitely! Who has impressed you the most this year? Tom Dean has been very impressive,
really impressive. He's got to go Duncan surely? Yeah well, I said Duncan for the last one you see.
I'm gonna go Tom Dean for this question. Tom Dean's impressed you the most?
Okay, I'll go Duncan Scott. Yeah. Favourite swimming moment of 2021? Oh it's got to be
the Olympics 200 free isn't it, surely? No doubt. I got Kyle Chalmers finally getting
his World Record in the 100 free. Yeah, that was good, that was actually really good as well.
Chalmers went through shoulder surgery again in December, how big a fight will he be giving
to Dressel in the 2022 Worlds in May? They've both been out the water, haven't they? Yeah. Caeleb's
been out for his leg tattoo. I know Chalmers is back in shoulder problems obviously. I just
don't know if he gives Dressel much... they're definitely the top two, definitely. There are
some youngsters coming through which we need to keep an eye on, but I think they're the top
two. I think Dressel's the one to beat. I think the shoulder injury is a shame because Kyle was
flying, he was absolutely flying. You're right, the youngsters Hwang Sunwoo, Matt Sates,
Popovici could all cause a challenge. For Worlds, I think Kolesnikov might be one to look out for.
Yeah definitely. The Americans really don't target Worlds usually, so Dressel might be beatable and
I like Kolesnikov. What I like about the Worlds is that there's not really any pressure compared
to like Olympics. Olympics is the pinnacle but when it gets to the Worlds that's usually where
you see the World Records be hit. That's where Adam hit his for the 100 Breaststroke. So yeah
I think there's a few names to watch out for but they're definitely the top two Kyle and Caeleb.
Last time World Champs were in Fukuoka in 2001 the Aussies topped the medal table
USA finishing second. Since then nine worlds, nine times USA has topped the swimming charts
can the Aussies dethrone them? I'd say the Aussies were near perfect at the Olympics.
The women's side especially absolutely destroyed. The Americans I think it was one of their youngest
Olympic teams I've known for a while. I think they're just going to get stronger
and stronger. I know they don't usually target Worlds. Nah there's too many good names on that
American team to be toppled in the medal table I think. Yeah yeah. I'd like to see GB there,
but I do think America are going to be a bit too strong. How many World Records do you predict to
fall at World Champs? I don't think there'll be many. You just said World Champs is...
That's very true, that is very true but I think a lot of it will be from relays. There are a lot of
World Records in the relays. The 4x200 women, 4x100 free. Brits to get that medley relay?
Oh, I'd love that! That'll be good. Or the 4x200 relay. Yes please. Well we were only just off it
last time and it's gonna be the same team again. One! Yeah there's one. I think there's gonna be
a lot of relays. Three maybe four. So you don't think any individuals? I don't know. Maybe Dressel
in 100 fly. But he hasn't been swimming. I don't think there's gonna be many, three or four. We've
predicted too many at Tokyo so I'm gonna go the other way and say like two. Oh really low? Yeah,
May is early for Worlds. It depends on what they're targeting. Commies are probably the
biggest one this year would you say potentially? Worlds is bigger than Commies, yeah. We'll see.
Is Shymanovich cheating or is he just doing what's within the rules?
Do you want to take this? No, you take it. So far he's not been DQ'd at any event that he's done,
especially the DQ happy FINA World Short Course Champs. If he was gonna go I thought it would be
there. He's got a questionable technique, that's it. I'll leave it there, he's not been DQ'd by an
official yet so as far as I know, it's legal. Yeah it kind of looks like he's doing a body
undulation so it does look like he's doing dolphin from his upper body if you like and he doesn't
kind of turn his feet out properly. It's not a proper Breaststroke kick. I'd say he's trying
to copy the Peaty technique but he hasn't got the hypermobility that Peaty's got in the ankles and
stuff. I think it's the ankle that's the slightly dodgy bit. At Worlds, everyone got DQ'd for
butterfly kicks into the wall, which we saw was allowed through the whole of ISL.
See Shymanovich has been doing that, so has Kamminga. So really they should have been
DQ'd for that. Alia Atkinson, I think, has a pretty nigh on perfect breaststroke and
she got DQ'd which is insane. Which is probably for that reason. Although the official rulings,
I don't think actually got released on why they were DQ'd. But we can only presume it's for that
butterfly leg kick that we saw throughout the whole ISL. Suspicious. Yeah I mean he hasn't
been DQ'd yet so he's obviously doing it within the realms of legality. Essentially we're sitting
on the fence. Yeah, I'm very unsure, to be honest with you, really unsure. It doesn't look right in
the water. If you were to compare his stroke and Peaty's stroke or even Kamminga's stroke,
they're a lot more flat, where he's more undulating. Don't know, we'll find out
I suppose. From my standpoint, he's not been DQ'd so far and I'm not an official,
so I'm not gonna... Yeah, it's difficult yeah it's hard. Covering his back.
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