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#189: How To Train And Race Distance Freestyle with Olympian Kiah Melverton
#189: How To Train And Race Distance Freestyle with Olympian Kiah Melverton
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Length:
32 minutes
Released:
Aug 9, 2021
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Podcast episode
Description
My guest today is Kiah Melverton who has just returned from Tokyo. She recently placed 6th in the 800m and the 1500m Freestyle. Join us as she talks about her experience during the trial, leading up to the Olympics and the Olympics. 1:33 Racing With No Crowd 4:31 Leading To Trials 5:40 5 Weeks Between Trials And Olympics 6:59 Is It Harder To Hit PBs in the Olympics? 7:50 First Race 9:02 Making The Finals 9:57 Fake Crowd Noises? 10:41 Sleeping At Night Before The Finals 11:40 Olympics Being Postponed For A Year 12:28 The Australian Team 15:55 Leadership Group 17:16 Watching It Live 19:32 Typical Week Of Training 21:30 Being A Distance Swimmer 24:54 Technique And Drills 28:24 Tension Is The Enemy Of Fast Swimming
Released:
Aug 9, 2021
Format:
Podcast episode
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