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Agreed, the no arms is just meh

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Glad you enjoy it! Thanks for the kind words!

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That would be great to see more times in this range, hope so!

Thanks for summarizing!

Agreed!

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We asked him, thought he could relate in certain ways

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He is a very poised young man, no doubt!

So true. His maturity and mental fortitude are already solidly in place, especially being able to shut out the intense scrutiny and firestorm and not letting it getting into his head. He has great leadership in rallying his teammates or redirecting their mindset, as he assured Xu to just let their swimming do the talking or he redirected them wallowing about underperforming (as Sun was disconsolate in losing the relay lead) - "the game is over, the championship is ours, it's someone else who is not satisfied, not us!" [edited from earlier posting, which I found a Google translation of a poster's citing the quote in Chinese, but I didn't find the actual video interview with English subtitles yet] As others have commented, he has Sun Tzu's "Art of War" mentality down pat. Don't try messing with him in mind games cause he'll just flip the attack into a jujitsu move. Not many elite athletes can rise to the occasion even with untainted pressure, particularly the weight of such a huge country as China (where the fan culture can be fierce as illustrated in the match in the women's table tennis). Midori Ito was a powerhouse figure skater, landing the first triple axel for a woman. And she was expected to win the Olympics, but fell short, where she apologized to her country for "failing." Where Pan might suffer is the fans stalking and demanding for selfies and autographs, which he has revealed fame is making him miserable. I think he considers himself an introvert and he prefers a low-key life, staying low profile. He had even shut down his official fan site. I hope the public will respect his personal space. It's good that Pan and Chalmers have become friendly at least, if not friends. Chalmers is in that transition of a new era, which Pan and Povici are ushering in from a different legacy.

Found the post-relay interview. Here's the full quote (though I have found English translations of the subtitles tricky, as there are a lot of variances in translating Chinese idioms to English): "(Qin) said he's not satisfied with his performance today. The match is over and we are the champions. It should be others to be dissatisfied, not us" ruclips.net/video/w0Rj_AyNPJo/видео.html

Yep, pretty impressive, but be careful if you try, no shallow water blackouts!

Great insights and so true all amazing athletes, can't downplay any of them and all great! Wonder what Pan can kick with a board...

Very true! What do you think Cam could go paper suit, two foot start, no underwaters?

@@SocialKickSwim conservatively a half second I would imagine, maybe a tad more or less. Of course between now and then, stroke mechanics have evolved as well. Either way, Cam would unquestionably still be an elite sprinter.

There is a case for Dressel as the best overall sprinter but when it comes to the 50m free it is Popov without a doubt

True, amazing! What do you think Cam could go with those elements (we can remove the stabbing :)

Happy to do it with him, Caeleb is always welcome for a social kick!

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Hey mate - only time I had some doubles was in taper where I’d suit up for some comp replicated swims in the morning and night. But for 99% of the year I’d do no doubles swimming. For like 25% of the year I’d do gym and swim doubles where swim is a 20/30 min technique swim. The rest of the year I’m in the water 3 times per week.

Thanks for the response Cam, great insight!

There you go, answer from the man himself!

@@arturo3803thanks bro! What I have done during the “75%” part is swim/gym/swim/gym/swim/gym Monday - Saturday. What the swim consists of changes throughout the year and trends from more resistance at the start to more bodyweight sprinting at the end. Yes I train speed endurance but there are many ways to increase speed endurance! One way is the obvious sprint at distances close to race distance. But another way for example is to increase maximum top speed, maximum strength or strength endurance within the stroke.

Our pleasure! Great question and insight from Cam!

Yea it would! We did speak with them before: - Flo episdoe 163 - Leon and Grant episode 126 from Jan 2023 Agree, it'd be great to have them again!

Yea, would love it ... reached out on IG but no response, need to find someone connected with him, have the hook up?

@@SocialKickSwim Maybe when his publicity rounds are over in China and he can catch his breath from all the media storm. He can speak English, so he likely would welcome a professional interview with the West, especially from folks who didn't ride that "NY Times" wave (if you catch my drift). I don't think I've seen any of his Chinese interviews were strictly technical, though he spoke about his training and swimming experiences with a well-established Chinese media personality (which was a great interview and he was so relaxed he would be doing stretches lol). Here's a thought: Piggyback off Chalmers. Have him be your wingman, so to speak! Use your connections!!

​@@SocialKickSwimI don't think you will get it any time soon until after he retires haha because he's already disbanded his fan base, he didn't wanna get too distracted by fame and attention so he's disbanded the fan group in China and no Chinese fan can now get hold of him and he's only ever accepted interviews with the national tv programs so I get the feeling that he doesn't do interviews unless he absolutely has to. He's not appeared in any personal Chinese swimming vlogs, videos etc. and he has never worked with one single influencer despite his fame😂 some Chinese athletes do make some more casual videos or work with influencers but it seems like he likes to keep a low key.

@@chinolatino5998 He seems very shy and private. He often hides his face with his hands or duck behind his teammate within sight of paparazzo or even with fans camera-stalking him. He just might be the walk the walk over talk the talk guy. Even with the Chinese interviews with general media hosts/interviewer, he provides insightful perspectives of his swimming and training.

I am sure Chinese athletes can’t accept foreign interview freely 😂because they are all owned by government 😅

thanks! Yea, might be a few months for Flo!

Of course, hope you liked!

Very true!

A great combination of tough competitor, but great guy.

Very true, thank you!

He is! 😂

Yea, great guy and great mindset, true pleasure!

Great point!

....guess we'll never know...

The pool was too shallow

Thanks for the suggestion, we are working on it .... :)

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Agreed, Bob certainly has played an integral part!

@@SocialKickSwimIntegral ? Integral means a 100% part, that’s untrue like Léon is saying !

@@danielpierre3161 "Integral" does not mean 100%. An integral part is something that is essential or necessary to a whole. For example, someone is an integral part of a team if the team would not function without them. See dictionary. So Bob Bowman and mindfulness exercises are both integral to Leon's success along with other things.

Yea, even Bowman thinks so!

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Glad you liked it and letting us know!

Hmm, thoughts on Notre Dame, perhaps we can give them on a future show, hard to get into it all here, as we have lots of thoughts! Thanks for the info on volume/mics, we can work on that!

Thanks for sharing and glad you liked it, much more funny than he leads on!

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Yea....probably the pool depth, excessive energy in the arena, first event of meet for Marchand, if I were to guess - John