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At the 2024 Doha World Champs, Claire Curzan became just the 3rd athlete (Qin Haiyang and Kaylee McKeown) to sweep all 3 individual events of one stroke at a LCM world championships.
Curzan shares her thoughts on the meet and gives insights into how she’s been training at her new home in Charlottesville. The soon-to-be sophomore said she’s been doing more aerobic free to build a base for her 200 back and a lot of underwater work, which serves her well in finishing her LCM races.
- 0:00 Claire Curzan Introduction
- 1:38 Managing 4 Individual Events
- 5:55 Sweeping the Backstroke Events
- 8:33 Underwater Training
- 12:38 Takeaways from Doha
- 14:55 Training at UVA
- 19:50 Sprint Olympics (Claire 50 Breast)
- 22:22 Olympic Trials Schedule
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Meh the big three weren’t there KM2 and RS
Coleman, you give the best interviews but what’s up with the question about underwaters?
Watch the Aussies start training in “bathtubs” as they try to catch up to US swimmers.
Any chance we get a “practice n pancake” special with the UVA women as they prepare for trials?
I don’t know if she has the chops to take down Regan but she will bring the heat to Phoebe and Ryan in backstrokes.
I would say that the person who is capable of going down to 2.04 will pass next to Regan
I honestly think Bacon is slowly fading out of the conversation. In SC shes been fine but in long course shes definitely regressed (the smallest amount). I would love to see her make another team because her energy is fantastic but she’s gonna have to work for it. I think CC and Berkoff are the 100 2nd place favorites, and CC and Rhyan for 2 back runners up.
MA reading this like “Aerobic? Dad what does that word mean?”
Underwater training in the lost city of Atlantis also helped me flourish
UVA loves fooling everyone (australians) and making it seem like their girls are only good at UWs and short course and then throwing down great LC times too 😉
I think most of the Australian women are most concerned with their training partners and making the Aussie team.
Huh?
Gretchen Walsh in 2023 Fukuoka.
Jesus Christ yall love to bring up her Fukuoka meet as if she didn’t throw down a 56 low 100 fly and 53 low 100 free and 50 fly American record a few weeks prior. She had one bad meet. Let the girl live and get a new obsession
that’s not very #sprintrevolution of her
(closing speed will always trump going out fast unless ur Dressel)
Dressel doesn’t even go out that fast in the 100s when you consider his 50 times. If I remember he flat out goes out slow in 200s when considering his 50 and 100 times.
Don’t let Awsi see this!!
I saw it and laughed
The irony is that Curzan herself had the best related quote. When the interviewer at world championships asked her if the strategy all week was too take it out fast, Curzan agreed and said (paraphrased), “It’s all about the math. You have to take it out fast to swim fast.”
Awsi again having a go at people who bring it home fast and win GOLD. “I wish they’d stop doing that!”
indeed it is all about the math, but the splits don’t fit your narrative:
100 back
curzan
28.25
30.04
mckeown (wr)
28.15
29.18
mckeown (fukuoka)
28.03
29.50
200 back
curzan
29.58
31.28 (1:00.86)
32.10
32.81
mckeown (wr)
29.34
31.39 (1:00.73)
31.11
31.31
mckeown (fukuoka)
29.11
31.70 (1:00.81)
31.52
31.52
curzan’s 100 splits are all slower than mckeown’s. in the 200, only curzan’s second 50s are faster. but the cumalitive 100 splits are slower, so at no point in either event did she take the lead
To be fair to Awsi, he usually acknowledges McKeown’s greatness specifically.
His underhanded comments in relation to Australian swimmers are most often directed at Chalmers, MOC and Titmus.
I would just like to add that we could argue about Chalmers and Titmus all day, but there has never been a 200 free WR in modern swimming – male or female – that wasn’t heavily backhalved.