SwimSwam caught up with Matt Richards, the unexpected world champion in the 200 freestyle in Fukuoka. To be fair, Richards had a sensational season leading up to world champs and looked prime to medal. Richards explains what the X-factors were throughout his season, from switching clubs to race strategy, that all lined up when it mattered most.
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Still maintain more athletes should leave Bath
For those who down voted, here ‘some’ not all, who have succumbed to the McNulty curse(of late)-
Freya Anderson
Brodie Williams
Holly Hibbot
Edward Mildred
Mathew Richards
Emily Large
oof, bath seems to be in a similar situation to the stanford women’s team rn 😬
What is the McNulty curse?
Why do you say that? What do you mean?
Don’t think it’s necessarily ‘leave Bath’ it’s more about utilising the options in the UK for all swimmers… constant pressure of being told they have to go to funded centres, it’s not always the right fit for them. Need to support our athletes to make the right choices for them, not just what UK Sport/British Swimming need for their stats
Listening to him talk about longevity and swimming into his late 20s, it would be interesting to hear his take on whether living rurally with the deliberate purpose of “eat, sleep, swim, repeat” is something he and Emily could or want to sustain for multiple quads, particularly in light of what we’ve seen with Dressel, Milak and Peaty recently.
Regarding Dressel, maintaining a homestead farm seems like a healthy and productive distraction from swimming. Can’t be thinking about swimming 24/7.
Zach Apple’s father
What does this mean?