We’re back with swimming’s TopTenTweets presented by Arena, where we round up the best of the swimming Twitterverse.
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“If this is a dream, do not wake me up”
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https://twitter.com/GraceLindberg3/status/1427307098057097225?s=20
Grace… if you see this, how were the pancakes?!
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Coaching….love so much about it but what makes it special is the people. Quite a few of those I’ve coached for the majority of my career so far have called it a day or moved on in the last 12 months. People who I’ve watched grow into independent, brave, young adults…
(1/3)— Chris Littler (@chrislittler23) August 15, 2021
Read this thread if you’re looking to smile today.
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Two golden smiles from London, Ontario. pic.twitter.com/LN2mzeH0YL
— LONDON Aquatic Club (@LACswimnation) August 14, 2021
A Tale of One City (and 2 gold medals).
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Let the holiday begin… CHEERS 🥂🥳✈️ pic.twitter.com/tX4xzA9vBN
— Tatjana Schoenmaker (@TRSchoenmaker) August 14, 2021
If 2 Olympic medals and a new world record don’t call for celebration… I don’t know what does.
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https://twitter.com/EirianeddMunro/status/1427184476921208833?s=20
Family on Fleek.
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Look what we found at the athletes’ village ❤️💙💚! #Agitos #Paralympics #Tokyo2020 #ParaAthletics @Paralympics @Tokyo2020 pic.twitter.com/biWGPNgRED
— #ParaAthletics (@ParaAthletics) August 16, 2021
Who’s ready?! T-7 Days until Paralympic swimming begins!
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5 years ago was one of the best days of my life! 10 days ago I had the prestige to relive a day like that and make history by winning my second Olympic medal. Time flies when you're having fun. On to more… 15-08-2016 🥇🏊♀️ #olympicchampion #olympics #openwater #swimming pic.twitter.com/IuV2zef7sh
— Sharon v Rouwendaal (@SvRouwendaal) August 15, 2021
(to make it even more impressive… also a semi-finalist in the 200 backstroke this year).
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In not surprising news, turns out Caeleb Dressel's dog is also an elite swimmer 😅
(🎥: caelebdressel/IG)pic.twitter.com/M4cvg1cFUL— CBC Olympics (@CBCOlympics) August 16, 2021
I’ve heard that people begin to look like their dogs but I have NOT heard that dogs begin to swim like their owners.
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https://twitter.com/DannyDeraney/status/1427289354985041921?s=20
How many years until animals at the Olympics?
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Finally I'm #1 in the world at something! *Jumps for joy. Breaks hip.* https://t.co/Cdu4MCzcVE
— Brent Hayden OLY (@thebrenthayden) August 16, 2021
First-ever 40+ swimmer at Paris 2024?!
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The most amazing thing for me the 3:10.8 4×100 free relay from the Canadian men. Such an amazing time, of course it was a fast race but it would’ve medal at most major championships. Kudos to Hayden and the whole team.
With literally NO one ranked in the top 16 or so of the IND 100 free coming into the Olympics. Liendo may have been seeded 12th-ish, good for him, but his world ranking would have been out of the top 16 and perhaps 20. In the splits and swims on that relay they got vintage Hayden, nerve-controlled rookie swim from Liendo, lifetime best split by a lot (and a ‘perfect’ relay takeover) from Kisil, and a solid hang-on effort from Thormeyer…
Tatjana is the queen of breaststroke we don’t deserve
Wow I did not know that Sharon Van Rouwendaal swims a decent 2back, makes me wonder what her practices are like. 4x2k followed by 4x50s pace?
Well, I would say it’s better than average.. she won bronce in Shanghai 2011 with a 2.07 😯
Decent is a bit if an understatement.
She used to train with Philippe Lucas in france, every one of his OW swimmers are entering swimming pool races as well : Lara grangeon 10K / 200 Fly, Aubry 10k/400 free , Olivier 10k/800 free and I even saw him swim butterfly events
Canada’s women have been very much more successful over the years than the men.This extends right down to the club membership which is overwhelmingly female.What better ambassador than Brent Hayden to get on the Swim Canada payroll and spearhead a move to greatly increase the number of male swimmers joining grass roots team,.How would he do this? Thats up to Brent but he’ll get er done.
It’s actually a top down problem. Swim Canada doesn’t support men between the ages of 18-20 unless they are top in the world at that age which is very rare. Its rare to find a Canadian man swimming past 22-23.
I think college swimming in the US is huge for this and one of the major reasons why the US men are so good relative to other strong swimming nations. Buys men 4 -5 more years to develop from elite age groupers to elite open swimmers.
Yep, they have to identify talent and make it financially worth the while of men aged 22+ (university graduates) to stick around through their mid-late 20s.
Javi Acevedo was a stud out of college. He made Fina A cut and now 5 years later, he has gone backwards!
gotta recruit some of those hockey players!
I was thinking the same thing
The Canadian women did have that 4 Olympics with no medals (2000, 2004, 2008, 2012). Not that the men were much better, but had Myden in 2000, Cochrane in 2008-2012 and Hadyen in 2012 on the Olympic podium.
Men also got some World Championships relay medals in the 2005-2007 cycle and Mike Brown got on a worlds podium in that time frame too, in the 200m breastroke.
Some Canadian women with medal threats in that time period included Annamay Pierse (WR holder in 200m breaststroke and worlds silver in 2009) and Brittany Reimer with medals in the distance freestyle at 2005 worlds.
Looking ahead, Liendo-Pratt-Knox-Mastromatteo had some decent results at the 2019 World Juniors on the men’s side… Read more »
Hayden also won gold in the individual 100m freestyle in 2007. Tie with Mangini.