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Swimming’s TopTenTweets: The Most Meters Swum At 2023 Worlds

Braden Keith
by Braden Keith 9

August 16th, 2023 News

We’re back for another edition of Swimming’s TopTenTweets (and other social media posts) of the week! We’re beginning to look towards the NCAA season, but there’s still some good content out from Worlds and the many other meets that happened last month. Let’s get into it.

10. Battle at the Burr II

Tickets are on sale for Battle at the Burr round 2, which means that college swimming is almost back. 

9. ICYMI, There’s A Swimmer on Big Brother This Season

Swim news dropping in the middle of an episode of Big Brother IS growing the sport, actually. 

8. TYR Pro Series Data Dump

Another week, another data dump here on TopTenTweets

7. Team Goggles

We love this reel from the Swimming Canada Worlds’ contingent. 

6. Most Meters in Fukuoka

We added up who swam the most in the pool, but Kristof Rasovszky was on a different level.  

5. GOATs

And while we’re at it, Katie Ledecky should be on there too.

4. Happy Crystal Anniversary

The best angle of the iconic relay, 15 years later. 

3. Off To College

Bella Sims says ‘thank’ you to her Sandpiper teammates as she heads to Florida but as Claire Weinstein commented, they’re “still the lethal trio just from 2,000 miles away.”

2. Destiny Arrives

I wouldn’t go so far as to call the new conference realignments “perfectly balanced,” though. 

https://twitter.com/heldilox/status/1688977873644953600

1. Swimming Laps

This gets the #1 spot because it’s the most relaxing thing I’ve seen all week. 

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RealSlimThomas
1 year ago

The list is so subjective. I think Michael Phelps and Tiger Woods should have a home up there. Likely in place of Ruth and Brady.

ESPN analysts said recently that Mahomes could pass Brady as the football GOAT in the next few years, so it feels hypocritical to have Brady on their top-5 all-time list. If he can be eclipsed within a decade of retirement, then he isn’t deserving of a spot on this list in my opinion.

Popovici 1:39.99
1 year ago

MP not on the top 5 greatest athletes list is criminal.

2Fat4Speed
Reply to  Popovici 1:39.99
1 year ago

Who do you take off that list to put him on?

woods
Reply to  2Fat4Speed
1 year ago

Babe Ruth 100%. Babe Ruth basically only had only had to compete against white Americans. He was great for his time period but not the same as what is required to be a GOAT today.

SHRKB8
Reply to  woods
1 year ago

I had to google who the hell Babe Ruth even was or is. I have heard of the other 4 Americans on this list so I am guessing this is just from American athletes. I am sure it would be very contentious to make a list like this from athletes worldwide and non sport specific.

Zazzerrrriiiii
Reply to  SHRKB8
1 year ago

if you had to google Babe Ruth please revoke your passport😭

SHRKB8
Reply to  Zazzerrrriiiii
1 year ago

Probably the equivalent to this list including Leigh Matthews. Outside of an Australian, you probably get people asking “who??” but in AFL circles down under, there would be a lot of support for his inclusion in a list of this nature.

Point is, there is a tonne of GOAT players/athletes from very different sports that could equally be argued for inclusion on a list of this nature, and not all of them would be household names outside of the country predominantly where that sport is big. Baseball not really a “world game”, many people not from USA or Japan probably going to have to google Babe Ruth to understand his inclusion.

Dan
Reply to  SHRKB8
1 year ago

When you have a US sports show mainly shown in the US, I would say that the chance that a non-US athlete would make it is slow to none.

Kelsey
Reply to  2Fat4Speed
1 year ago

Serena Williams doesn’t even have the most grand slams by a woman. Don’t get me wrong great tennis player but Phelps should be on there instead of her.

About Braden Keith

Braden Keith

Braden Keith is the Editor-in-Chief and a co-founder/co-owner of SwimSwam.com. He first got his feet wet by building The Swimmers' Circle beginning in January 2010, and now comes to SwimSwam to use that experience and help build a new leader in the sport of swimming. Aside from his life on the InterWet, …

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