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The SwimSwam Podcast
In the SwimSwam Podcast dive deeper into the sport you love with insider conversations about swimming. Hosted by Coleman Hodges and Gold Medal Mel Stewart, SwimSwam welcomes both the biggest names in swimming that you already know, and rising stars that you need to get to know, as we break down the past, present, and future of aquatic sports.
Episodes
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Coffee Talk with Zac Stubblety-Cook on Experience at 2024 Paris Olympics
After breaking his neck 6 months before the competition and then contracting COVID during the competition, Zac Stubblety-Cook still walked away from the Paris…
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3rd Times the Charm for Paralympic Champion Tim Hodge as He Leaves Paris with Gold
At the tender age of 15, Australia's Tim Hodge participated in his first Paralympic Games in Rio. 5 years later in Tokyo, he was chasing gold and came close…
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How Claire Weinstein Won Double Gold at the Jr OW World Champs 4 Weeks After Silver in Paris
Claire Weinstein had a whirlwind summer that saw her win medals at both the Olympic Games and Jr Open Water World Championships. The new high school graduate…
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Olympic Champion Maggie MacNeil Reflects on Her EPIC Swimming Career
In the span of 2 years (2021-2023), Maggie MacNeil won essentially every major title in swimming that she could: Olympic Champion, World Champion (LCM and…
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World Cup, College Swimming, & WADA Fumble | SWIMSWAM BREAKDOWN
This week on the SwimSwam Breakdown, we discuss the upcoming Shanghai World Cup, the NCAA landscape, and WADA losing over 2,000 drug tests.
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Josh Liendo Carrying Momentum from Paris Podium into 2025 NCAA Season
After coming off of a sensational NCAA season, Josh Liendo kept his momentum rolling in Paris, walking away with a silver medal in the 100 fly. The Canadian…
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Lani Pallister Shares Detailed Account of Getting COVID and Winning Gold in Paris
On the eve of the 2024 Australian Short Course Nationals, Olympic champion Lani Pallister was kind enough to sit down with SwimSwam and discuss her last 8…
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Todd DeSorbo Reflects on Time as US Olympic Head Coach, Preview 2025 Virginia NCAA Season
Todd DeSorbo is fresh off serving as Team USA's head women's coach for swimming at the 2024 Olympic Games in Paris. The UVA head coach reflects on training…
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How Sprint Star Florent Manaudou Medaled in the 50 Free at 4 Different Olympic Games
Florent Manaudou has medaled in the last 4 Olympic 50 Freestyles, winning gold in 2012, silver in 2016 and 2020, and now bronze at his home Olympics in Paris…
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How Mollie O'Callaghan Transitioned from Sprint Backstroker to 200 Free Olympic Champion
After only swimming in relay prelims at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics, Mollie O'Callaghan has been on an absolute warpath on the international swim stage since…
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Katharine Berkoff on Bronze in Paris, Backstroke Starts, and Getting Olympic Rings Tattoo with Dad
Katharine Berkoff secured her spot in Olympic history by contributing to a USA 2-3 finish in the women's 100 back, earning a bronze medal with her third-place…
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Carson Foster Loving New-Look Bowman Texas Training Group Coming Off Olympic Success in Paris
Carson Foster finished his summer as a first-time Olympian and a 2x Olympic medalist. Returning to Austin this fall, Foster is going through a ton of change…
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Torri Huske on Winning Gold, Relay Starts, and The Public Under-appreciating Silver/Bronze
Torri Huske finished 4th in the 100 fly at the 2020 Olympic Games in Tokyo. A year later, she won the world title in the same event. At the next year's world…
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Lydia Jacoby Looking Forward to Opportunities Presented by Going Pro, Focusing on LCM
Olympic champion Lydia Jacoby recently announced her decision to forego her remaining 2 years of NCAA eligibility and transition to being a professional…
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How Sweden's Antonio Lutula Helped Guide Sarah Sjostrom to 50/100 Free Gold in Paris
Antonio Lutula has been the head coach at the Swedish National Centre in Stockholm since January 2022 and has already accomplished what many coaches wait a…
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Despite Surprise Bowman Departure, 2x Bronze Medalist Ilya Kharun is Thriving at Arizona State
Fresh off of leading Arizona State to its first NCAA team title in program history, Bob Bowman announced he would be leaving to head up the swim and dive…
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Hunter Armstrong Describes Overcoming Losing Loved Ones & Depression to Win Gold in Paris
Hunter Armstrong was one of the more surprising narratives from Team USA at the 2024 Olympic Games. While the former world record holder in the 50 back…
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Ben Proud Breaks Down Intricacies of Sprinting, Winning Olympic Silver in the 50 Free
Ben Proud had won every accolade out there in the 50m free: LCM World title, SCM world title, Commonwealth champion, European champion. But in Paris, he…
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Hubi Kos Explains How Training with Bob Bowman Made the Olympics Easy
In just 12 months, Hubi Kos became a world champion, NCAA champion, European champion, and finally Olympic champion, taking gold in Paris in the men's 200…
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The Bachelorette's Thomas Nguyen Discusses Discusses Experience with Reality TV, Pro Swimming
Thomas Nguyen is best known now for being a contestant on the 21st season of The Bachelorette. But before that, he was an NCAA DII All-American for Florida…
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Siobhan Haughey on Being a Hong Kong Icon, Partnership with Chanel, & Uncertain Future in Swim
Hong Kong's Siobhan Haughey showed out in Paris, winning bronze medals in the 100 and 200 freestyles, both of which were the fastest fields in history. That…
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A Constraints-Led Approach to Swimming with Andrew Sheaff
"It’s extremely challenging to help swimmers develop skills that win races. It’s overwhelming trying to teach skills to each and every athlete, particularly…
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10x Olympic Medalist Caeleb Dressel Unpacks His Paris Olympic Games
10-time Olympic swimming medalist Caeleb Dressel is happy to be back on his Florida farm after the 2024 Paris Olympic Games. His results were mixed. He knows…
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Sprint Queen Sarah Sjostrom Breaks Down 50/100 Free OLYMPIC SWEEP
Sarah Sjostrom dreamt of winning Olympic gold in the 100 free. Literally. She had a dream about herself winning a gold medal in the 100 free. Then did it…
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Kate Douglass Reminisces on First Olympic Gold Medal, Looks Forward to SCM Racing in Fall
Heading into 2024, Kate Douglass had pretty much everything one could have on a swimming resume: NCAA champion, American record holder, and world champion. In…
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Olympic Champion Regan Smith Opens Up About Mindset Shift That Saved Her Swimming Career
Heading into the 2024, Regan Smith had been one Olympics, won 3 medals there, won 9 world championship medals, won an NCAA title, and set 3 world records. But…
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4x Olympic Swimming Medalist Gretchen Walsh Unpacks Her First Olympic Games Experience In Paris
Gretchen Walsh barely missed making the 2020 U.S. Olympic Team in Tokyo, but she made up for it at the 2024 Paris Olympic Games, winning four medals. Gretchen…
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SwimSwam Talks to "The Muffin Man" of Paris: Norway's Henrik Christiansen
Norwegian swimmer Henrik Christiansen came into his 3rd Olympic Games looking for memories in the pool but left with much, much more. After going viral during…
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Kaylee McKeown Gives Candid Look into 5-Medal Paris Performance, Struggles with Confidence
At the 2024 Paris Olympic Games, Kaylee McKeown became the first woman to ever win back-to-back Olympic titles in both the 100 and 200 backstroke. She also…
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Rebel with a Cause: How Cam McEvoy Rejected Traditional Swim Training and Won Olympic Gold
After his 3rd Olympics in 2021, Cam McEvoy was burnt out with swimming and retired, thinking that was it for his swimming career. After 2 years of studying…
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5x Olympic Champion Ryan Murphy Unpacks His Experience in Paris
9-time Olympic medalist Ryan Murphy unpacks the 2024 Paris Olympic Games. Murphy takes us inside the Olympic Trials to the Olympic Games process, sharing…
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How Bob Bowman Guided Leon Marchand to 4 GOLD MEDALS at the Paris Olympics
French Swimmer Leon Marchand won 4 Gold Medals at the Paris Olympics, going a perfect 4-for-4 in his individual events. Marchand was coached by Bob Bowman…
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10k Silver Medalist Moesha Johnson on Going Viral in TikTok, Swimming in Seine River
After missing Olympic qualification for Tokyo in the pool, Moesha Johnson decided to dip her toes into open water racing. In 2 short years she became a world…
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What's it Like Being a Photographer at the Olympics?
SwimSwam photographer extraordinaire Jack Spitser has documented swimming at the highest level for years and is just coming off of his biggest competition yet…
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Notre Dame Men's Swimming Team Suspended 1 Year for GAMBLING
The Notre Dame men’s swimming program has been suspended for a minimum of one academic year after an investigation into potential gambling. The men’s swimming…
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Olympic Champion Dan Wiffen Breaks Down Epic Win in 800 Free
At the Paris 2024 Olympic Games, Dan Wiffen became the first Irish swimmer to win a gold medal in swimming since 1996. After winning double distance gold at…
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Olympic Champion, World Record Holder Bobby Finke Wants More Distance Swimming Events
Bobby Finke walked away from the Paris Olympic Games as the back-to-back champion in the 1500 free, the world record holder in the same event, and USA's only…
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Alex Shackell on Winning Olympic Gold in Paris 1 Week Before Starting Senior Year of High School
17-year-old Alex Shackell just finished what has been, in her words, the best month of her life. This whirlwind started when she made the US Olympic team…
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9x Olympic Medalist Kyle Chalmers Debriefs Paris Olympic Games, Looking Toward LA28
Kyle Chalmers is an Olympic champion and after Paris, a 9x Olympic medalist, winning two silvers and a bronze at these most recent games. The Australian…
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2024 Olympic Review - Women's Edition | SWIMSWAM BREAKDOWN
The 2024 Olympic Games are officially over (in the pool) so let's talk about it. We dissect the best of's from the women's swimming competition in Paris.
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2024 Olympic Review - Men's Edition | SWIMSWAM BREAKDOWN
The 2024 Olympic Games are officially over (in the pool) so let's talk about it. We dissect the best of's from the men's swimming competition in Paris.
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2024 Olympic Games - Day 9 Finals Watch Party LIVE
Listen to the Olympics with SwimSwam! Join us for the last day of swimming competition in Paris as we react live to the women's 50 free, men's 1500 free, and…
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2024 Olympic Games - Day 8 Finals Watch Party LIVE
Listen to the Olympics with SwimSwam! Day 8 gave us a lot of great races and ended in a world record. Coleman Hodges and Gold Medal Mel Stewart react live and…
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2024 Olympic Games - Day 7 Finals Watch Party LIVE
Listen to the Olympics with SwimSwam! Day 7 saw 3 exciting races and even more guests on today's broadcast. Dive with Olympic champions Maya DiRado, Matt…
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2024 Olympic Games - Day 6 Finals Watch Party LIVE
Listen to the Olympics with SwimSwam! We talk through every race in Day 6 of the 2024 Paris Olympic Games. Join hosts Coleman Hodges and Mel Stewart along with…
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2024 Olympic Games - Day 5 Finals Watch Party LIVE
Listen in as SwimSwam reacts live to Leon's big double of the 200 Fly/200 Breast plus the men's and women's 100 freestyle. Mel and Coleman are joined today by…
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2024 Olympic Games - Day 4 Finals Watch Party LIVE
Listen along with SwimSwam as we talk through Kaylee Mckeown vs Regan Smith in the women's 100 back, Bobby Finke trying to defend Olympic gold in the 800 Free…
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2024 Olympic Games - Day 3 Finals (David Popovici 200 Free, Titmus + O'Callaghan Battle
Listen along as SwimSwam (plus special guests) watch Day 3 of Olympic Swimming, featuring David Popovici in the Men's 200 Free and World record holder Ariarne…
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2024 Olympic Games - Day 2 Finals Watch Party LIVE
SwimSwam CEO Mel Stewart and Video Guru Coleman Hodges watch Day 2 finals of the 2024 Olympic Games in Paris along with Olympic champion Breeja Larson.
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2024 Olympic Games - Day 1 Finals Watch Party LIVE
Listen to SwimSwam CEO Mel Stewart and Video Guru Coleman Hodges along with Olympic legends Jason Lezak and Kelsi Dahlia as they watch Day 1 finals of the 2024…
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2024 SwimSwam Event-By-Event Olympic Preview: Day 7-9
Welcome to the complete, no-holds-barred SwimSwam event-by-event Olympic preview. Join Coleman, Sophie, and Laura as we go through the entire Olympic schedule…
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2024 SwimSwam Event-By-Event Olympic Preview: Day 4-6
Welcome to the complete, no-holds-barred SwimSwam event-by-event Olympic preview. Join Coleman, Yanyan, Sophie, and Laura as we go through the entire Olympic…
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2024 SwimSwam Event-By-Event Olympic Preview: Day 1-3
Welcome to the complete, no-holds-barred SwimSwam event-by-event Olympic preview. Join Coleman, Yanyan, Sophie, and Laura as we go through the entire Olympic…
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Developing Olympians: Mike Parratto on Coaching Regan Smith
Coming into July 2024, Regan Smith was a world record-holder, 2x Olympian, and favored to medal in all 3 of her individual events in Paris. So SwimSwam sat…
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2020 Olympic Medalist Bella Sims Unpacks What Happened At The 2024 U.S. Olympic Trials
2020 Olympic medalist, Bella Sims, experienced something all swimmers do, a challenging meet. Hers was, of course, a consequential one--the 2024 U.S. Olympic…
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Paralympic Medalist Ahalya Lettenberger Sets Her Sights On Paris And Beyond
2020 Tokyo Paralympic silver medalist and Speedo Athlete, Ahalya Lettenberger, heads to Paris to compete at the 2024 Paralympics in the 400m freestyle and the…
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Head Coach Rohan Taylor on Aussie Relay Lineups: "I'm the final sign off"
Rohan Taylor, head coach for the Australian Olympic team, spoke with the media during the final leg of the AUS staging camp in Chartres. Taylor spoke on…
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Ariarne Titmus on Racing Ledecky in 800 Free: "I'm gonna put my best foot forward"
At Olympic training camp in France, Ariarne Titmus spoke with the media about a myriad of topics heading into the Paris Games. Titmus is coming to Paris as the…
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Cam McEvoy Previews Paris: "Hitting some PBs... Swimming as fast as I ever have in training"
Cam McEvoy spoke to the press in France during the last leg of the Australian Olympic prep camp. McEvoy notably skipped the first leg of the camp to stay home…
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Developing Olympians: Sergio Lopez on Coaching Ryan Murphy & Caeleb Dressel
Sergio Lopez has built up programs everywhere he's been a head coach. Currently, he's the head coach at Virginia Tech, but he also won a conference title while…