After his heroic/historic relay anchor, I anticipate increased curiosity about Jason Lezak. Here are some interesting tidbits.
Lezak is 32, which before-Dara, was considered quite an advanced age for an elite swimmer. While he joined the Irvine Novaquatics team at …
Looking through the archives of Total Swim, I came across two articles I wrote four years ago, heading into the Athens Olympics that would make interesting re-reading today.
The first is What Makes Michael Phelps So Good – and how …
I’ve written a few times that the best way to pace a 400 IM is to swim negative splits on the last three legs — i.e. to swim the 2nd 50 faster than the 1st 50 in Back, Breast and …
This photo was taken during Torres anchor leg on the US silver medal 4×100 free relay. Several things worth noticing:
1) "Risky" breath, as Emmett Hines calls it. Lower goggle and mouth riskily near the surface.
2) Recovery. …
This great underwater photo of Phelps during the Fly leg of the 400 IM (click on it to enlarge for closer study) shows several noteworthy things that help make Phelps the best butterflyer in the world.
1) Wide landing …
I watched Phelps 400 IM on nbcolympics.com — no TV at home — on Sunday morning. Here’s what I saw:
Fly – His head never nods even slightly. After the breath he simply lets gravity return his head to the …