USA Swimming’s World Champs Team Arrives In Croatia For Crucial Prep

USA Swimming team in Croatia
Photo Courtesy: David Marsh/Twitter

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Forty-seven of America’s best pool swimmers have arrived in Croatia for a 10-day training camp before the FINA world championships. This is the first time the entire team has been in one place since last summer’s nationals, where many of the swimmers were picked based on their performances.

Almost all of the top countries hold training camps before the big international meet. It allows athletes to come together as a group long before the competition, adjust to a new time zone and mesh with the coaching staff.

In these 10 days, Team USA’s captains will be picked. USA Swimming Women’s head coach Dave Salo and men’s head coach Dave Durden will speak with their respective teams about the goals at the training camp and at the world championships in Kazan, Russia, starting August 2. Tapers will begin, if they hadn’t already started. New friendships will be forged, while long-standing ones will be renewed.

USA Swimming Relay members will practice takeovers, while others will get crucial technique refinement from the coaching staff. And best of all, athletes will receive duffel bags full of new clothing, swimsuits, goggles, caps and other gear that comes with being a part of a major international traveling squad.

Team USA has been active on social media as they bond and put in some training time:

Last bit of time to get the details right at training camp before World’s @ryanlochte @swimmacelite

A photo posted by Tyler Clary (@tylerclary) on

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Nancy Solis
8 years ago

Beyond excited!

Aleksandr Sigalus
8 years ago

Awesome place Opatija, Croatia! Went there last summer!

Susan Saunders
8 years ago

What a beautiful looking team!

Guillermo Blanco Benedicto

Jan Karel Petrič

Trish Spaeth
8 years ago

Awesome kids!!!!!

Christol Cher
8 years ago

Awesome team, looking good of course especially Tyler love ya Cuz…. love Christol n Austin ❤❤

Holly Ruscin
8 years ago

So cool!!!!

Jeff Wilmot
8 years ago

THATS GREAT

Jeff Wilmot
8 years ago

THATS GREAT

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