{"id":150670,"date":"2015-08-17T12:10:28","date_gmt":"2015-08-17T19:10:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/?p=150670"},"modified":"2015-08-17T12:10:28","modified_gmt":"2015-08-17T19:10:28","slug":"frank-busch-optimistic-about-usa-swimmings-prospects-in-2016","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/frank-busch-optimistic-about-usa-swimmings-prospects-in-2016\/","title":{"rendered":"Frank Busch Optimistic About USA Swimming\u2019s Prospects In 2016"},"content":{"rendered":"

In this episode of the Morning Swim Show, Frank Busch<\/strong>, National Team Director for USA Swimming, talks the FINA world championships and its subpar showing. Busch remained optimistic about the future, particularly the outlook for next year\u2019s Olympic Games.<\/p>\n

In an exclusive interview with Swimming World\u2019s Jeff Commings<\/strong> at the world championships, Busch was quick to highlight the positive aspects of the team performance, including the ability to overcome various setbacks they endured throughout the past year.<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019m very happy with the performances,\u201d Bush said.<\/p>\n

Busch also spoke about picking the world championship team a year early, saying it\u2019s a part of the plan for the Olympic cycle that allows \u201cathletes a chance all the way through\u201d for a year.<\/p>\n

\u201cWhen you pick a team a year out, it can put all sorts of obstacles in the way,\u201d Busch said. \u201cThere\u2019s always going to be some challenges. The flip side of that is if you look at the number of first-timers and how they\u2019re performing here, that\u2019s what kind of laying down the gauntlet right now.\u201d<\/p>\n

Looking ahead to next year\u2019s Olympic Trials and Olympic Games, Busch said the Americans are bound to continue their legacy of success.<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019m not really worried about where we are and what we\u2019re doing,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

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