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By Cody Evans, Swimming World College Intern<\/em><\/p>\n

Over a month ago at Canadian Olympic Trials<\/a>, we saw many great races. If you didn\u2019t notice, these exceptionally fast times were swum primarily by swimmers under the age of 25. When we look at athletes swimming for Canada this summer in Rio, we see that the average age of the Olympic team is a youthful 21.<\/p>\n

TWENTY-ONE! This means the vast majority of these swimmers are still in their college years. On the team there are only five men and women who are 25 or older; Ryan Cochrane<\/strong> being the only male in that group of \u201colder\u201d swimmers. By the looks of things, this is one of the youngest teams Canada has ever brought to the Olympics.<\/p>\n

We especially see it on the men\u2019s side, where the ages of the small group of seven men going are 18, 18, 20, 21, 22, 23 and 27. John Atkinson<\/strong>, Director of High Performance at Swimming Canada, explains how swimming \u201cgoes through cycles,\u201d indicating that there may be an older team, like in London, but then many athletes retire and for the next games, Rio, the team is now younger.<\/p>\n

The only veteran to the men\u2019s team is Cochrane, who has been to the past two Olympics and is one of the most experienced on the team. Experience at an international level is key, particularly in a sport like swimming.<\/p>\n

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Photo Courtesy: Erich Schlegel\/USA Today Sports Images<\/p><\/div>\n

Why is this? Why is the vast majority of Team Canada for this summer\u2019s Olympic Games no older than 25?<\/p>\n

I thought it might be\u00a0due to the sport’s funding, but it’s not so easy to pinpoint. Atkinson explained that Swim Canada takes a targeted approach in the way they use their funding. They try to use it in the best way possible, of course, in hopes of helping produce results at international level competitions.<\/p>\n

The thing Swimming Canada is interested in is if the athlete is improving or not. It\u2019s hard for Swimming Canada to designate money and also the athlete to continue swimming when they\u2019re not improving. Atkinson reassures these thoughts, stating that \u201conce an athlete has stopped improving for a number of years and perhaps they are not making headway in the world rankings and not breaking into the top 16 in the world, it becomes more challenging for them to continue.\u201d This may be the main reason for why we see younger groups of swimmers this summer, possibly due to the lack of improvement from the older swimmers, resulting in their retirement.<\/p>\n

Swimming Canada works very hard to keep swimmers improving. This improvement drives a swimmer to work hard and perform well. Sometimes though, that improvement just doesn\u2019t happen. Swimming Canada tries to keep swimmers in the sport for as long as possible, but in the end, retirement is a personal decision. The past four years have seen many Canadian swimmers hang up the goggles, but we continue to witness growing depth in the sport. Some of the first place times at World Championship Trials in 2013 would have been eighth at Canada’s Olympic Trials.<\/p>\n

From this we can now see and understand better as to why the senior national teams are filled with younger swimmers. Not necessarily due to a lack of funding or because the athlete is too old but because as Atkinson addresses \u201cit\u2019s not about being young, it\u2019s about improvement.\u201d It\u2019s most important for Swimming Canada to see a constant line of progress from the athlete, no matter their age.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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