{"id":350178,"date":"2019-02-05T04:00:50","date_gmt":"2019-02-05T11:00:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/?p=350178"},"modified":"2019-02-23T13:27:13","modified_gmt":"2019-02-23T20:27:13","slug":"swimming-world-presents-mental-prep-before-the-beep-with-josh-prenot","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/swimming-world-presents-mental-prep-before-the-beep-with-josh-prenot\/","title":{"rendered":"Swimming World Presents “Mental Prep: Before the Beep with Josh Prenot”"},"content":{"rendered":"

Mental Prep: Before the Beep <\/span>
\nwith Josh Prenot<\/span><\/h2>\n

Josh Prenot<\/strong> broke out onto the international scene by qualifying for the 2014 Pan-Pacific Championships. He came in third at Pan-Pacs in the 200 meter breaststroke, marking the start of his podium days in his signature event.<\/p>\n

Prenot\u2019s banner year came right on schedule\u2014in 2016. He won the 400 yard IM that year at the NCAA Championships and came in second in both the 200 breaststroke and the 200 IM. The swims laid a foundation of confidence in the months leading into the 2016 Olympic Trials.<\/p>\n

At the Olympics, Prenot nearly replicated his time, taking the Olympic silver medal with a 2:07.53.
\nPrenot missed the 2017 World Championship team, but returned hungry in the pivotal summer of 2018. Prenot clocked 2:07.28 to win the 200 breast and qualify for the Pan-Pac Championships in Tokyo, where he finished fifth (2:08.44). As the top American in both meets, he also qualified for the 2019 World Championships. His time from nationals ranked No. 2 in the world in 2018.<\/p>\n

Prenot graduated from the University of California-Berkeley in 2017, with a degree in physics. Balancing physics and elite swimming takes a pragmatic mind. Prenot recently gave us a glimpse inside that physicist\u2019s mind and told Swimming World how he mentally prepared himself for those high-pressure races.<\/p>\n

“Your confidence needs to come from the work you’ve put in- that’s why we go to practice and a lot of meets throughout the year. If you’ve done the preparations, a lot of it is second nature when it comes time to race.”<\/p>\n

To read much more about how Josh Prenot gets himself ready to race, the February 2019 issue of Swimming World is available now. Swimming World subscribers can download this issue in the Swimming World Vault<\/a>!<\/p>\n

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