{"id":420347,"date":"2020-03-02T10:00:20","date_gmt":"2020-03-02T17:00:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/?p=420347"},"modified":"2020-04-01T12:11:49","modified_gmt":"2020-04-01T19:11:49","slug":"swimming-world-presents-a-voice-for-the-sport-craig-beardsley-2021","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/swimming-world-presents-a-voice-for-the-sport-craig-beardsley-2021\/","title":{"rendered":"Swimming World Presents &#8220;A Voice For The Sport: Craig Beardsley 2021&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">A Voice For The Sport: Craig Beardsley 2021<\/span><\/h1>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">By John Lohn<\/span><\/p>\n<p>His contemporaries received their due. Rowdy Gaines. Tracy Caulkins. Mary T. Meagher. Their inductions into the International Swimming Hall of Fame arrived at different points in the 1990s, celebrations of the vast success they enjoyed in the pool. Their enshrinements, too, hailed their perseverance, all having endured the United States boycott of the 1980 Olympic Games in Moscow to eventually claim gold at a home Olympiad in 1984.<\/p>\n<p>Craig Beardsley was not as fortunate.<\/p>\n<p>History views Beardsley as an American great in the 200 meter butterfly. He was preceded by Carl Robie, Mark Spitz and Mike Bruner. He was followed by Mel Stewart, Tom Malchow and Michael Phelps. But Beardsley is missing the Olympic gold medal they all possess, and by no fault of his own. He was a victim of circumstance and political turmoil.<\/p>\n<p>At the height of his career, like many of his United States teammates, Beardsley was poised to capture gold in the 200 fly at the 1980 Games. He was the Pan American champion in 1979, earning him favorite status for Moscow. But when President Jimmy Carter announced the United States would boycott the Olympiad, Beardsley\u2019s dream was crushed.<\/p>\n<p>His nightmare only grew darker four years later, when in pursuit of redemption, Beardsley placed third in his prime event at the U.S. Olympic Trials. The finish locked him out of a trip to Los Angeles and led him into retirement.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe lesson I learned from that was actually a very good life lesson,\u201d Beardsley said of his boycott ordeal. \u201cSometimes, you do everything in your power, you do everything you\u2019re supposed to do, but sometimes things are just out of your control. You\u2019ve got to learn to put that behind you, let it roll off your shoulders, and just move on.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Even without an Olympic appearance and hardware, Beardsley constructed a career portfolio that can only be described as Hall of Fame-worthy:<\/p>\n<p><em>\u2022 Two world records (with his reign atop the event lasting for more than three years)<\/em><br \/>\n<em>\u2022 Gold medals at the 1979 and 1983 Pan American Games<\/em><br \/>\n<em>\u2022 A bronze medal at the 1982 World Championships<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Perhaps most impressive is the fact that his first world record was an emphatic rebuttal to what unfolded\u2014without his presence\u2014at the 1980 Olympics. Just 10 days after the Soviet Union\u2019s Sergey Fesenko won gold in a time of 1:59.76, Beardsley blasted that performance with a global standard of 1:58.21. The effort left no doubt who was the dominant man in the event.<\/p>\n<p>When Hall of Fame balloting is conducted each year, the voting panel is provided with guidelines to consider, notably an athlete\u2019s record in Olympic competition. However, a bullet point is also prominently featured, and asks voters to measure the career impact of events such as boycotts and World Wars.<\/p>\n<p>During the past three voting cycles, Beardsley has been nominated, this past year finishing sixth in the balloting. Induction for 2020 went to Brendan Hansen, Michael Klim, Jon Sieben, Rebecca Soni and Daichi Suzuki, all deserving candidates. But so is Beardsley, whose exploits in the competitive ranks have also been complemented by his dedication to Swim Across America and its fund-raising efforts for cancer research.<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s been 40 years since President Carter triggered the United States boycott of the 1980 Olympics Games, a decision that rocked the careers of hundreds of American athletes. That move shouldn\u2019t continue to prove damning.<\/p>\n<p>It is time for Craig Beardsley to receive proper recognition for what he achieved in the sport, and not continue to penalize the man for what he could not control. So, put the sign on the lawn: Beardsley 2021. It needs to be his election year. v<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>John Lohn<\/strong><br \/>\nAssociate Editor-in-Chief<br \/>\n<em>Swimming World Magazine<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><a style=\"color: #000000;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/issues\/2020\/swimming-world-magazine-march-2020-issue-pdf-only\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>Check out the March issue of Swimming World Magazine- Available Now!<\/strong><\/a><\/span><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/issues\/2020\/swimming-world-magazine-march-2020-issue-pdf-only\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong><br \/>\n<\/strong><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"419580\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/swimming-world-magazine-presents-louise-hansson-on-the-cover-of-march-2020-issue\/swimming-world-march-2020-cover-louise-hansson\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/Swimming-World-March-2020-Cover-Louise-Hansson.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"800,1070\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Swimming World March 2020 Cover &#8211; Louise Hansson\" data-image-description=\"&lt;p&gt;Swimming World March 2020 Cover &#8211; Louise Hansson&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/Swimming-World-March-2020-Cover-Louise-Hansson-700x500.jpg\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/Swimming-World-March-2020-Cover-Louise-Hansson-766x1024.jpg\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-419580 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/Swimming-World-March-2020-Cover-Louise-Hansson.jpg\" alt=\"Swimming World March 2020 Cover - Louise Hansson\" width=\"800\" height=\"1070\" srcset=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/Swimming-World-March-2020-Cover-Louise-Hansson.jpg 800w, https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/Swimming-World-March-2020-Cover-Louise-Hansson-766x1024.jpg 766w, https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/Swimming-World-March-2020-Cover-Louise-Hansson-150x201.jpg 150w, https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/Swimming-World-March-2020-Cover-Louise-Hansson-300x401.jpg 300w, https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/Swimming-World-March-2020-Cover-Louise-Hansson-450x602.jpg 450w, https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/Swimming-World-March-2020-Cover-Louise-Hansson-673x900.jpg 673w, https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/Swimming-World-March-2020-Cover-Louise-Hansson-374x500.jpg 374w, https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/Swimming-World-March-2020-Cover-Louise-Hansson-245x327.jpg 245w, https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/Swimming-World-March-2020-Cover-Louise-Hansson-533x713.jpg 533w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/a>[ PHOTO BY PETER H. 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But as she prepares for this month\u2019s women\u2019s NCAAs, the University of Southern California senior says that moving to the U.S. was the best thing she\u2019s ever done.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\"><strong>026 TAKEOFF TO TOKYO: \u201cWE WILL SMASH THEM LIKE GUITARS\u201d<\/strong><\/span><br \/>\n<strong>by John Lohn<\/strong><br \/>\nBefore the men\u2019s 400 freestyle relay at the 2000 Olympics in Sydney, American Gary Hall Jr. proclaimed the United States would \u201csmash (the Australians) like guitars.\u201d However, the Aussies won the race by 19-hundredths of a second, ending the U.S. streak of seven straight Olympic gold medals in the event\u2014and 15 straight victories, counting the World Championships! 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