{"id":438351,"date":"2020-07-03T08:30:13","date_gmt":"2020-07-03T15:30:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/?p=438351"},"modified":"2020-07-03T09:05:12","modified_gmt":"2020-07-03T16:05:12","slug":"refocused-olivia-smoliga-failure-taught-me-to-shake-things-off-a-little-faster","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/refocused-olivia-smoliga-failure-taught-me-to-shake-things-off-a-little-faster\/","title":{"rendered":"Refocused World Champ Olivia Smoliga: Failure Taught Me to ‘Shake Things Off a Little Faster’"},"content":{"rendered":"

On the day the women’s 100 backstroke finals were supposed to take place at the 2020 U.S. Olympic trials, Olivia Smoliga<\/strong> was at her family home in the Chicago suburbs.<\/p>\n

She was not in the water, nor was she dwelling on what could have been had the COVID-19 pandemic not pushed the trials and the Olympics to 2021.<\/p>\n

Instead, Smoliga has remained focused on being in the moment, on what she can control in order to make the team next year. For someone who wears her emotions on her sleeve, Smoliga has found a remarkable balance, allowing her to continue to keep an even-keel mentality.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt has taken practice to think about things that way,\u201d Olivia Smoliga told Swimming World<\/em>. \u201cI try to surround myself with people who think similarly. As long as I am healthy and happy, those are the things that really matter. So I am able to shake things off a little faster. Failure taught me that.\u201d<\/p>\n

In fact, it was changing her definition of failure that allowed her to change her mentality.<\/p>\n

\u201cI watched this video that Kobe Bryant<\/strong> did and he said that failure doesn\u2019t exist. How can it be a failure if you learn from it and get another chance at it? I definitely liked that,\u201d Smoliga said. \u201cI take everything that happens as a lesson.\u201d<\/p>\n

That includes things that she ultimately can\u2019t control, like the pandemic pushing the Olympic dreams of so many back a year, which has altered the plans and lives of so many athletes.<\/p>\n

\"olivia-smoliga-50-back-final-2019-world-championships_3\"

Olivia Smoliga; Photo Courtesy: Becca Wyant<\/p><\/div>\n

\u201cWhenever I think about it, I wonder if I should have a different reaction,\u201d she said. \u201cI don\u2019t feel disappointed. I feel like I have taken this time and realized it is what our lives are like. We have to move forward and get \u2019em next year. I can\u2019t really worry about something I have no control over.\u201d<\/p>\n

What she does have control over is how hard she is working and what that drive can ultimately lead to.<\/p>\n

That was something she learned in 2016. She went into the Olympic trials as the favorite in the finals of the 100 backstroke and used a back-half surge to win and earn a spot at her first Olympics, winning a gold medal on the medley relay.<\/p>\n

\u201cI never even considered myself the favorite,” Smoliga said. “My experience in 2016 was so different than it was in 2012 and so different than it (will be) in 2021, based on who I am as a person. In 2012, I went in wanting to make the team. Going into the final after being third in the semis, I was certainly overwhelmed with the fact that Missy (Franklin)<\/strong> and Natalie<\/strong> (Coughlin)<\/strong> were in that heat. I was trying to take it in. But I was still betting on myself even with the legends there. That disappointment was hard to get over, at 17, but then going in first in everything in 2016 \u2014\u00a0why didn\u2019t I take more pride in knowing I was seeded first? But again anything can happen in trials. I didn\u2019t think that way.\u201d<\/p>\n

That changed once Smoliga was able to put into perspective her full potential in the sport, and that she belonged in that group of the world\u2019s elite swimmers.<\/p>\n

\u201cI have tried to be that way ever since. I have tried to focus on my own race and my own lane. Easier said than done of course, but worrying about anything else doesn\u2019t help,\u201d she said. \u201cI really know how I operate. I have taken the time to expand and improve and just absolutely dominate my mental game through meditation and self talk. I just feel really good.\u00a0I am so looking forward to seeing what I can do.\u201d<\/p>\n

That means embracing the challenge of going head-to-head with current world record holder Regan Smith,<\/strong> and a deep group of backstrokers in the U.S.<\/p>\n

\"olivia-smoliga-warmup-2019-world-championships\"

Olivia Smoliga; Photo Courtesy: Becca Wyant<\/p><\/div>\n

\u201cThe 100 back is a very deep event. First through eighth place, any of us could make the team,\u201d she said. \u201cRegan Smith is the world record holder, so going into that event, not only does my respect for her inspire me, but her swims themselves inspire me. You can look at it one of two ways. I could look at someone as doing better than me and wonder why it wasn\u2019t me. Or you could think, wow, if she could do this, why can\u2019t I? I am inspired by Regan so I can give my 100 percent best going into trials. Giving any less than that would be a disservice to myself and the sport of swimming.\u201d<\/p>\n

It is that kind of mentality that has made Smoliga one of the top swimmers in the world, something she continues to prove with every big meet. In 2018, she won a stunning eight gold medals at the short-course World Championships, then won gold in the 50 backstroke<\/a> in an American record, and bronze in the 100 backstroke at the 2019 long-course Worlds<\/a>.<\/p>\n

With no major competitions in 2020, Smoliga, who swims for Jack Bauerle<\/strong>, is ready to unleash a similar performance in 2021.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt is hard to have the fiercest motivation when you are looking ahead a whole year with no major competitions in sight,\u201d she said. \u201cI am taking this time as a restoration period. (On) days I am fired up, I go for it. But I am having my mental game be as level as possible.\u201d<\/p>\n

The balanced mindset will have Olivia Smoliga poised to make another Olympic team \u2014 and unleash the emotion that has been building since 2016.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

On the day the women’s 100 backstroke finals were supposed to take place at the 2020 U.S. Olympic trials, Olivia Smoliga was at her family home in the Chicago suburbs.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3915,"featured_media":382712,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"dois","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[3,122077,7],"tags":[1521,50547,26904],"class_list":["post-438351","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-featured","category-americas","category-usa","tag-jack-bauerle","tag-kobe-bryant","tag-olivia-smoliga"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"yoast_head":"\r\nOlivia Smoliga: Failure Taught Me to 'Shake Things Off a Little Faster'<\/title>\r\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Refocused Olivia Smoliga: Failure Taught Me to 'Shake Things Off a Little Faster'. Olympian and World Champion focused on 2021.\" \/>\r\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\r\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/refocused-olivia-smoliga-failure-taught-me-to-shake-things-off-a-little-faster\/\" \/>\r\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\r\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\r\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Refocused World Champ Olivia Smoliga: Failure Taught Me to 'Shake Things Off a Little Faster'\" \/>\r\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Refocused Olivia Smoliga: Failure Taught Me to 'Shake Things Off a Little Faster'. Olympian and World Champion focused on 2021.\" \/>\r\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/refocused-olivia-smoliga-failure-taught-me-to-shake-things-off-a-little-faster\/\" \/>\r\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Swimming World\" \/>\r\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/SwimmingWorld\" \/>\r\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2020-07-03T15:30:13+00:00\" \/>\r\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2020-07-03T16:05:12+00:00\" \/>\r\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/olivia-smoliga-50-back-prelims-world-championships-2019-5.jpg\" \/>\r\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1800\" \/>\r\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"1202\" \/>\r\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\r\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Dan D'Addona \u2014\u00a0Swimming World Managing Editor\" \/>\r\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\r\n<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@swimmingworld\" \/>\r\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@swimmingworld\" \/>\r\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Dan D'Addona \u2014\u00a0Swimming World Managing Editor\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"5 minutes\" \/>\r\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/refocused-olivia-smoliga-failure-taught-me-to-shake-things-off-a-little-faster\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/refocused-olivia-smoliga-failure-taught-me-to-shake-things-off-a-little-faster\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Dan D'Addona \u2014\u00a0Swimming World Managing Editor\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/#\/schema\/person\/ef4e84c32e2bc4f10b0e5ed1fda25d04\"},\"headline\":\"Refocused World Champ Olivia Smoliga: Failure Taught Me to ‘Shake Things Off a Little Faster’\",\"datePublished\":\"2020-07-03T15:30:13+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2020-07-03T16:05:12+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/refocused-olivia-smoliga-failure-taught-me-to-shake-things-off-a-little-faster\/\"},\"wordCount\":960,\"commentCount\":2,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/#organization\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/refocused-olivia-smoliga-failure-taught-me-to-shake-things-off-a-little-faster\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/olivia-smoliga-50-back-prelims-world-championships-2019-5.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"Jack Bauerle\",\"Kobe Bryant\",\"Olivia Smoliga\"],\"articleSection\":[\"-Home Slider\",\"Americas\",\"USA\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/refocused-olivia-smoliga-failure-taught-me-to-shake-things-off-a-little-faster\/#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/refocused-olivia-smoliga-failure-taught-me-to-shake-things-off-a-little-faster\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/refocused-olivia-smoliga-failure-taught-me-to-shake-things-off-a-little-faster\/\",\"name\":\"Olivia Smoliga: Failure Taught Me to 'Shake Things Off a Little Faster'\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/refocused-olivia-smoliga-failure-taught-me-to-shake-things-off-a-little-faster\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/refocused-olivia-smoliga-failure-taught-me-to-shake-things-off-a-little-faster\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/olivia-smoliga-50-back-prelims-world-championships-2019-5.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2020-07-03T15:30:13+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2020-07-03T16:05:12+00:00\",\"description\":\"Refocused Olivia Smoliga: Failure Taught Me to 'Shake Things Off a Little Faster'. Olympian and World Champion focused on 2021.\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/refocused-olivia-smoliga-failure-taught-me-to-shake-things-off-a-little-faster\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/refocused-olivia-smoliga-failure-taught-me-to-shake-things-off-a-little-faster\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/refocused-olivia-smoliga-failure-taught-me-to-shake-things-off-a-little-faster\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/olivia-smoliga-50-back-prelims-world-championships-2019-5.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/olivia-smoliga-50-back-prelims-world-championships-2019-5.jpg\",\"width\":1800,\"height\":1202,\"caption\":\"Photo Courtesy: Becca Wyant\"},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/refocused-olivia-smoliga-failure-taught-me-to-shake-things-off-a-little-faster\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Refocused World Champ Olivia Smoliga: Failure Taught Me to ‘Shake Things Off a Little Faster’\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/\",\"name\":\"Swimming World\",\"description\":\"The Global Leader in Aquatic News\",\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/#organization\"},\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Organization\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/#organization\",\"name\":\"Swimming World\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/\",\"logo\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/SWorld_BLKBKG-1.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/SWorld_BLKBKG-1.jpg\",\"width\":1799,\"height\":900,\"caption\":\"Swimming World\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/\"},\"sameAs\":[\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/SwimmingWorld\",\"https:\/\/x.com\/swimmingworld\",\"https:\/\/instagram.com\/swimmingworldmag\/\",\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/user\/SwimmingWorldSPI\"]},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/#\/schema\/person\/ef4e84c32e2bc4f10b0e5ed1fda25d04\",\"name\":\"Dan D'Addona \u2014\u00a0Swimming World Managing Editor\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/3055ac6ff59b58e41ba8bffac00fb751?s=96&d=blank&r=pg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/3055ac6ff59b58e41ba8bffac00fb751?s=96&d=blank&r=pg\",\"caption\":\"Dan D'Addona \u2014\u00a0Swimming World Managing Editor\"},\"description\":\"Dan D'Addona is the managing editor and lead college swim writer for Swimming World. He has covered swimming at all levels since 2003, including the NCAA championships, USA nationals, Duel in the Pool and Olympic trials. He is a native of Ann Arbor, Michigan, and a graduate of Central Michigan University. He currently lives in Holland, Michigan, where he also is the Sports Editor at The Holland Sentinel.\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/author\/danield\/\"}]}<\/script>\r\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO Premium plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Olivia Smoliga: Failure Taught Me to 'Shake Things Off a Little Faster'","description":"Refocused Olivia Smoliga: Failure Taught Me to 'Shake Things Off a Little Faster'. Olympian and World Champion focused on 2021.","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/refocused-olivia-smoliga-failure-taught-me-to-shake-things-off-a-little-faster\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Refocused World Champ Olivia Smoliga: Failure Taught Me to 'Shake Things Off a Little Faster'","og_description":"Refocused Olivia Smoliga: Failure Taught Me to 'Shake Things Off a Little Faster'. Olympian and World Champion focused on 2021.","og_url":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/refocused-olivia-smoliga-failure-taught-me-to-shake-things-off-a-little-faster\/","og_site_name":"Swimming World","article_publisher":"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/SwimmingWorld","article_published_time":"2020-07-03T15:30:13+00:00","article_modified_time":"2020-07-03T16:05:12+00:00","og_image":[{"width":1800,"height":1202,"url":"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/olivia-smoliga-50-back-prelims-world-championships-2019-5.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"Dan D'Addona \u2014\u00a0Swimming World Managing Editor","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_creator":"@swimmingworld","twitter_site":"@swimmingworld","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Dan D'Addona \u2014\u00a0Swimming World Managing Editor","Est. reading time":"5 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/refocused-olivia-smoliga-failure-taught-me-to-shake-things-off-a-little-faster\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/refocused-olivia-smoliga-failure-taught-me-to-shake-things-off-a-little-faster\/"},"author":{"name":"Dan D'Addona \u2014\u00a0Swimming World Managing Editor","@id":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/#\/schema\/person\/ef4e84c32e2bc4f10b0e5ed1fda25d04"},"headline":"Refocused World Champ Olivia Smoliga: Failure Taught Me to ‘Shake Things Off a Little Faster’","datePublished":"2020-07-03T15:30:13+00:00","dateModified":"2020-07-03T16:05:12+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/refocused-olivia-smoliga-failure-taught-me-to-shake-things-off-a-little-faster\/"},"wordCount":960,"commentCount":2,"publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/#organization"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/refocused-olivia-smoliga-failure-taught-me-to-shake-things-off-a-little-faster\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/olivia-smoliga-50-back-prelims-world-championships-2019-5.jpg","keywords":["Jack Bauerle","Kobe Bryant","Olivia Smoliga"],"articleSection":["-Home Slider","Americas","USA"],"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"CommentAction","name":"Comment","target":["https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/refocused-olivia-smoliga-failure-taught-me-to-shake-things-off-a-little-faster\/#respond"]}]},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/refocused-olivia-smoliga-failure-taught-me-to-shake-things-off-a-little-faster\/","url":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/refocused-olivia-smoliga-failure-taught-me-to-shake-things-off-a-little-faster\/","name":"Olivia Smoliga: Failure Taught Me to 'Shake Things Off a Little Faster'","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/refocused-olivia-smoliga-failure-taught-me-to-shake-things-off-a-little-faster\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/refocused-olivia-smoliga-failure-taught-me-to-shake-things-off-a-little-faster\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/olivia-smoliga-50-back-prelims-world-championships-2019-5.jpg","datePublished":"2020-07-03T15:30:13+00:00","dateModified":"2020-07-03T16:05:12+00:00","description":"Refocused Olivia Smoliga: Failure Taught Me to 'Shake Things Off a Little Faster'. Olympian and World Champion focused on 2021.","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/refocused-olivia-smoliga-failure-taught-me-to-shake-things-off-a-little-faster\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/refocused-olivia-smoliga-failure-taught-me-to-shake-things-off-a-little-faster\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/refocused-olivia-smoliga-failure-taught-me-to-shake-things-off-a-little-faster\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/olivia-smoliga-50-back-prelims-world-championships-2019-5.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/olivia-smoliga-50-back-prelims-world-championships-2019-5.jpg","width":1800,"height":1202,"caption":"Photo Courtesy: Becca Wyant"},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/refocused-olivia-smoliga-failure-taught-me-to-shake-things-off-a-little-faster\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Refocused World Champ Olivia Smoliga: Failure Taught Me to ‘Shake Things Off a Little Faster’"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/#website","url":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/","name":"Swimming World","description":"The Global Leader in Aquatic News","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/#organization"},"potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/#organization","name":"Swimming World","url":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/SWorld_BLKBKG-1.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/SWorld_BLKBKG-1.jpg","width":1799,"height":900,"caption":"Swimming World"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/"},"sameAs":["https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/SwimmingWorld","https:\/\/x.com\/swimmingworld","https:\/\/instagram.com\/swimmingworldmag\/","https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/user\/SwimmingWorldSPI"]},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/#\/schema\/person\/ef4e84c32e2bc4f10b0e5ed1fda25d04","name":"Dan D'Addona \u2014\u00a0Swimming World Managing Editor","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/3055ac6ff59b58e41ba8bffac00fb751?s=96&d=blank&r=pg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/3055ac6ff59b58e41ba8bffac00fb751?s=96&d=blank&r=pg","caption":"Dan D'Addona \u2014\u00a0Swimming World Managing Editor"},"description":"Dan D'Addona is the managing editor and lead college swim writer for Swimming World. He has covered swimming at all levels since 2003, including the NCAA championships, USA nationals, Duel in the Pool and Olympic trials. He is a native of Ann Arbor, Michigan, and a graduate of Central Michigan University. He currently lives in Holland, Michigan, where he also is the Sports Editor at The Holland Sentinel.","url":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/author\/danield\/"}]}},"cc_featured_image_caption":{"caption_text":"Olivia Smoliga at 2019 Worlds. Photo Courtesy: Becca Wyant","source_text":"","source_url":""},"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/olivia-smoliga-50-back-prelims-world-championships-2019-5.jpg","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p56Jja-1Q2b","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/438351","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3915"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=438351"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/438351\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/382712"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=438351"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=438351"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=438351"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}