{"id":471526,"date":"2021-05-05T04:00:52","date_gmt":"2021-05-05T11:00:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/?p=471526"},"modified":"2024-10-28T10:55:41","modified_gmt":"2024-10-28T17:55:41","slug":"swimming-world-presents-50-swimmers-6-medals-tokyo-olympics-open-water-preview","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/swimming-world-presents-50-swimmers-6-medals-tokyo-olympics-open-water-preview\/","title":{"rendered":"Swimming World Presents – 50 Swimmers, 6 Medals: Tokyo Olympics Open Water Preview"},"content":{"rendered":"

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50 Swimmers, 6 Medals: Tokyo Olympics Open Water Preview<\/span><\/h3>\n

By Dan D’Addona<\/span><\/p>\n

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The Tokyo Olympics will mark the fourth occasion that open water swimming will be contested on the Olympic level, and even a 10-kilometer marathon race can bring exciting moments and dramatic finishes.<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Remember the Rio Olympics in 2016 and those two hot, sunny mornings at Copacabana Beach when two hours of racing came down to seconds at the end?<\/p>\n

The women\u2019s 10-kilometer marathon race in Rio saw the Netherlands\u2019 Sharon van Rouwendaal swim away from the field and win by more than 16 seconds, but the drama came in the battle for second. France\u2019s Aurelie Mueller touched second, but was disqualified for swimming on top of Italy\u2019s Rachele Bruni just before the finish. That elevated Bruni to silver while Brazil\u2019s Poliana Okimoto took bronze.<\/p>\n

In the men\u2019s race, Australia\u2019s Jarrod Poort decided on the bold strategy of sprinting right from the start, and he led by an amazing one minute, 16 seconds at the halfway point, but he faded badly on the last lap and ended up 20th. The Netherlands completed a sweep of the open water gold medals as Ferry Weertman took gold in a tight finish over Greece\u2019s Spiros Gianniotis. Meanwhile, Great Britain\u2019s Jack Burnell touched third, but was disqualified for knocking the arm of Tunisia\u2019s Ous Mellouli, the 2012 Olympic champion in the race, so the bronze went to Frenchman Marc-Antoine Olivier.<\/p>\n

SELECTION PROCEDURE<\/span><\/strong>
\nTwenty-five swimmers will compete in both marathon races in Tokyo, and the fields will include the top 10 finishers from the women\u2019s and men\u2019s 10K, respectively, from the 2019 World Championships, as well as 15 swimmers to qualify at the official Olympic qualifier swim in Setubal, Portugal, scheduled for June 19-20. Those qualifying will include the top nine finishers overall\u2014but no more than one swimmer from each country\u2014as well as the top additional finisher from each of Africa, the Americas, Asia, Europe and Oceania, and the top swimmer from Japan.<\/p>\n

The qualifiers so far for the women\u2019s race include China\u2019s Xin Xin, the 2019 world champion, and American Haley Anderson. Anderson took silver at the 2019 Worlds to qualify for her third Olympics in the 10K after previously winning silver in the event at the 2012 Olympics, the only Olympic medal the U.S. has ever won in open water. Bruni also qualified after taking bronze at Worlds, and so did reigning 5K and 25K world champion Ana Marcela Cunha of Brazil and American Ashley Twichell, the 2017 world champion in the 5K who will swim in her first Olympics in Tokyo at the age of 32. In addition to the United States, Germany will have two participants in the race, Finnia Wunram and Leonie Beck, but no other country will be allowed more than one swimmer.<\/p>\n

Van Rouwendaal is assured of a chance to defend her gold medal after finishing 10th at Worlds, a tenth ahead of Mueller. But Mueller won\u2019t be able to swim in Tokyo and seek some redemption after her 2016 DQ since French swimmer Lara Grangeon finished fourth at Worlds. No additional French swimmer is eligible to qualify.<\/p>\n

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Swimming World May 2021 Issue<\/span><\/h1>\n

FEATURES<\/p>\n

014<\/span> WOMEN\u2019S NCAAs: A NEW NO. 1<\/strong>
\n<\/span>For the first time in the history of the NCAA Division I Women\u2019s Swimming and Diving Championships\u2014since 1982\u2014the University of Virginia finished first. It was also the first time it cracked the top 5 with its previous highest finish sixth in 2019.<\/p>\n

    \n
  • VIRGINIA\u2019S ROAD TO HISTORY<\/strong><\/span>
    \nby Dan D\u2019Addona<\/strong><\/li>\n
  • NC STATE ADDS TO ACC DOMINANCE<\/strong><\/span>
    \nby Dan D\u2019Addona<\/strong><\/li>\n
  • THE TALK OF THE MEET: MAGGIE MacNEIL<\/strong><\/span>
    \nby John Lohn<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n

    018 <\/span>MEN\u2019S NCAAs: THE PERFECT RETIREMENT GIFT<\/strong><\/span>
    \nDays before their coach, Eddie Reese, officially announced his retirement from coaching after 43 years, the Texas men\u2019s team won their 15th men\u2019s NCAA national team championship.<\/p>\n

      \n
    • THIS ONE\u2019S FOR EDDIE!<\/span><\/strong>
      \nby Andy Ross<\/strong><\/li>\n
    • SCINTILLATING PERFORMANCES: SHAINE CASAS & RYAN HOFFER<\/span><\/strong>
      \nby John Lohn<\/strong><\/li>\n
    • PATIENCE REWARDED: MAX McHUGH & NICK ALBIERO<\/span><\/strong>
      \nby Andy Ross<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n

      022<\/span> NCAA D-II CHAMPS: SOME THINGS NEVER SEEM TO CHANGE<\/strong><\/span>
      \nby Andy Ross<\/strong>
      \nA year into the pandemic that has completely changed our world, Queens University of Charlotte brought about some stability to the 2021 NCAA Division II Swimming and Diving Championships by sweeping their sixth straight women\u2019s and men\u2019s team titles.<\/p>\n

      023<\/span> NO LIMITS!<\/strong><\/span>
      \nby David Rieder<\/strong>
      \nClaire Curzan has been swimming fast since she was a young age grouper and has continued to do so in high school. Last March, she came within 13-hundredths of the American record in the short course 100 fly, and in April, she found herself within 22-hundredths of the long course U.S. best. She\u2019s versatile, she\u2019s coachable, she has international experience, and she\u2019s moved from a fringe Olympic contender to an Olympic favorite. Curzan is only 16, and her promising future couldn\u2019t be brighter.<\/p>\n

      026<\/span> TAKEOFF TO TOKYO: WHEN IRISH EYES WEREN\u2019T SMILING<\/strong><\/span>
      \nby John Lohn<\/strong>
      \nIreland\u2019s Michelle Smith\u2014a four-time Olympic medalist in 1996 who received a four-year ban from the sport in 1998 for tampering with a doping sample\u2014has been defined as being a poster girl for cheating, and by her willingness to cut corners and take advantage of performance-enhancing drug use to make the leap from an athlete of very-good skill to one of elite status.<\/p>\n

      029<\/span> 50 SWIMMERS, 6 MEDALS<\/strong><\/span>
      \nby Dan D\u2019Addona<\/strong>
      \nThe Tokyo Olympics will mark the fourth occasion that open water swimming will be contested on the Olympic level, and even a 10-kilometer marathon race can bring exciting moments and dramatic finishes.<\/p>\n

      030<\/span> JOSH MATHENY: RISING STAR<\/strong><\/span>
      \nby Matthew De George<\/strong>
      \nFrom a middle-schooler newly committed to swimming full-time in 2016, the future looks encouraging for 18-year-old Josh Matheny, who approaches the U.S. Olympic Trials for Tokyo in June as a dark horse to make the team in men\u2019s breaststroke.<\/p>\n

      032<\/span> ISHOF: THE ART OF SWIMMING<\/strong><\/span>
      \nby Bruce Wigo<\/strong>
      \nThis is the story of Hero and Leander, Lord Byron and the birth of open water swimming.<\/p>\n

      035<\/span> NUTRITION: HYDRATION\u2014BEYOND THIRST!<\/strong><\/span>
      \nby Dawn Weatherwax<\/strong>
      \nHydration truly has a daily importance for all kinds of swimmers from age groupers to Olympians to Masters swimmers, but it tends to get more notoriety when the weather gets warmer.<\/p>\n

      COACHING<\/p>\n

      012<\/span> THE POWER OF POSITIVE COACHING<\/strong><\/span>
      \nby Michael J. Stott<\/strong>
      \nRelationships built upon honesty, trust and communication go a long way toward cementing a bond between coach and athlete. Coupling that with knowledge of the individual first and athlete second produces a positive working relationship that can last for a lifetime.<\/p>\n

      038<\/span> SWIMMING TECHNIQUE CONCEPTS: MAXIMIZING SWIMMING VELOCITY (Part 1)\u2014STROKE RATE vs. STROKE LENGTH<\/strong><\/span>
      \nby Rod Havriluk<\/strong>
      \nSwimming velocity is the criterion measure for swimming performance and is the product of stroke length and stroke rate. This article explains how stroke length and stroke rate vary and how stroke time provides insight into maximizing swimming velocity.<\/p>\n

      042<\/span> Q&A WITH COACH STEVE HAUFLER<\/strong><\/span>
      \nby Michael J. Stott<\/strong><\/p>\n

      044<\/span> HOW THEY TRAIN CHARLOTTE SHAMIA<\/strong><\/span>
      \nby Michael J. Stott<\/strong><\/p>\n

      TRAINING<\/p>\n

      037<\/span> DRYSIDE TRAINING: THE IM DRYLAND CIRCUIT<\/strong><\/span>
      \nby J.R. Rosania<\/strong><\/p>\n

      JUNIOR SWIMMER<\/p>\n

      047<\/span> UP & COMERS: TEAGAN O\u2019DELL<\/strong><\/span>
      \nby Shoshanna Rutemiller<\/strong><\/p>\n

      COLUMNS<\/p>\n

      008<\/span> A VOICE FOR THE SPORT<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

      011<\/span> DID YOU KNOW: ABOUT THE MOREHOUSE TIGER SHARKS?<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

      046<\/span> THE OFFICIAL WORD<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

      048<\/span> GUTTERTALK<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n