{"id":492549,"date":"2021-12-04T04:00:56","date_gmt":"2021-12-04T11:00:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/?p=492549"},"modified":"2021-12-04T04:45:24","modified_gmt":"2021-12-04T11:45:24","slug":"swimming-world-december-2021-presents-the-top-10-performances-of-2021","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/swimming-world-december-2021-presents-the-top-10-performances-of-2021\/","title":{"rendered":"Swimming World December 2021 Presents &#8211; The Top 10 Performances of 2021"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">The latest issue of <em>Swimming World Magazine<\/em><\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #000000;\">is now available for download in the<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/vault\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"> <strong><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">Swimming World Vault<\/span><\/strong><\/a>!<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/product\/swimming-world-magazine-december-2021-issue-pdf-only\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" data-auth=\"NotApplicable\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">Non-Subscribers Can Download This Issue Here<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h1 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #2d8ac4;\">The Top 10 Performances of 2021<\/span><\/h1>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #2d8ac4;\">By John Lohn<br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Oh, how easy it is to forget. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, Swimming World did not select the top 10 performances of the year for 2020. It wouldn\u2019t have made sense. And in the time that has elapsed since the 2019 list was compiled, the difficulty of the task was forgotten. Add in the fact that it was an Olympic year, and the grinding nature of the chore was magni\ufb01ed.<\/p>\n<p>But the painstaking process was eventually completed, and here are the results, with \ufb01ve-time Olympic champion Caeleb Dressel heading the list, thanks to his world record in the 100 meter butter\ufb02y at the Olympic Games in Tokyo. Overall, the top 10 performances consisted of seven women\u2019s efforts, and three from the men. A further breakdown reveals seven individual swims and three world record-setting relays.<br \/>\nSit back and enjoy reliving the best performances the sport produced in 2021.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"color: #2d8ac4;\">1. CAELEB DRESSEL, USA<\/span><\/strong><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #636161;\">100 Meter Butter\ufb02y<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #636161;\">Olympic Games (49.45 WR)<\/span><\/p>\n<p>In between victories in sprint freestyle at the Tokyo Olympics, Caeleb Dressel took care of business in an event in which he boasts historical dominance. En route to a world record of 49.45 in the 100 meter butterfly, the American sensation turned back a charge by European phenom Kristof Milak, who had already captured the Olympic title in the 200 butterfly.<\/p>\n<p>Dressel and Milak put on a show over their two laps, with Dressel\u2019s early speed pitted against the hard-charging ability of Milak. At the wall, it was Dressel who earned the right to stand atop the medals podium, as his world-record time fended off Milak\u2019s European standard of 49.68. As the year comes to a close, Dressel owns five of the six fastest times in the history of the event.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhat a close race, and two of the fastest times in history,\u201d Dressel said. \u201cYou don\u2019t get that very often. So, to be a part of that is really special.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #2d8ac4;\"><strong>2. TATJANA SCHOENMAKER, SOUTH AFRICA<\/strong> <\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #636161;\">200 Meter Breaststroke<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #636161;\">Olympic Games (2:18.95 WR)<\/span><\/p>\n<p>At the 2016 Olympics, South Africa did not send a female athlete to Rio de Janeiro. Five years later, the nation cheered as Tatjana Schoenmaker emerged as a champion and became the first woman to crack the 2:19 barrier in the 200 breaststroke.<\/p>\n<p>Coming off a silver medal in the 100 breaststroke, Schoenmaker was riding a wave of momentum heading into her premier event. In the final, she was untouchable, as she pulled away from the American tandem of Lilly King and Annie Lazor and set a world mark of 2:18.95. In capturing gold, Schoenmaker became the first South African woman to claim an Olympic swimming title since Penny Heyns in 1996.<\/p>\n<p>Schoenmaker broke the eight-year-old world record of 2:19.11, set at the 2013 World Championships by Denmark\u2019s Rikke Moller Pedersen. Following her win, Schoenmaker was joined for a group hug by King and Lazor, along with fellow South African Kaylene Corbett, who finished fifth. The image was one of the best moments of sportsmanship in the pool, four women celebrating the work they logged to excel in Tokyo.<\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"color: #2d8ac4;\">3. ARIARNE TITMUS, AUSTRALIA <\/span><\/strong><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #636161;\">400 Meter Freestyle<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #636161;\">Olympic Games (3:56.69)<\/span><\/p>\n<p>The clash between Australian Ariarne Titmus and American Katie Ledecky in the 400 freestyle at the Tokyo Games was billed as the most-anticipated women\u2019s matchup. While some of these hyped duels fizzle, Titmus and Ledecky delivered an epic race, with the Aussie assuming the throne with a spectacular final-lap charge. At the finish, it was Titmus in 3:56.69 and Ledecky touching in 3:57.36.<\/p>\n<p>The reigning champion, Ledecky pressed the pace and bolted to the lead from the start, hardly a surprise given her track record. What was different, though, was how Titmus lurked on Ledecky\u2019s shoulder, seemingly biding her time to strike. That moment arrived at the final turn, as Titmus moved ahead of Ledecky and powered to the gold medal.<\/p>\n<p>Although Titmus topped Ledecky in the event at the 2019 World Championships, the American was ill during that competition, leaving the Aussie to prove herself all over again. Clearly, she was up to the task, and her triumph led to Coach Dean Boxall erupting into a crazed celebration.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI just thanked her,\u201d Titmus said of Ledecky. \u201cI wouldn\u2019t be here without her. She\u2019s set this standard for middle-distance freestyle. If I didn\u2019t have someone like her to chase, I definitely wouldn\u2019t be swimming the way I am.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #2d8ac4;\"><strong>4. KAYLEE McKEOWN, AUSTRALIA<\/strong> <\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #636161;\">100 Meter Backstroke<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #636161;\">Australian Olympic Trials (57.45 WR)<\/span><\/p>\n<p>In the leadup to the Australian Olympic Trials, major expectations surrounded Kaylee McKeown\u2014and for good reason. As a blossoming talent under Coach Chris Mooney, McKeown had enjoyed a superb campaign, one which included some world-record scares. At Trials, there was no missing out, as McKeown broke Regan Smith\u2019s global standard with a mark of 57.45.<\/p>\n<p>The record was an emotional moment for McKeown, whose 53-year-old father, Sholto, lost his battle with brain cancer a little less than a year earlier. McKeown doubled down later in the summer when she backed up her world record with gold-medal outings in the 100 backstroke and 200 backstroke at the Olympic Games. In the 100 back, McKeown was just outside her own world mark, going 57.47.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #2d8ac4;\"><strong>5. AUSTRALIA<\/strong><\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #636161;\">400 Meter Freestyle Relay (Women) <\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #636161;\">Olympic Games (3:29.69 WR)<\/span><\/p>\n<p>For the third straight Olympiad\u2014and fourth time in five Games\u2014Australia dispatched the competition in the 400 freestyle relay. However, the showing in Tokyo was easily the most impressive, as the squad of Bronte Campbell, Meg Harris, Emma McKeon and Cate Campbell fired off a world-record time of 3:29.69. The swim chopped 36-hundredths off the previous standard.<\/p>\n<p>The back half of the Aussie relay was sensational, with veterans McKeon and Campbell registering respective splits of 51.35 and 52.24. Through those two legs, Australia turned a tight race with Canada and the United States into a rout, with the Aussies prevailing over the Canadians by more than three seconds. For McKeon, the gold was one of a record-setting seven medals.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/issues\/2021\/swimming-world-magazine-december-2021-issue-pdf-only\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><strong>To continue reading more of the top 10 performances of 2021,<\/strong><\/span><\/a><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><strong>Click here to download the December 2021 issue of Swimming World, available now!<\/strong><\/span><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/issues\/2021\/swimming-world-magazine-december-2021-issue-pdf-only\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><br \/>\n<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/issues\/2021\/swimming-world-magazine-december-2021-issue-pdf-only\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"492425\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/swimming-world-december-2021-presents-the-2021-world-swimmers-of-the-year-caeleb-dressel-and-emma-mckeon\/swimming-world-december-2021-world-swimmers-of-the-year-caeleb-dressel-and-emma-mckeon-lead-the-way-double-cover\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Swimming-World-December-2021-World-Swimmers-of-the-Year-Caeleb-Dressel-and-Emma-McKeon-Lead-the-Way-Double-COVER.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"1064,720\" 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 December 2021 &#8211; 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Get a 1 Year ISHOF Family Membership With Swimming World Print <em>AND<\/em> Digital Subscription<\/span><i> <span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">Order Now!<\/span><\/i><\/a><\/h3>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/product\/swimming-world-magazine-december-2021-issue-pdf-only\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" data-auth=\"NotApplicable\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">Non-Subscribers can click here to download this issue for only <strong>$5.94<\/strong><\/span><\/a><\/h2>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>FEATURES<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #2d8ac4;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #206087;\">014 <\/span> 2021 SWIMMERS OF THE YEAR<\/strong><\/span><br \/>\n<strong>by Dan D\u2019Addona, Matthew De George, John Lohn and David Rieder<br \/>\n<\/strong>World: Caeleb Dressel (Male American) &amp; Emma McKeon (Female Pacific Rim)<br \/>\nMale Pacific Rim: Zac Stubblety-Cook<br \/>\nFemale American: Katie Ledecky<br \/>\nEuropean: Evgeny Rylov &amp; Sarah Sjostrom<br \/>\nAfrican: Ahmed Hafnaoui &amp; Tatjana Schoenmaker<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #2d8ac4;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #206087;\">022<\/span> THE TOP 10 PERFORMANCES OF 2021<\/strong><\/span><br \/>\n<strong>by John Lohn<\/strong><br \/>\nFive-time Olympic champion Caeleb Dressel heads the list of the best swimming performances produced in 2021, thanks to his world record in the 100 meter butterfly at the Olympic Games in Tokyo. Overall, the top 10 performances consisted of seven women\u2019s efforts and three from the men. A further breakdown reveals seven individual swims and three world record-setting relays.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #2d8ac4;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #206087;\">025<\/span> HONG KONG HERO<\/strong><\/span><br \/>\n<strong>by David Rieder<\/strong><br \/>\nPeople gathered in shopping malls, crowding in front of big screens to watch their national hero race for Olympic medals. Others watched on office conference room TVs, while passengers on the train had their mobile devices tuned to the Tokyo Games. What they saw was Siobhan Haughey become the first and only Olympian from Hong Kong to capture multiple medals\u2014two silvers in the 100 and 200 freestyle.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #2d8ac4;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #206087;\">032<\/span> ISHOF FEATURE: AQUATOTS MURDER CASE\u2014THE KATHY TONGAY STORY (Part 3)<\/strong><\/span><br \/>\n<strong>by Bruce Wigo<\/strong><br \/>\nThis is the final story of a three-part series about \u201cThe Aquatots Murder Case\u201d regarding the death of 5-year-old Kathy Tongay and the subsequent murder charge against her father, Russell. This month\u2019s episode: Russell Tongay\u2019s appeal, life in (and out) of prison, what happened to Kathy\u2019s brother, Bubber, and the impact the case had on age group sports in America.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #2d8ac4;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #206087;\">044<\/span> NUTRITION: HOLIDAY\/INTENSE TRAINING<\/strong><\/span><br \/>\n<strong>by Dawn Weatherwax<\/strong><br \/>\nTo train hard, you need to eat hard! Make sure you put as much emphasis on nutrition and sleep as you would on your workouts.<\/p>\n<p>COACHING<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #2d8ac4;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #206087;\">036<\/span> COACHING IN A CHANGING ENVIRONMENT (Part 2)<\/strong><\/span><br \/>\n<strong>by Michael J. Stott<\/strong><br \/>\nLast month, in Part 1, Swimming World explored how COVID-19 altered swim training as we have known it. This month, we look at some issues and opportunities facing club swimming as it strives to be the sport of choice for a younger generation.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #2d8ac4;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #206087;\">042 <\/span> SWIMMING TECHNIQUE CONCEPTS: MAXIMIZING SWIMMING VELOCITY (Part 6)\u2014THE PUSH PHASE<\/strong><\/span><br \/>\n<strong>by Rod Havriluk<\/strong><br \/>\nIn freestyle and butterfly, swimmers typically decrease the push phase time to increase stroke rate and swimming velocity. In doing so, the premature upward motion of the elbows pulls the hands upward and compromises propulsion. Most swimmers can gain additional propulsion on the push phase by pushing the hand backward instead of pulling the hand upward.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #2d8ac4;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #206087;\">045<\/span> SPECIAL SETS: ZOE DIXON\u2014VERSATILITY IS KEY<\/strong><\/span><br \/>\n<strong>by Michael J. Stott<\/strong><br \/>\nZoe Dixon, 2021-22 National Junior Team member, has had quite a year. Swimming for Coach Norm Wright at NOVA of Virginia, the 17-year-old is ranked No. 1 in Virginia and 11th nationally for the Class of 2022, and has committed to the University of Florida.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #2d8ac4;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #206087;\">047<\/span> Q&amp;A WITH COACH BRENT BOOCK, ELMBROOK SWIM CLUB (Wis.)<\/strong><\/span><br \/>\n<strong>by Michael J. Stott<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #2d8ac4;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #206087;\">048<\/span> HOW THEY TRAIN CAMPBELL STOLL<\/strong><\/span><br \/>\n<strong>by Michael J. Stott<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>TRAINING<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #2d8ac4;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #206087;\">041<\/span> DRYSIDE TRAINING: FINISH STRONG<\/strong><\/span><br \/>\n<strong>by J.R. Rosania<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>JUNIOR SWIMMER<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #2d8ac4;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #206087;\">051<\/span> UP &amp; COMERS: THOMAS HEILMAN<\/strong><\/span><br \/>\n<strong>by Shoshanna Rutemiller<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>COLUMNS &amp; SPECIAL SECTIONS<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #2d8ac4;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #206087;\">012<\/span> A VOICE FOR THE SPORT<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #2d8ac4;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #206087;\">013<\/span> DID YOU KNOW: ABOUT THE 1951 PAN AMERICAN GAMES?<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #2d8ac4;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #206087;\">028<\/span> HOLIDAY GIFT GUIDE<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #2d8ac4;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #206087;\">050<\/span> HASTY HIGH POINTERS<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #2d8ac4;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #206087;\">052<\/span> GUTTERTALK<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Swimming World is now partnered with the International Swimming Hall of Fame. To find out more, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ishof.org\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">visit us at ishof.org<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; The latest issue of Swimming World Magazine is now available for download in the Swimming World Vault! 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