{"id":533046,"date":"2023-07-23T21:30:51","date_gmt":"2023-07-24T04:30:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/?p=533046"},"modified":"2023-07-23T19:37:42","modified_gmt":"2023-07-24T02:37:42","slug":"after-bumpy-spring-taylor-ruck-grateful-to-be-at-worlds","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/after-bumpy-spring-taylor-ruck-grateful-to-be-at-worlds\/","title":{"rendered":"After \u2018Bumpy\u2019 Spring, Taylor Ruck Grateful to Be at Worlds"},"content":{"rendered":"

After \u2018Bumpy\u2019 Spring, Taylor Ruck Grateful to Be at Worlds<\/strong><\/p>\n

It has been, in her words, a \u201cbumpy\u201d summer for Taylor Ruck<\/strong>. The Canadian Olympic medalist had hoped to parlay an excellent NCAA season, which included repeating as 200 freestyle champion<\/a>, into a strong summer for the national team.<\/p>\n

But a broken hand in the spring and a need to \u201cunplug\u201d and reset has led to a diminished workload at the World Aquatics Championships in Fukuoka, Japan. For now, that\u2019s fine with Ruck, whose eyes are on bigger targets next year in Paris.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt definitely has been a bumpy season, for my life,\u201d Ruck said Sunday, adding a laugh. \u201cBut I\u2019m just so happy to be here and spending time with the team and representing Canada. I feel like it\u2019s definitely a shift in perspective and I\u2019m really enjoying it. It\u2019s making me more grateful than ever to be on the team.\u201d<\/p>\n

Ruck started out strong in Japan, where she\u2019s limited to relay duty. She swam prelims of the 400 free relay, anchoring in 54.16 to get the Canadians into the final. She was quicker on the evening anchor<\/a> in 53.99, though she was passed by Marrit Steenbergen\u2019s<\/strong> torrid 51.84 as the Dutch jumped from seventh to sixth at Canada\u2019s expense.<\/p>\n