﻿{"id":577390,"date":"2024-02-09T15:00:02","date_gmt":"2024-02-09T22:00:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/?p=577390"},"modified":"2024-02-10T08:34:01","modified_gmt":"2024-02-10T15:34:01","slug":"world-championships-doha-duncan-scott-on-ted-lasso-team-sports-the-inspiring-tom-brady","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/world-championships-doha-duncan-scott-on-ted-lasso-team-sports-the-inspiring-tom-brady\/","title":{"rendered":"World Championships Doha: Duncan Scott On Ted Lasso, Paris Relay Quest &#038; The &#8216;Inspiring&#8217; Tom Brady"},"content":{"rendered":"<h4>World Championships Doha: Duncan Scott On Ted Lasso, Doha Relay Quest &amp; The &#8216;Inspiring&#8217; Tom Brady<\/h4>\n<p>There\u2019s a much-quoted line from the TV comedy series <strong>Ted Lasso<\/strong> which runs: \u201cDo you know what the happiest animal on earth is?\u00a0It&#8217;s a goldfish. You know why? It&#8217;s got a 10 second memory. Be a goldfish.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong>Duncan Scott<\/strong> recalls it as he looks ahead to the <strong>World Championships<\/strong> in Doha, the first of three major competitions in less than six months.<\/p>\n<p>From worlds on to the British Olympic trials in early April and, as long as they\u2019re safely negotiated, Paris 2024.<\/p>\n<p>Given the magnitude of what lies beyond, Scott won\u2019t be tapered for Doha so, he says, we\u2019ll be seeing the \u201cin-season Duncan\u201d.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_515940\" style=\"width: 318px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-515940\" data-attachment-id=\"515940\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/tom-dean-goes-top-of-the-200-free-rankings-in-146-07-200-fly-meet-record-for-laura-stephens\/duncan-scott-3\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/duncan-scott-2022-Fina-World-Cup-2565-Edit-scaled.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"2560,1920\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;2.8&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;Peter H. Bick&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;OM-1&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;duncan-scott-&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1667689596&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;Peter H. Bick&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;200&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;5000&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.0008&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;duncan-scott-&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"duncan-scott- 2022 Fina World Cup 2565-Edit\" data-image-description=\"&lt;p&gt;7\/18\/23&lt;br \/&gt;\nduncan-scott- 2022, Day 3 Finals, FINA World Cup, Natatorium, Scott Duncan&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;Duncan Scott: Photo Courtesy: Peter H. Bick&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/duncan-scott-2022-Fina-World-Cup-2565-Edit-700x500.jpg\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/duncan-scott-2022-Fina-World-Cup-2565-Edit-1024x768.jpg\" class=\" wp-image-515940\" src=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/duncan-scott-2022-Fina-World-Cup-2565-Edit-700x500.jpg\" alt=\"duncan-scott-\" width=\"308\" height=\"220\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-515940\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Duncan Scott: Photo Courtesy: Peter H. Bick<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Hence the invocation of Lasso &#8211; an American college football coach hired to manage a British football team \u2013 the \u2018goldfish\u2019 line meaning to quickly move on from perceived mistakes rather than lingering on them.<\/p>\n<p>In Scott&#8217;s case, that would be that whatever the outcome in Doha, to parcel it up, put it to one side and move forward to the trials.<\/p>\n<p>Scott said:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>\u201cIt\u2019s (Ted Lasso) really good, I\u2019ve just seen a thing where he\u2019s like you need to be like a goldfish.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAnd that&#8217;s probably what these worlds are like, just because it doesn&#8217;t really matter\u2026with how close the Olympics are to it, it\u2019s just kind of forget whatever happens during it.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou know, whether it&#8217;s good or bad, because the Olympics is right around the corner.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAnd the trials are right around the corner for me as well.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<h3>An Unexpected World Championships<\/h3>\n<p>The 26-year-old never expected to compete in Doha but the DQ of the men\u2019s 4&#215;100 freestyle squad in Fukuoka following <strong>Jacob Whittle\u2019s<\/strong> false start has necessitated a trip to Qatar.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Tom Dean<\/strong> and <strong>Matt Richards<\/strong> \u2013 the Olympic and world 200 free champions \u2013 will, along with Whittle, likely make up the quartet with Scott.<\/p>\n<p>Their quest begins on Sunday morning when they go in the outside lane of the second prelim alongside Mexico.<\/p>\n<p>Scott \u2013 coached by <strong>Steve Tigg<\/strong> at the University of Stirling &#8211; talks about a need to \u201cput that wrong right.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Beyond that, Scott is the fastest seed into the 200IM with his 1:55.95 en-route to silver in Fukuoka with Shaine Casas \u2013 fourth last year &#8211; next swiftest.<\/p>\n<p>Scott is also fifth into the 200 free which is headed by <strong>Hwang Sunwoo<\/strong> and his 1:44.40 winning time at the Asian Games in September 2023, the South Korean having won silver and bronze at the last two World Championships.<\/p>\n<p>Since his worlds debut at <strong>Kazan 2015<\/strong> where he won gold as a prelim swimmer with the 4&#215;2, Scott has claimed a further seven medals.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_470027\" style=\"width: 305px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-470027\" data-attachment-id=\"470027\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/duncan-scott-breaks-british-200-free-record-in-144-47-tom-dean-also-goes-under-old-mark\/2021-british-swimming-selection-trials-20\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/20210418_BSST_H-50134-scaled.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"2560,1707\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;2.8&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;Georgie Kerr&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;Canon EOS-1D X Mark III&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;18th April 2021, London Aquatics Centre, London, England ; 2021 British Swimming Selection Trials&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1618743604&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;\\u00a9 Georgie Kerr \\rwww.georgiekerrphotography.com&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;400&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;1600&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.000625&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;2021 British Swimming Selection Trials&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"2021 British Swimming Selection Trials\" data-image-description=\"&lt;p&gt;18th April 2021, London Aquatics Centre, London, England ; 2021 British Swimming Selection Trials 2021, British, London, Selection, Swimming, Trials&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;Duncan Scott: Photo Courtesy: Georgie Kerr, British Swimming&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/20210418_BSST_H-50134-700x500.jpg\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/20210418_BSST_H-50134-1024x683.jpg\" class=\" wp-image-470027\" src=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/20210418_BSST_H-50134-700x500.jpg\" alt=\"18th April 2021, London Aquatics Centre, London, England ; 2021 British Swimming Selection Trials\" width=\"295\" height=\"211\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-470027\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Duncan Scott: Photo Courtesy: Georgie Kerr, British Swimming<\/p><\/div>\n<p>But Doha presents a completely different proposition given its place in the calendar and Scott\u2019s 2024 priorities.<\/p>\n<p>He said:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>\u201cYou know, I think it&#8217;s going to be quite difficult to judge what the meet\u2019s going to be like.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI&#8217;m kind of looking at, like, will I be able to make finals?<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI don&#8217;t know what shape everyone else is going to be in.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI know what shape I&#8217;ll be in. So it&#8217;s very much going to be more in-season Duncan rather than tapered Duncan.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Scott spent time training at altitude in Flagstaff, Arizona, in January which followed the European Short-Course Championships in December, where he added a further two golds in the 200IM and 4&#215;50 free relay to his armoury.<\/p>\n<p>The likes of <strong>Leon Marchand<\/strong> and <strong>David Popovici<\/strong> \u2013 to name but two \u2013 are missing from the 2IM and 200 free respectively with Scott unable to gauge his opposition at the <strong>World Championships<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>He said:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>\u201cI\u2019ve got no idea who&#8217;s going to go to this.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou know, the Australians and Americans, their trials are a lot later so they might go a little bit more all in, but at the same time, you&#8217;ve got no idea. So yeah, I think we&#8217;ll just need to see what it&#8217;s like when once I&#8217;m there, but it&#8217;s still very much going to be like, \u2018what can I learn from my swim? Or for April?\u2019\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<h3>Team Sports, NFL &amp; Tom Brady&#8217;s Work Ethic<\/h3>\n<p>Scott &#8211; with 11 relay medals across <strong>Olympics<\/strong>, <strong>European<\/strong> and<strong> World Championships<\/strong> &#8211; is an integral member of the British 4&#215;200 squad who won gold in Tokyo and the Fukuoka worlds.<\/p>\n<p>Mixed freestyle medals from the worlds and Europeans are also among his armoury while he swam the anchor leg as Britain claimed a memorable medley relay gold at <strong>Gwangju 2019<\/strong> where his split of 46.14 was the second-fastest all-time as he came past <strong>Nathan Adrian<\/strong> in the final metres.<\/p>\n<p>Should the 4&#215;100 free quartet qualify, they&#8217;ll expect to make a strong tilt at the podium, Scott saying:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>&#8220;I don&#8217;t know if I&#8217;ve ever been part of stronger relays ever in the time I&#8217;ve swam for Britain so I think that&#8217;s really special in itself.&#8221;<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<div id=\"attachment_502523\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-502523\" data-attachment-id=\"502523\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/duncan-scott-wins-200-free-for-third-title-of-meet-as-james-guy-hails-a-skinnier-version-of-michael-phelps\/swimming-olympics-day-4\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/GBR-Relay-Silver-8-scaled.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"2560,1658\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;4&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;Getty Images&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;Canon EOS-1D X Mark II&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - AUGUST 08:  Duncan Scott of Great Britain and Michael Phelps of United States are seen during the Men&#039;s 4 x 200m Freestyle Relay on Day 4 of the Rio 2016 Olympic Games at the Olympic Aquatics Stadium on August 9, 2016 in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. (Photo by Ian MacNicol\\\/Getty Images)&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1470797422&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;2016 Ian MacNicol&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;600&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;3200&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.0004&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;Swimming - Olympics: Day 4&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Swimming &#8211; Olympics: Day 4\" data-image-description=\"&lt;p&gt;RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL &#8211; AUGUST 08: Duncan Scott of Great Britain and Michael Phelps of United States are seen during the Men&#8217;s 4 x 200m Freestyle Relay on Day 4 of the Rio 2016 Olympic Games at the Olympic Aquatics Stadium on August 9, 2016 in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. (Photo by Ian MacNicol\/Getty Images) 2016 Summer Olympics &#8211; Rio de Janeiro, Sport, The Olympic Games, Summer Olympic Games, Swimming&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;Duncan Scott &#038; Michael Phelps, Rio 2016: Photo Courtesy: Ian MacNicol, Scottish Swimming&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/GBR-Relay-Silver-8-700x500.jpg\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/GBR-Relay-Silver-8-1024x663.jpg\" class=\" wp-image-502523\" src=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/GBR-Relay-Silver-8-700x500.jpg\" alt=\"RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - AUGUST 08: Duncan Scott of Great Britain and Michael Phelps of United States are seen during the Men's 4 x 200m Freestyle Relay on Day 4 of the Rio 2016 Olympic Games at the Olympic Aquatics Stadium on August 9, 2016 in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. (Photo by Ian MacNicol\/Getty Images)\" width=\"300\" height=\"214\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-502523\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Duncan Scott &amp; Michael Phelps, Rio 2016: Photo Courtesy: Ian MacNicol, Scottish Swimming<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Richards too has spoken of the camaraderie among the group, telling Swimming World:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>&#8220;I think that definitely means there\u2019s that sense of ease when you\u2019re in the call room together, when you\u2019re in the prep space together, when you\u2019re warming up together.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;You know each other so well, we know what we all need and that means we can help each other get the best out of ourselves to come together as a quartet.&#8221;<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Growing up, Scott was a big fan of team sports and &#8220;loved doing&#8221; them while at <strong>Strathallan School<\/strong> in Perthshire, northern Scotland.<\/p>\n<p>Of particular interest is the <strong>NFL<\/strong> and <strong>Tom Brady<\/strong>, the former quarterback who played for the <strong>New England Patriots<\/strong> and <strong>Tampa Bay Buccaneers<\/strong> during a glittering 23-year career.<\/p>\n<p>He said:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>\u201cOne of the things I really like about NFL is that they play no matter what. It was minus 28 the other day at one of the games, which is kind of mad.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019m interested in the way that different teams operate and the way that coaches can get people together or teams to do different things.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI can take little pieces of it for myself.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSince Tom Brady&#8217;s retired, he&#8217;s opened up more around what he was like and that&#8217;s really special because he&#8217;s someone who wasn&#8217;t particularly talented or gifted in a physical sense.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;His work ethic and things like that are quite inspiring. 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