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Kate Douglass Learned From Tokyo Experience, \u2018Ready for Trials to Be Here\u2019<\/strong><\/p>\n

When Kate Douglass<\/strong> arrived at the Olympic Trials three years ago, she was already an NCAA-title-winning swimmer with legitimate Olympic hopes but by no means a lock to qualify for the Tokyo Games. Her first event, the 100 butterfly, brought a huge lifetime best but a third-place finish. But two days later, a furious surge down the stretch of the 200 IM final helped Douglass get to the wall in second place, two hundredths behind University of Virginia teammate Alex Walsh<\/strong> and two hundredths clear of veteran Madisyn<\/strong> Cox<\/strong>. That effort put Douglass onto her first Olympic team, and she capitalized on the opportunity by winning bronze in her lone event in Tokyo.<\/p>\n

Reflecting upon those moments, the 22-year-old from Pelham, N.Y., wonders how she was even able to function, let alone produce world-class performances, given her inexperience on that stage and the intense anxiety she was feeling.<\/p>\n

\u201cAt Trials, I remember being so nervous in the ready room and at the Olympics before the 200 IM. I was surprised I was able to swim. I felt like I was going to throw up before that race,\u201d Douglass said. \u201cSince then, I feel like I\u2019ve gotten better at calming my nerves. That was my first really big international meet, and now I\u2019ve done a few, so I know how to handle those. I\u2019ve done a Trials, so I know how it goes. I know how to handle myself when you have to do prelims, semis and finals of multiple races.\u201d<\/p>\n

Douglass might need to channel every ounce of that experience over the next several months as she embarks on what she hopes will be a second Olympic campaign<\/a>. Now, Douglass is an established veteran with bona fides in a highly unusual range of events: she is the two-time world champion in the 200 IM<\/a>, a three-time World Championships medalist and American-record holder in the 200 breaststroke<\/a> and among the world\u2019s top 100 freestylers, seemingly destined for a multi-relay role with the U.S. women in Tokyo.<\/p>\n

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Kate Douglass (left) with University of Virginia teammate (and 200 IM rival) Alex Walsh — Photo Courtesy: Peter H. Bick<\/p><\/div>\n

For a potential multi-event star like Douglass, trying to qualify for the Olympic team in as many events as possible might make sense, with Douglass having raced a heavy load at multiple editions of the World Championships. In two decades with largely the same event schedule at Worlds, Douglass is the only swimmer to attempt the 100 free-200 breast double in the same finals session. But with the encouragement of Virginia head coach Todd<\/strong> DeSorbo<\/strong>, she has chosen a more conservative approach for this Olympic season.<\/p>\n

\u201cI think the Olympics is a little different than a World Championships,\u201d DeSorbo said. \u201cTrying to do a heavy load at a World Championship, it\u2019s good experience, it\u2019s good practice. I think there\u2019s a significant difference between an Olympic gold and silver and a World Championship gold and silver. At the end of the day, you want to set people up to do the best that they can do, and if they\u2019ve got a chance to win a gold medal, you don\u2019t want to take away from that. She\u2019ll certainly be focused on the events where she\u2019s got the best chance to win a gold medal or just medal in general. She\u2019s not going to do a ton of events. She\u2019ll whittle it down.\u201d<\/p>\n

That means the 100 fly is out, even though Douglass would have a chance at an Olympic medal if she qualified for the U.S. Olympic team. She will race the 100 free and 200 breast plus either the 200 IM or 50 free, both of which are at the end of the meet. The medley remains the likely choice, but it\u2019s worth noting that Douglass did set an American record in the 50 free on her way to silver at February\u2019s World Championships<\/a>.<\/p>\n

This year has been a different one for Douglass as she opted against swimming a fifth year of college racing to focus on her professional career as well as a master\u2019s degree in statistics. She took classes part-time throughout the year, three in the fall and two in the spring, and at least one more year of that program remains. With the semester over, however, Douglass added that her outside-the-pool routine has included \u201chonestly, a lot of napping,\u201d but not overthinking the daunting meets head of her.<\/p>\n

\u201cI think I do a good job of taking my mind off swimming when I\u2019m not at the pool, and I have a whole group of friends who are trying to do the same thing, so that\u2019s helpful,\u201d she said. \u201cI definitely have more time to focus on recovery, which is good.\u201d<\/p>\n

Now that Olympic Trials are fast approaching, Douglass expresses an eagerness quite unlike anything she felt in 2021. The nervous feelings have shifted, still present but with an enthusiasm quite unlike the downright fear that colored Douglass\u2019 Trials and Olympic experiences the last time.<\/p>\n

With less than three weeks remaining until Douglass begins her quest to qualify for Paris<\/a> in three individual events, she has the perspective of a veteran at the peak of her powers.<\/p>\n

\u201cI don\u2019t know if there\u2019s ever a point where you don\u2019t get nervous. I\u2019m always nervous. But I feel like these days, I\u2019m more excited than nervous,\u201d she said. \u201cIn the past, I\u2019ve been scared of a race, and I feel like now I\u2019m just really excited to get up there and race. I\u2019m ready for Trials to be here. If it was tomorrow, I\u2019d be excited because I\u2019m done waiting around. I\u2019m ready to get up there and race and see what I\u2019ve done in racing.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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