FEATURES<\/p>\n
012<\/span> 2021 OPEN WATER SWIMMERS OF THE YEAR<\/strong><\/span> 014<\/span> 2021 OPEN WATER HIGHLIGHTS<\/strong><\/span> 018<\/span> ISHOF FEATURE: AQUATOTS MURDER CASE\u2014THE KATHY TONGAY STORY (Part 2)<\/strong><\/span> 022 <\/span> PERHAPS OVERLOOKED…BUT NOT FORGOTTEN<\/strong><\/span> 025 <\/span> CONTINUING TO MAKE AN IMPACT<\/strong><\/span> 028<\/span> MENTAL PREP: BEFORE THE BEEP WITH DAVID CURTISS<\/strong><\/span> 030<\/span> NUTRITION: THE IMPORTANCE OF IRON\u2014LOW MEANS SLOW!<\/strong><\/span> COACHING<\/p>\n 016 <\/span> COACHING IN A CHANGING ENVIRONMENT (Part 1)<\/strong><\/span> 036 <\/span> SPECIAL SETS: AUDREY DERIVAUX\u2014KILLER QUEEN<\/strong><\/span> 040 <\/span> SWIMMING TECHNIQUE CONCEPTS: DISTRUST IN SWIMMING SCIENCE IS NOT A MYSTERY<\/strong><\/span> 042<\/span> SPECIAL SETS: DANIEL DIEHL\u2014DEFINITELY DRIVEN<\/strong><\/span> 044 <\/span> Q&A WITH SWIM IRELAND\u2019S NATIONAL PERFORMANCE DIRECTOR JON RUDD<\/strong><\/span> 045<\/span> HOW THEY TRAIN IRISH OLYMPIAN DARRAGH GREENE<\/strong><\/span> TRAINING<\/p>\n 039<\/span> DRYSIDE TRAINING: BACK TO BASICS (Part 2)<\/strong><\/span> JUNIOR SWIMMER<\/p>\n 047<\/span> | UP & COMERS: AVA BUHRMAN<\/strong><\/span> COLUMNS & SPECIAL SECTIONS<\/p>\n 007<\/span> THE OFFICIAL WORD<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n 008<\/span> A VOICE FOR THE SPORT<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n 009<\/span> DID YOU KNOW: ABOUT \u201cDO YOU KNOW THAT….\u201d?<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n 032<\/span> HOLIDAY GIFT GUIDE<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n 048<\/span> GUTTERTALK<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n 049 <\/span> PARTING SHOT<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" In this issue of Swimming World, read about Female Open Water Swimmer of the Year, Brazil’s Ana Marcela Cunha<\/strong> and Male Open Water Swimmer of the Year, Germany\u2019s Florian Wellbrock<\/strong>– both captured Olympic gold in Tokyo and repeated as the world\u2019s elite open water swimmers in both 2019 and 2021; Also featured are the 2021 Open Water highlights; An Aquatots Murder Case: The Kathy Tongay<\/strong> Story Part 2; Six hall-of-famers who are often overlooked, but hold a special place in history; Anthony Nesty<\/strong> is still making an impact- as a coach; Nutrition and the importance of iron; Coaching in a changing environment; Special Sets with Jersey Wahoos’ Audrey Derivaux<\/strong> and Cumberland YMCA Sea Otters’ Daniel Diehl<\/strong>; Why distrust in swimming science is not a mystery; Q&A with Swim Ireland’s National Performance Director Jon Rudd<\/strong>; How They Train with Irish Olympian Darragh Greene<\/strong>; Up & Comer Ava Buhrman<\/strong> of Cumberland Valley Aquatic Club; The 2021 Holiday Gift Guide<\/strong>; and more!<\/span><\/p>\n <\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":490256,"template":"","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"dois","enabled":false},"version":2}},"product_brand":[],"product_cat":[56707,126880],"product_tag":[74842],"class_list":{"0":"post-490266","1":"product","2":"type-product","3":"status-publish","4":"has-post-thumbnail","6":"product_cat-swimming-world-magazine-print-back-issues","7":"product_cat-2021-swimming-world-magazine-print-back-issues","8":"product_tag-swimming-world","9":"product_shipping_class-back-issues","11":"first","12":"instock","13":"taxable","14":"shipping-taxable","15":"purchasable","16":"product-type-simple"},"exclude_global_add_ons":[],"addons":[],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"yoast_head":"\r\n
\nby Dan D\u2019Addona and David Rieder<\/strong>
\nBrazil\u2019s Ana Marcela Cunha and Germany\u2019s Florian Wellbrock both captured Olympic gold in Tokyo and repeated as the world\u2019s elite open water swimmers in both 2019 and 2021.<\/p>\n
\nby Dan D\u2019Addona<\/strong>
\nAlthough the Tokyo Olympic Games commanded the spotlight in 2021, there were many other open water highlights throughout the year.<\/p>\n
\nby Bruce Wigo<\/strong>
\nThis is the second of a three-part story about \u201cThe Aquatots Murder Case\u201d that first appeared in the October issue of Swimming World. It is about Kathy Tongay, a little girl whose father, Russell, had been training her almost from birth to be an expert diver and swimmer. When she died at the age of 5, her father was arrested for murdering his daughter.<\/p>\n
\nby John Lohn<\/strong>
\nAs we creep closer to signing off on this Olympic year, Swimming World offers a look at six athletes\u2014all members of the International Swimming Hall of Fame\u2014who hold a special place in history, even if they are not always at the forefront of the mind.<\/p>\n
\nby David Rieder<\/strong>
\nAnthony Nesty\u2019s accomplishments as a swimmer in the late 1980s and \u201990s made him a national icon. But decades after that, he is still making a huge impact on the sport from a different vantage point\u2014as a coach.<\/p>\n
\nby Shoshanna Rutemiller<\/strong><\/p>\n
\nby Dawn Weatherwax<\/strong>
\nIron is a mineral that directly impacts performance.<\/p>\n
\nby Michael J. Stott<\/strong>
\nIn the first of two articles, Swimming World explores how coaches and administrators coped with the recent unpleasantness of COVID-19.<\/p>\n
\nby Michael J. Stott<\/strong>
\nYoung Audrey Derivaux of Jersey Wahoos has turned in comparable times to the 11-12 age group superstars who have excelled before her.<\/p>\n
\nby Rod Havriluk<\/strong>
\nThe fact that general scientific information is routinely ignored provides some perspective about the difficulty in applying science to the sport of swimming. While a single technique element cannot guarantee success, American Lydia Jacoby\u2019s Olympic victory suggests that using science can provide a competitive advantage.<\/p>\n
\nby Michael J. Stott<\/strong>
\nDaniel Diehl, 15, of the Cumberland YMCA Sea Otters is Maryland\u2019s\u2014and the nation\u2019s\u2014top-ranked male swimmer in the Class of 2024. In recent months, he has either broken or knocked on the door of several national age group records. In October, as the youngest male on the U.S. National Junior Team, he notched seven top 10 individual finishes at the FINA World Cup meets in Germany and Hungary.<\/p>\n
\nby Michael J. Stott<\/strong><\/p>\n
\nby Michael J. Stott<\/strong><\/p>\n
\nby J.R. Rosania<\/strong><\/p>\n
\nby Shoshanna Rutemiller<\/strong><\/p>\n