Epic Jason Lezak Anchor; Team USA Captains; Katie Ledecky Workouts; How Underwaters Changed Backstroke; From Junior Worlds to Tokyo

Training of Katie Ledecky: A Glance At Workouts That Led to First Olympic Title

Before Katie Ledecky became an Olympian and captured the gold medal in the 800-meter freestyle at the 2012 Olympic Games in London, her coach Yuri Suguiyama (now the head coach at Wisconsin) shared some of his pupil’s workouts with Michael J. Stott. The training sessions below represent some of the work Ledecky logged on the early road to becoming the greatest distance freestyler in history.

When the Backstroke Went Rogue: How David Berkoff and Underwater Power Changed the Event

Call it a game of hide and seek, an approach that left the coaches and officials on the deck guessing as much as the spectators who occupied the venue’s seats. When would they surface? Who would come up first? What kind of advantage would be created? How much late-race damage would the strategy inflict?

From Junior Team to Olympic Team: The Nine Members of the 2017 U.S. World Junior Squad Off to Tokyo

It is no secret that this year’s U.S. Olympic team bound for Tokyo is young. In total, the squad has 35 first-time Olympians, and eight of them have yet to start college. Of course with a five-year wait between Olympics, there is bound to be some new faces unseating the veterans and this year’s team is no different.

But for many of the Tokyo Olympians, they didn’t come out of nowhere. For those that have followed swimming, this year’s Olympic team is full of a lot of names that are finally getting their big break on the international scene.