Propulsion Swimming Podcast

This week on the Propulsion Swimming Podcast we talk with up and coming British freestyler, Tyler Melbourne-Smith. We talk through his performances of the last 12 months and understand what impact they have on his choice of freestyle events he's racing at the Aquatics GB Champs 2025. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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Ahead of the National Arena League finals 2025 in Cardiff the Propulsion Swimming Podcast picks its dream British Open line up. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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This week on the Propulsion Swimming Podcast, we preview BUCS LC 2025 with our four races to watch, discuss recent British NCAA announcements, and how can uk swimming can mean more. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This week on the Propulsion Swimming Podcast we talk with University of Bath swimmer, Jess Podger, about how she's grown her social media brand and advice she'd give to any other swimmers looking to do the same. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This week on the Propulsion Swimming Podcast, we talk to Sam Woodward and James Ryan about all things Bournemouth Collegiate School Swimming. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This week on the Propulsion Swimming Podcast we talk with Leeds Beckett freestyle, Jordan Cooley. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This week on the Propulsion Swimming Podcast we are reposting a Swimming Nutrition advice episode with YSN. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

To end 2024, the Propulsion Swimming Podcast reviews the last 12 months and names its top swimmers of the year, British and international, with a nod towards the Paris 2024 Olympic Games. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Was Budapest 2024 the fastest swimming meet EVER?This week's episode of the Propulsion Swimming Podcast examines the record-shattering Short Course World Championships, where an unprecedented 30 World Records were broken! We dissect Gretchen Walsh's incredible 11 World record medals (9 individual!) and the massive prize money that could change the future of swimming. Is this sustainable? Plus, how Abbie Wood and Eva Okaro saved Aquatics GB's blushes with 3 medals and a world junior record. Join us for an in-depth analysis! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This week on the Propulsion Swimming Podcast, Aquatics GB swimmer Jacob Peters helps us look ahead to the World Short Course Swimming Championships in Budapest. We talk with Jacob about bouncing back from Olympic disappointment, the different pressures a Short Course Worlds brings and how it can help springboard into 2025. 📸 Kees-Jan van Overbeeke Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This week on the Propulsion Swimming Podcast we sit down with Adam Peaty and Ed Baxter for an unfiltered conversation regarding the AP Race business. From Finances to Saudia to the Future, we answer the questions you've always wanted answered, with nothing off limits. AP Race was founded by Adam Peaty and Ed Baxter in 2019. It has since launched race clinics like no other in swimming, created an annual international swimming meet at the London Aquatics Centre, and recently launched a new swimming academy in Saudi Arabia, among other things. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Dive into the action-packed BUCS Nationals with us! This episode of the Propulsion Swimming Podcast breaks down the highlights from a thrilling meet at Ponds Forge, featuring some of the UK's fastest university swimmers.We dissect the standout performances, including Freya Colbert's record-breaking meet and Dan Wiffen's dominant distance swims. Plus, we analyze the intense battles in the 100m fly, 400m IM, and 100m backstroke, where the margins were razor-thin, and discover the swimmers to watch this season, like rising stars Jordan Cooley, Holly McGill, and Tyler Melbourne-Smith.  Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This week on the Propulsion Swimming Podcast we preview the biggest University Short Course competition, BUCS. We highlight the swimmers we can't wait to watch, with Olympians in the water and Paralympic medalists on show there's no shortage of high quality swimmers. We also talk races to watch, why we love BUCS and how swimmers can help grow it's profile further to their own benefit. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

The Propulsion Swimming Podcast discusses the final stop of the World Aquatics Swimming World Cup series in Singapore. There are 5 World record swims to discuss from Leon Marchand, Regan Smith, Kate Douglass and Noe Ponti, plus an outstanding Duncan Scott 200m Freestyle as sights now turn to World Championships in Budapest, along with BUCS short course in the UK. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Help Ware Swimming Club - https://chng.it/dSZBPwNpLyLeg 2 of the 2024 World Aquatics Swimming World Cup produced even more short course World Records as Kate Douglass and Regan Smith shine. This week on the Propulsion Swimming Podcast we review the top swims from Incheon, South Korea with the help of Hong Kong Breaststroker Adam Chillingworth. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Leg 1 of the 2024 World Aquatics Swimming World Cup produced World Record swims and stand out battle as the Short Course swimming season takes hold. This week on the Propulsion Swimming Podcast we review the top swims from Shanghai with the help of Australian Breaststroker Joshua Yong. We discuss an effervescent weekend of racing from Duncan Scott and look at Gretchen Walsh's record-breaking swims in the Virginia vs Florida dual meet. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

The Propulsion Swimming Podcast returns with a preview of the upcoming Asia-based, World Aquatics Swimming World Cup 2024. We take a look through the head to head matchups to look forward to over the next three weeks - from Leon Marchand vs Duncan Scott to Kaylee McKeown vs Regan Smith - the world record chances including home favourite Pan Zhanle in Shanghai, and why the 2024 Short Course Swimming season could be the best ever! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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Join the Propulsion Swimming Podcast as we sit down with USA Swimmer, Hunter Armstrong. Fresh off his second relay gold medal at the Paris Olympics in the 4x100m Freestyle, Hunter opens up about the challenging road he's faced over the last 12 months to victory.He shares his struggles with getting out of bed in the lead-up to the US trials, where for 3 out of 5 months he would be consistently missing practice. Despite considering quitting the sport, Hunter persevered.Even with two Olympic golds under his belt, Hunter doesn't view them as his peak. He's determined to address what he perceives as "failures" in his individual events, particularly the 100m Backstroke.Will the backstroke remain his focus moving forward? What does the future hold for his swimming career? We delve deep into these questions in this raw and honest podcast episode. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This week on the Propulsion Swimming Podcast we are speaking to Team GB's Tobias Robinson. Toby talks us through the Men's 10km marathon swim at the Paris Olympic Games, discussing topics such as, 40s per 100m river currents, water quality issues and why this event can be a landmark event for water quality in rivers around the world. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Join us for an exclusive interview with Ireland's golden boy, Daniel Wiffen on this episode of the Propulsion Swimming Podcast!Fresh off his incredible Olympic success, Dan shares the inside scoop on his unforgettable gold medal swim in the 800m Freestyle and his bronze medal performance in the 1500m Freestyle. 🥇🥉Hear firsthand about the overwhelming emotions of his Irish homecoming and how the media attention of the Olympic games affects recovery and sleep. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

With the Paris 2024 Olympic Swimming Program now complete, all medals on offer won, on this Episode of the Propulsion Swimming Podcast we review the performance of Team GB at the La Defense Arena.Are we satisfied with the 5 medals from Paris, does 1 Olympic Gold reflect an Olympic cycle of progress? Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

The Propulsion Swimming Podcast rounds up its Paris 2024 Daily Olympic swimming episodes with a review of the final nights races. A night that included two world records, a Sarah Sjostrom freestyle double and drama filled Medley relays! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

On the final day of the Paris Olympic Swimming, this daily Propulsion Swimming Podcast, discusses the Day 8 finals which saw titanic head to heads in the 100m Butterfly between Kristof Milak and Josh Liendo, and Women's 200m IM, with Summer McIntosh, Kate Douglass and Kaylee McKeown all making up the podium!Can Sarah Sjostrom, Daniel Wiffen and the USA Women's Medley Relay set World records to end a fantastic Paris 2024 Olympic Swimming program! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

The Propulsion Swimming Podcast reflects on a night of two silvers for Team GB with Duncan Scott and Ben Proud adding to their historic major swimming meet tallies, another Leon Marchand gold, and we try to predict 2 of the hardest podiums at the Paris 2024 Olympic Games; The Mens 100m Butterfly and Womens 200m IM. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Day 7 of the Propulsion Swimming Podcast, Olympic Daily episodes and we take a look back on 4 fascinating finals from night 6, which included Golds for Kate Douglass, Hubert Kos and Summer McIntoch. We also look forward to the Day 7 Finals which include great medal hopes for Team GB with Duncan Scott, Tom Dean and Ben Proud in the water. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

On day 6 of this daily Olympic special podcasts from the Propulsion Swimming Podcast, we discuss Leon Marchand's 200m Butterfly and 200m Breaststroke double gold, the first World Record of these Olympic games from Pan Zhanle in the 100m Freestyle and Sarah Sjostrom's return to the top of the sprinting world yet again!! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

The day after Great Britain get their first Gold Medal in the swimming pool at the Paris 2024 Olympic games and went back to back in the 4x200m Freestyle, Propulsion Swimming reacts to Day 4 Finals session and previews all 8 of night 5's racing. We also talk Dan Wiffen and Kaylee McKeown golds on this special daily episode of the Propulsion Swimming Podcast. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

The Propulsion Swimming Podcast returns for Day 4 of our daily podcasts during the Paris 2024 Olympic Swimming, we review Day 3 swimming. The Brits got another medal on the board with Matt Richards pushing favourite David Popovici close in the 200m Freestyle, Summer McIntosh crushes the 400m IM, and Mollie O'Callaghan and Ariarne Titmus serve up a brilliant battle in the 200m Freestyle, along with two other GoldWe also preview all Day 4's finals racing, with the Great Britain 4x200m Freestyle Relay favourite to defend their Olympic Title. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

On this Daily instalment of the Propulsion Swimming Podcast during the Paris 2024 Olympic Swimming, we review Day 2 swimming including Adam Peaty's near miss for gold, Max Litchfield's heartbreak and Leon Marchand's incredible 400m IM Olympic record. We also preview all 5 finals of Day 3's finals racing. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

On this second Daily instalment of the Propulsion Swimming Podcast during the Paris Olympic Swimming, we review Day 1 and the first 4 gold medals in the swimming pool, and preview Day 2's finals racing. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

On this special Daily installment of the Propulsion Swimming Podcast, we preview the first finals inbound at the Paris Olympic Swimming and discuss first thoughts of the slow pool, graphic problems and first mornings racing. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

On this episode of the Propulsion Swimming Podcast, we go through our Gold Medal picks event by event at next week's Paris 2024 Olympics. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

On this week's episode of the Propulsion Swimming Podcast, we'll guide you through the 30 swimmers representing Team GB at the Paris Olympic Games. We'll discuss their individual prospects and identify the potential medal opportunities! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

With less than two weeks away the Propulsion Swimming Podcast take a look at the possible world records that could be broken at the Paris 2024 Olympic Games. We saw two world records hit at the USA Olympic trials, one at the Australian Olympic Trials, plus several near misses. When the whole world comes together and races there's a chance we could see double-digit swimming world records broken! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Our Olympic previewing starts now, and on this week's Propulsion Swimming Podcast, we are going to highlight the swimmers who aren't getting enough attention and still might not over the next few weeks. The title of this episode is swimmers under the radar in Paris. Under the radar means, no well known swimmers that are being talked about. That mainly includes the Australians and Americans because the last few weeks has shown what they are all about at their Olympic Trials, plus we all know those names by now.We are going to go through 5 women 5 men, 2 of these will be British - all of whom we believe can make a serious impact on their races in Paris Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

On this week's episode of the Propulsion Swimming Podcast, we review the 9 day mega meet that was the USA Swimming Trials for the 2024 Olympics. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

In this thrilling episode of the Propulsion Swimming Podcast, we dive into the action-packed 2024 Australian Olympic Trials. The event delivered a rollercoaster of emotions, with standout performances from swimming stars like Ariarne Titmus, Kaylee McKeown, Mollie O'Callaghan, and Sam Williamson.Get ready for a deep dive into the highlights, surprises, and record-breaking moments that shaped this pivotal meet. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

On this week's Propulsion Swimming Podcast, we are discussing the upcoming USA Swimming Trials in Indianapolis.The US Olympic Team Swimming Trials are sure to be one of the fastest swimming meets of the year with spots on one of the leading Olympic Swimming teams up for grabs. Will Katie Ledecky continue her dominance, can Caeleb Dressel complete an epic comeback, which new faces will grace American Swimming, and what impacts will performances have on British Swimming medal prospects at the Paris Olympics? Propulsion Swimming will discuss all. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

On this week's episode of the Propulsion Swimming Podcast, Scott is joined by Pullbuoy (Steve) to preview the Australian Swimming Olympic Trials 2024. We will take you through the biggest swimmers of the meet, the competition they will be facing to make the Paris 2024 Olympics and give few bold predictions of who's going to be swimming the fastest times of the year so far! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Aquatics GB named their Paralympic Swimming squad for the Paris Paralympics 2024 this week. Stephen Clegg was one of the para-swimmers selected and will head to his third Paralympic Games after appearances at Rio 2016 and Tokyo 2020. So far an elusive Paralympic gold medal has eluded the Edinburgh University swimmer, but after winning World Para Swimming titles in the S12 100m Butterfly and 100m Backstroke and setting multiple Para-Swimming World records could Paris 2024 be his year?This week on the Propulsion Swimming Podcast, we discuss with Stephen the challenges and benefits being a visually impaired swimmer brings. He shares everything From training to using feel rather than sight to stroke counting and slowing down for a turn. AP Race London International - ⁠⁠⁠⁠https://events.aprace.club/events/aprli24/ Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Following her selection to the Aquatics GB squad for the European Championships 2024 in Belgrade, we speak to University of Stirling Swimming, Lucy Grieve, on this week's episode of the Propulsion Swimming Podcast. We speak to Lucy about her journey for SAST to Stirling, how she and Keanna MacInnes make perfect training partners along with the entire Stirling Squads, and her hopes for this summer's European Champs. AP Race London International - ⁠⁠⁠⁠https://events.aprace.club/events/aprli24/ Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

At the Aquatics GB Swimming Championships, Loughborough University swimmer Honey Osrin claimed the 200m Backstroke title ahead of Katie Shanahan and booked her place at the Paris Olympics. Her journey to a first Olympic Games has been far from an easy one. We discuss with Honey her decision to come to train in the UK at 13 years old and leave her native South Africa, a 5 year plateau struggling to break the 2:10 mark in the 200m Back, and why it took a virus for her to put all her eggs in one basket and a secure British Swimming selection. AP Race London International - ⁠⁠⁠⁠https://events.aprace.club/events/aprli24/ Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

With the Aquatics GB Olympic Team skipping the 2024 European Championships, a brilliant opportunity has arisen for a host of under-21 British Swimmers. Due to the clash between European Champs (10th-23rd June) and Sette Colli (21-23 June 2024) Aquatics GB won't be sending any Olympians to Belgrade later this summer, but this does mean valuable major meet experience can be gained for the 10 pool swimmers selected. Fleur Lewis, Holly McGill, Lucy Grieve, Calvin Fry, Alex Painter, Ed Mildred, Josh Gammon, Jack Skerry, Matt Ward and Leah Schlosshan will all be representing British Swimming.On this week's Propulsion Swimming Podcast, we talk through their chances at the meet and why we are excited after their British Champs 2024 performances. We also discuss the 3 Open Water Marathon Swimmers who ARE going to the Olympics and the European Championships and how their preparations are shaping up before Paris. AP Race London International - ⁠⁠⁠⁠https://events.aprace.club/events/aprli24/ Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

On this week's electrifying episode of the Propulsion Swimming Podcast, we welcome a true legend of British Swimming – the powerhouse relay swimmer, the humble champion, James Guy!James Guy is one of the most decorated swimmers in British history. His resume boasts Olympic gold medals, multiple World Championship titles, and a stack of European and Commonwealth triumphs. A master of freestyle and butterfly, he's renowned as one of the greatest relay swimmers in the world.We'll dive deep into Jimmy's thrilling journey at the recent British Olympic trials. From the unexpected setbacks in the 100m butterfly to the nail-biting, last-chance qualification for the Paris Olympics – we'll cover it all. We'll also explore whether his bold move to Millfield in the middle of an Olympic season was a calculated risk or a stroke of genius.AP Race London International - ⁠⁠⁠⁠https://events.aprace.club/events/aprli24/ Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Team GB have named their 33 swimmer squad (30 pool swimmers and 3 open water swimmers) for the 2024 Paris Olympics. After the Aquatics Gb Swimming Championships which acted as the selection meet for the Olympic Swimming squad, it was clear 23 swimmers would be representing British Swimming in Paris. Selectors decide to add to this number with 7 discretionary picks and prioritise relay performances with every relay selected. On this episode of the Propulsion Swimming Podcast, we give our initial thoughts on the 30 pool swimmers selected and give some VERY early medal predictions!AP Race London International - ⁠⁠⁠⁠https://events.aprace.club/events/aprli24/ Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This week on the Propulsion Swimming Podcast we review the Aquatics GB Swimming Championships 2024 in its entirety. Day by Day. Event by Event. Formerly called the British Swimming Championships 2024, this meet was the Olympic and Paralympic swimming selection meet for British Swimmers. Who were the stand out swimmers? Who secured their ticket to Paris? We cover is all! AP Race London International - ⁠⁠⁠⁠https://events.aprace.club/events/aprli24/ Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

The biggest episode of the Propulsion Swimming Podcast of the year (so far). We preview the Aquatics GB Swimming Championships 2024 in it's entirety.Day by Day. Event by Event.Formerly called the British Swimming Championships 2024, a rebrand that occured after we recorded, the meet is set to be the Olympic selection meet with invites to the Paris Olympics and Paralympics up for grabs.AP Race London International - ⁠⁠⁠⁠https://events.aprace.club/events/aprli24/ Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.