Off The Blocks Swimming Podcast

The countdown is almost over and now, IT'S SHOWTIME.

With the 2024 Paris Olympic Games about to kick off in 2 days time, we have assembled two Aussie Swimming Legends in Former World Record Holder Bobby Hurley, and 2 Time Olympian Meagen Nay to take you through all of the action you can expect over the next 9 days of competition.

Time for the boys, as Meagen, Bobby and myself talk all about the amazing matchups coming our way including the showdown in the blue ribbon event the 100m Freestyle as Kyle Chalmers comes up against world record holder Pan Zhanle and former world record holder David Popovci and not to leave out American Jack Alexy, also Cam McEvoy, Ben Proud, Caeleb Dressel and Flo Manaudou in the 50m Free and of course Sam Short, Elijah Winnington battling it our against Lukas Martens and Kim Woomin of Korea. We get into potential relay success as well, andwill we see the rise back to dominance of USA teams.

Our experts also give us their predictions on, Race to watch of the week, Star of the week, and Dark Horse swimmer of the week, as well as a whole lot more.

If you are as excited for the Paris Olympic Games as we are, Don't Miss This

The countdown is almost over and now, IT'S SHOWTIME.

With the 2024 Paris Olympic Games about to kick off in 2 days time, we have assembled two Aussie Swimming Legends in Former World Record Holder Bobby Hurley, and 2 Time Olympian Meagen Nay to take you through all of the action you can expect over the next 9 days of competition.

Starting with the girls, Meagen, Bobby and myself talk all about the amazing matchups coming our way including the rematch of Ariarne Titmus, Summer McIntosh and Katie Ledecky in the 400m Freestyle, also Mollie O'Callaghan, Sarah Sjostrom, Siobhan Haughey, Shayna Jack in the 100m Free and of course Kaylee McKeown, Regan Smith, Kylie Masse and Katharine Berkoff in the 100m Back. We get into potential relay success as well, and who has the edge the Aussie's or the US teams.

Our experts also give us their predictions on, Race to watch of the week, Star of the week, and Dark Horse swimmer of the week, as well as a whole lot more.

If you are as excited for the Paris Olympic Games as we are, Don't Miss This

This week on the podcast, Shannon come to us once again LIVE from Canet over in France as the Australian Olympic team set up camp there on the road to Paris in July.

Shannon takes us behind the scenes on what a staging camp looks like in the third week as the team prepare to move on, and Shannon prepares to fly home.

Shannon talks to us about the handover between home coaches and team coaches during this process, as well as what his final words to Bronte will be before he boards his plane.

We talk about relay selection and what that process looks like, as well as the US media bringing back Cate Campbells comments made last year following Fukuoka World Champs.

Shannons final episode from Canet, don't miss it

This week on the podcast, Shannon come to us once again LIVE from Canet over in France as the Australian Olympic team set up camp there on the road to Paris in July.

Shannon takes us behind the scenes on what a staging camp looks like in the second week with training ramping up, and what the coaches are looking for over the next few weeks. We discuss balancing training schedules of all the team, and how much Shannon is enjoying being in the Olympic team environment again

We discuss briefly the announcement of Mel Marshal as the NEW Head Coach at Griffith Uni from 2025 following the announcement of Michael Bohl taking some well deserved long service leave, And whether it was a good time to announce this or could it have waited.

Don't miss this as we get access to the inner sanctum of the Australian Olympic Swim team as they prepare for the biggest Olympic Games in recent memory

This week on the podcast, Shannon come to us LIVE from Canet over in France as the Australian Olympic team set up camp there on the road to Paris in July.

Shannon takes us behind the scenes on what a staging camp looks like, and what the coaches are looking for over the next few weeks. Shannon and women's clothes, Shannon and wine tours, Bronte's progression while she has been in camp and a whole lot more.

Don't miss this as we get access to the inner sanctum of the Australian Olympic Swim team as they prepare for the biggest Olympic Games in recent memory

The Shannon Rollason Podcast is back and Shannon is fired up and ready to go.

This week on the podcast, Shannon and I look back at his week in Brisbane at the Australian Olympic trials for Paris.

Shannon talks to us about the good, the bad and the ugly when it comes to the program, production and overall feel of the meet itself, as well as gives us a great insight into his own week as a coach with his team and helping get Bronte Campbell onto her 4th Olympic team for Paris.

We touch on the US and their trials, David Popovici's amazing swims at Euros and a whole lot more

Welcome back to Off The Blocks Swimming Podcast for 2024, this week we are taking a look the 2024 Australian Olympic Trials for Paris up in Brisbane with none other than former World Champion and World Record Holder Bobby Hurley, and World Aquatics Expert Commentator Bobby Hurley.

Bobby Hurley and I look back on the rest of the week up in Brisbane at Olympic trials including the team announcement. We go back to the Women's 100m Free final and the amazing show those 8 females put on for the nation, as well as the send off the crowd and swimmers gave legend Cate Campbell following her 50m Free and missing her 5th Olympics.

We discuss the Men's 100 Fly, Women's 200 Fly, Men's 100 Free, as well as the make up of this years Olympic team with balance between youth and experience.

We also chat US trials, and the massive production and show they are putting on right now in America and what we could learn from that heading towards Brisbane 2032.

Welcome back to Off The Blocks Swimming Podcast for 2024, this week we are taking a look the 2024 Australian Olympic Trials for Paris up in Brisbane with none other than former World Champion and World Record Holder Bobby Hurley, and World Aquatics Expert Commentator Bobby Hurley.

Bobby Hurley and I look at the week of action from Brisbane so far including Arnies amazing WR in the 200 Free and her battle with teammate Mollie O'Callaghan. Cam McEvoys 50m Free win, as well as Australian Olympic team QTs and Bobby's thoughts on them.

We look back at the week so far as well and Kaylee McKeown's amazing swims, Short and Winningtons battles in the pool and a whole lot more.

We also make some predictions for the days to come, don't miss it

SPECIAL BONUS EPISODE

In this special bonus episode, Shannon takes us back to his 8 Olympic trials preparations and gives us some great stories of the past.

Stories of triumph, tears, laughter and some very fast swimming.

The Shannon Rollason Podcast is back and Shannon is fired up and ready to go.

This week on the podcast, Shannon and I look through the massive week of racing up in Brisbane at the Olympic Trials. All the big names are racing and Shannon casts his eye over the field to give us his thoughts on which athletes and events are going to be red hot.

We discuss all the big races and Shannon gives us his race to watch of the week, and whether it will be a week for the young or for the experienced. As well as an update on his own teams chances up in QLD.

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