Olympic superstar Dara Torres drops in on this Gold Medal Minute (30 minutes) takeover of the SwimSwam Podcast.   Dara is legend, the first swimmer to compete in five Olympic Games (1984, 1988, 1992, 2000 and 2008), and the oldest swimmer to make an Olympic Team, which she did at the age of 41. On the Olympic stage Dara earned twelve medals — four gold, four bronze, four silver — tying her with teammates Jenny Thompson and Natalie Coughlin for the most Olympic medals won by a woman.

GMM presented by SwimOutlet.com

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Andy Kershaw is currently the head coach for the University of Miami women’s swim team. Kershaw explained that the coronavirus pandemic has motivated him to keep coaching even more, and he’s been working non-stop to do what he can to keep his team engaged from home. Kershaw has also been a member of the US Olympic team for the last 2 Games (2012, 2016) as a team manager, snd shares his experience being a part of Team USA.

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We sat down with Olympic medalist and world champion Katie Hoff, who has stayed busy during this quarantine. Not only has her TikTok game been on point, but she has also started a new dryland swim program, Synergy Dryland. Hoff talks us through how she came to appreciate swim-specific training outside of the pool in her later years of the sport, and how dating a football player (now her husband) helped her change her perspective. 

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I sat down with world champion Michael Chadwick and spoke with him about how he’s handling staying indoors with very limited swim training. Chadwick emphasized that it feels like life has slowed down a bit, and with it he’s trying to take the time to do what he can. That could mean taking walks with his wife, reflecting on where swimming fits into his life, or even looking to what his next step might be after swimming.

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Originally published on March 30, 2020.

We sat down with backstroke master Matt Grevers, who is currently on a training trip in Columbia, Missouri, where he's able to swim and be coached by his brother, Andy, the head coach at the University of Missouri. Grevers talked to us about how he's stayed motivated and fit during this quarantine period, and mental and physical hurdles he's had to get over or still trying to clear. 

Ultimately, Grevers does think taking time out of the water could be a good thing for older swimmers, as he thinks they don't need the kind of intense conditioning to be back to race-ready form that younger swimmers may require. And as a fun tidbit, Grevers threw in the race that felt the best in his career, which may surprise you.  

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Music: Otis McDonald