Hunter Armstrong: Challenging Road to Olympic Gold

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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.