💥💥 WORLD RECORD💥💥
7️⃣:2️⃣0️⃣.4️⃣6️⃣
Dan Wiffen taking almost 3 seconds off the 800m Freestyle WR held by legend Grant Hackett.
An incredible performance to round off an outstanding week for Loughborough based athletes at the European Short Course Championships.
Really proud of this man who has won Northern Ireland’s first ever medal (able bodied) in Commonwealth Games Swimming.
@WiffenDaniel
has made incredible progress since joining the
@Lboroswimming
team - from a 15:39 to 14:51 in the space of 2 seasons. Great job Dan 👏👍🥈
And just like that we have a World Champion
@Lboroswimming
- such a well executed race shows how much progress has been made. Outstanding swimming
@WiffenDaniel
enjoy today and let’s see what the 1500m brings on Sunday.
#bringonParis
Well that’s a wrap for the 2024 World Championships. As always with these events, there are highs and lows throughout and so it’s vital to evaluate/reflect as we move forwards. To come away with 5 medals for
@Lboroswimming
is just incredible as we go from strength to strength.
A typical week for one of our male distance swimmers. Even with 4 key sets, the majority of the weekly volume completed is at an easy/light intensity. (Credit to Andy Wallace for creating the excel spreadsheet that works all this out!)
A quiet warm-up/swim down pool this evening as we near the end of the 2024 World Championships and 🥇🥇
@WiffenDaniel
straight in to complete his post-race recovery protocol.
Having coached 18+ age group for the last 5 yrs I sometimes forget the crazy drops swimmers make at age group meets. At his first county champs today, Austyn has gone from a 1:21 entry time in the 100m Bk, to a 1:16 heats swim to a 1:11 in the final just 90 mins later!
#prouddad
Underwater camera on a 15 sec delay = excellent way for athletes to get instant visual feedback on technical development. Very simple to set up and cost effective for clubs/programmes
Having delivered a 14:14.45 last week in Edinburgh for the 6th fastest ever 1500m Frs,
@WiffenDaniel
goes even better today breaking the European Record in the 800m Frs with a 7:25.96 at Irish Short Course Nationals
@Lboroswimming
@LboroSport
@lborouniversity
It’s 3:00am on Sunday morning and we here at
@lborouniversity
“Pool of Dreams” for our last session before heading out to Tokyo for the Olympic Games. Thanks to all the
@LboroSport
staff for making the timezone adjustment possible 🙏
@felixauboeck
A special moment tonight -
@felixauboeck
being crowned World Short Course Champion in the 400m Frs. An incredible team effort to make this happen and so proud of what he has achieved 🇦🇹👏🇦🇹👏🇦🇹
WOW 😳 what an incredible World Short Course that was for
@Lboroswimming
🇬🇧🇸🇪🇦🇹🇮🇪🇦🇴🇬🇷
💥 11 finals !
💥 5 National records !!
💥 8 medals (4🥇 2🥈 3🥉) !!!
💥 5 national records !!!!
💥 2 WORLD CHAMPIONS !!!!!
💥 6th in the medal table !!!!!!
Another big step forwards with this swim. From a PB of 15:04 short course when Dan joined the
@Lboroswimming
team in Sep 2020 to a 14:14 in just over 2 years - the future is very exciting!!
🇮🇪 NEW IRISH RECORDS 🇮🇪
WHAT A SWIM! Incredible stuff from Daniel Wiffen
✔️ New 1500m Free ISR 14:14.45
✔️ New 800m Freestyle ISR 7:35.71
✔️ 6th fastest time in the World EVER
✔️ Fastest time in the World in 2022
High volume/low intensity has been the primary focus of this High Altitude Camp. This morning was a great example of athletes being in total control of intensity - no turnarounds to make or paces to hit - just keep swimming!!
Olympic qualification secured for
@Lboroswimming
@LboroSport
athletes
@tobiasrobinson_
and
@hector_pardoe
following their 15th and 3rd place finishes in the 10km at the World Champs today in Doha.
An amazing 🥉for Hector to earn his first ever international medal.
What a crazy 24 hours that has been! Having been involved in competitive swimming for over three quarters of my life as both an athlete and coach I can now proudly say I have coached an Olympic champion, the pinnacle of our sport……..and in a new Olympic and European Record too!
We have arrived in 🇯🇵 with Kochi being our base for the next week as prep camp before racing in Fukuoka gets started on July 23rd. Amazing hospitality from our hosts 😁
Preparing for distance events (400m and up) means at times we are completing the non-glamorous but vitally important long aerobic sessions but always at an “easy” intensity. This morning saw average HR’s from the mens group of 113-135 (maximum HR’s are in the range 185-208)
Making a World Championship final is a massive accomplishment and so to have 3️⃣
@Lboroswimming
athletes in the SAME final tonight is just incredible - what a team!! 🇦🇹 🇧🇪 🇮🇪
@LboroSport
@lborouniversity
Buzzing with the 1:57.44 today for 200m Frs at British Masters Champs with the team setting a new GB Record 160+ years. Thanks
@solosportbrands
@arenaUK_
for the amazing racing suit that helped me drop over 8 seconds in just 5 weeks
An incredible 9 days of Olympic swimming concludes with
@WiffenDaniel
picking up a🥉medal, in the 1500m Freestyle to add to his 800m 🥇
Absolutely amazing Dan 👊🏻 - you will forever be an Olympic champion
𝗕𝗥𝗢𝗡𝗭𝗘 𝗙𝗢𝗥 𝗪𝗜𝗙𝗙𝗘𝗡!
WHAT A RACE!
Daniel Wiffen is a two-time Olympic medallist!
It's been a phenomenal week for Daniel,
#TeamIreland
, and for Irish swimming!
Daniel, you have lifted a nation. Thank you 💚
#Paris2024
A massively successful BUCS Short Course Championships concludes in Sheffield with the team once again being crowned Men’s, Women’s and overall CHAMPIONS 🏆🏆🏆
@BUCSsport
@LboroSport
@lborouniversity
As the swimming events conclude at
#Paris2024
a chance to reflect on what has been an incredible set of results for
@Lboroswimming
2 x Medals 🥇🥉
3 x Top 8 finishes (1 x Final)
5 x Top 16 finishes (1 x Semi-final)
1 x Olympic Record
1 x European Record
3 x National records
Really pleased with my bespoke Olympic frame although it appears that the soft race caps proved a little tricky to fit 🤣. Hoping that the Paris 2024 one is even bigger with all the extra names to fit in 😉
After another excellent week in Loughborough focussing on the High Performance side of the sport, it’s fun to come and be a ‘swimming parent’ watching Austyn in his first Regional Championships.
Following on from coaching at last weeks hugely successful Scottish Short Course Champs for
@Lboroswimming
I now find myself in Swansea as a “swimming parent” for Welsh Short Course Champs!!
Absolutely staggering 🤦♂️
100m Breaststroke QT was 59.49 (Men) and 1:06.79 (Women).
I’d be very surprised if 6% of the population could do this for 50m Breaststroke 🤣
27% of Britons reckon that they could qualify for a sport at the 2028 Olympics, if they started training today
% saying they would definitely/probably qualify for...
10m Air Rifle: 15%
Archery: 13%
Badminton: 10%
Table tennis: 9%
Rowing: 7%
100m sprint: 6%
Road race: 6%
100m
Men’s Open Water race at Paris 2024 and
@Lboroswimming
secures 6th, 14th and 18th places from Hector, Toby and Dan in what was an exciting and very unique race. Great job lads 🌟
Altitude camp once again proving to be highly valuable in building aerobic capacities. Excellent collaboration with Spanish Swimming Federation 🙌 with athletes and coaches learning from each other 🇪🇸🇬🇧🇵🇹🇭🇺🇬🇷🇦🇹🇮🇪
Today Austyn raced in his first open meet. In July when we entered, he was v nervous to swim in a 50m pool so we made a deal that if he raced, I would too! It’s been 17 years since I stopped senior swimming and over 10 years since my last Masters race so a 58.3 100 Frs wasn’t bad
All the Manley boys racing in the 100m Fly at Nottinghamshire County Champs today!! I could really have done with another turn at 75m having not raced long course since 2009 🤣
Swimming in a pack this morning for our long/steady Friday morning swims to 1) give the OW athletes a chance to practice their turning skills and race craft and 2) to add some variety to an 8.5km session!
@alicedearingx
@tobiasrobinson_
@hector_pardoe
Altitude camp complete - excellent 3 weeks in partnership with Spanish Swimming. With volumes of 65km-85km-65km the group have put in some great work……and a not too shabby 15km-16km-14km from myself 🤣
Fast kicking to end the week including 3x100 on fastest interval with some making a 1:15 and 1:20 turnaround and nobody slower than a 1:30. Finished with descending 50’s - 4 swimmers under 30 secs 🔥
Well that was quite some night for
@Lboroswimming
at the European Short Course Championships 😁
4 events on Day 1 schedule and we come away with🥇🥇🥇🥉
Also an additional 🥇🥈for current and former
@lborouniversity
student athletes coached by
@DaveHemmingsGBR
Great work team
Excited to be at my first World Short Course Swimming Championships at the impressive Etihad Arena in Abu Dhabi. Racing starts tomorrow with 6 of the
@Lboroswimming
team competing in the pool for 🇬🇷🇦🇹🇸🇪🇮🇪🇰🇪🇦🇴 and 2 in the Open Water for 🇬🇧🇬🇧
Huge win in Sheffield this weekend for the
@Lboroswimming
team winning 23 out of 36 Gold medals, breaking 11 Championship records and retaining the
@BUCSsport
long course title once again. Proud to be part of an amazing team.
Budapest bound today for the World Long Course Championships where I’ll be coaching with both the 🇦🇹 and 🇮🇪 team. 6 swimmers from
@Lboroswimming
racing over the next 2 weeks in everything from 50m to 25km
A really interesting read and great piece of work. As coaches, we invest so much time and energy focussing on helping athletes. Vital that we do the same for our own physical/mental well-being.
I’m yet to find a better backstroke drill for working on head position/a still head than swimming with a cup. Although
@felixauboeck
didn’t quite get the right idea 🤣
🇬🇧 Congratulations to Austyn Manley (Y9) who broke the 13 Years British Age Record in the 200m Backstroke (2:07:62) at the Aquatics GB Championships in London this morning. What a swim!⚡️
#ReptonSwimming
@ReptonSchool
Training day for us today so making the most of the Doha ☀️with three of the 🌎fastest distance Freestylers!!
More
@Lboroswimming
representation in finals tonight as we continue to have a major impact at this meet!!
Have used this type of “beat the split” set in many different variations since I started coaching and really like the stimulus it gives through an aerobic range. Athletes always like the challenge too!
All is good in Tokyo as the first full day comes to an end. Great catching up with familiar faces (socially distanced of course) including this guy. Thanks
@coach_rushton
for the photo 😉
Final day of our Altitude Training Camp. Some excellent training completed, lots learned and excited to see what we get out the coming weeks in training and racing 💪
@Lboroswimming
The first of our 10km simulations of the season took place this morning. They make holding 66’s for 2 x [1200-1000-800] look easy! The faster parts came after this!!
@tobiasrobinson_
@hector_pardoe
Day 4 of our Altitude Camp and (most) swimmers are acclimating well. An aerobic and skills session this morning with a variation in volume from 4km to 7km depending on each individuals response so far.
Starting 2023 with our next block of high altitude training - 3 weeks in Sierra Nevada building aerobic capacities. Vital to build up slowly giving each athlete time to acclimatise. Day 1 completed with only 6.0-8.5km in total over 2 sessions.
Medals so hard to come by at this level with 0.47 separating
@Lboroswimming
athletes from 3 medals in the first 3 days at World LC Championships. So proud of the performances and character shown - we are on a great trajectory towards Paris 2024 💪
What an absolute joke
@Swim_England
with the selection process for coaches/support staff for
@birminghamcg22
. This needs to be challenged with
@TeamEngland
. A total lack of leadership and integrity shown by those responsible.
Another 4th place today is hard to take but
@Lboroswimming
making a big impact at the meet after the first 2 days.
@WiffenDaniel
makes his World Champs debut tomorrow in the 800m Frs at 9:17am UK time - let’s go Dan 💪
I can 100% relate to this. Too many athletes take feedback as a personal attack. The best athletes are always willing to listen, learn and improve - regularly seeking out feedback.
“Average players want to be left alone. Good players want to be coached. Great players want to be told the truth.” — Doc Rivers —Habit 24 “Habits That Make A Champion”
#ChampionHabits
🏅
Outstanding swim
@charlatkinson
to finish 5th improving from Heats to Semi’s to Final with a new PB to complete an excellent first two days at Commonwealth Games.
💥FAST💥 swimming from
@AVazaios
to end the week and to complete this 3 week block of training. 25 Fly (2:00), 50 Back (4:00), 75 Brs (6:00), 100 Frs (8:00) + BONUS 150 PP 🏊🏼♂️💨
First session of our training camp at
@Gloria_Sports
- great to be back here with
@Lboroswimming
. A light aerobic swim this morning to get over travel.
Richard Dennigan has been named as the new Associate Head Coach of
@LboroSport
's swimming programme. 🏊♀️
Richard has been coaching within the sport for over 20 years, and has helped athletes reach every major international competition.
Read more ➡️
Long rep swimming tonight at low intensities. Lactates ranged from 1.0-2.1 mmol across the group with swim speeds ranging from 1:06 to 1:16 per 100m. Athletes engage very well on sets like this, everybody can swim at their own “easy” pace and we still keep together as a group.
Incredible night here in Stockholm for the
@Lboroswimming
team:
🥇400m IM Fraser 4:17.1, 🥈50m Frs Emily B 25.0, 🥈200m IM Beth 2:14.3, 🥉400m Frs Alice 4:13.5, 🥉200m Brs Megan 2:29.7 & 🥉200m Back Charlotte E 2:13.6
Social kicking in the sunshine to wrap up an excellent quality session this morning. 1600m of Race Pace for the Distance crew and 1000m for Middle-Distance 💪
After a quiet couple of days,
@Lboroswimming
are back in action today at World LC Championships with
@WiffenDaniel
competing in the 1500m Frs - aiming to create history by becoming the first Irish swimmer to break 15 minutes. Let’s go Dan!!