The biggest disappointment for me by far is the absence of Dressel, Peaty and Milak, not just because we didn't get to see them compete, but also because it's sad to see world class athletes struggling with mental health. We fans see them perform at the highest level and smash world records, but we don't see the struggle behind and the sacrifices they make in order to be at their best and the toll that the pressure takes on them. We just hope they find peace and happiness in their life, that's the most important.

For me the biggest disappointment is the fact Milak didn't show up to the worlds. Hopefully we see a fully-prepared comeback from him in Paris. The same can be said to Dressel and Peaty too.

For me it’s Michael Andrew not getting selected for the team

I am totally agreeing but for me the biggest disappointed was the award to Leon Marchand given the fact that he tied in points with Qin and the decision was extremely biased... as in any race, if there is a tie; well, two awards..

I thought the Women's 400 Free between Titmus, Ledecky & Mcintosh would be more competitive/come down to the wire. I had been looking forward to that race and the fact that Titmus ran away with was a slight disappointment. And then I wouldn't say I was disappointed but more surprised that Lily didn't make the medal stand...left me wondering if she just had a bad meet (but have never know her to have a bad meet), or is age catching up with her?

Hey Cody! I heard about your mistake with your arms at the start and I might have a trick that works: I suffered this too, but I discovered that if you start to move your head to breathe before the hand reaches the extension, you will develop a beautiful stroke. And you don’t have to worry, because your other arm which will be under your body won’t allow your head to come out of the water until that arm is fully extended. So after this, you might even have time to put your head back completely underwater, with that arm still perfectly extended. I hope you understood this, for I’m just 13 years old haha.

I just wanted to say I love your videos it’s been so cool too see your progression on KZfaq 😁

For Shane and Lèon, we need a new long program to allow these guys swim all the events they are class in, both are so talented but getting caught with short program. 3 week meet??

At OGs, i think the new conflict for Leon i think is that the 200 fly and 200 breast are the same day and for that he’s going to do the 200 br. I think the double would have been possible for him this year if the events had bookended the session or something. Cook the schedule to let phenoms swim! Lol Though at the moment, can we think of someone else who has a world class 200 breast AND 200 fly? (Only Daiya Seto comes to mind)

Love your videos Cody, can you please show us what u were eating before you had your breakthrough, as I don’t have a lot of spare money to spend on food

It should be pointed out that it was the breaststroke that saved the medley relays for the US. It would have been a very different result if the other teams had stronger breaststrokers.

The other I was going to point out/forgot to mention is can we stop to appreciate just how impressive Ryan Lochte's 200 IM World Record is? I think Leon came close, but that might be an even harder one to break than that 400IM record Leon grabbed from the great Michael Phelps!

You need a ozone and copper/silver ion generator for your swim spa. get rid of the chlorides and just use a shock.

Not seeing Peaty, Dressel and Milak swim was a huge disappointment but hopefully they’ll be back for paris

This is very reminiscent of the decision between Andre Seliskar and Dean Farris for the swimmer of the meet at the 2019 NCAA D1 Championship

Cody you are on fire I love watching your videos keep going love you ❤

For me it was defo Lilly king not getting on the podium for the 100m and 200m breaststroke as she was the former world record holder but still and always she is the breaststroke G.O.A.T

I agree with Shaine, I would add Lily, ( sorry, I know she is a close friend) , also, the NBC coverage was too pro America, spinning some really poor swims into " yeah for the Bronze" with the exception of a handful of athletes, we underperformed..and when so many athletes are off, there is a problem! Possibly the quick turnaround, or the Aussies first day deflated team USA.

speaking of Murph & SCY backstroke, don’t forget Luca Urlando went a 43.3 when ranking all time performances lol

what infinity pool do you use? (the one in your garage)

where can i find that underwater camera

What is the brand of the camera?

9:20 Cody you’re forgetting Luca!

I was also very disappointed to see leon scratch on the 200 breast. I watched his french nationals races and was thinking exactly what you were saying with him being unshaved and still going that fast. I think he would have won of Qin. Leon is IMO the best swimmer in the world right, and I believe he could excel in more events, such as maybe the 400 freestyle or 200 freestyle, if he puts more time into them. There is a clip of Bob Bowman saying Leon went 4:19 in a 500 scy in practice from a push, so I believe he has potential for mid distance races, other than the IMs.

I got one of the caps you sighed for a swim team

Summer McIntosh appeared to have feeling big nerves in the 400 Fr. David Popovici didn’t have closing speed. The whole USA team looked rattled and the confidence was spotty. Marchand didn’t swim the 200 Br. Ledecky went faster at Trials than at Worlds. Maybe Trials were too close to Worlds? Maybe you can talk about this issue.

I wasn't aware that being "Unshaved" could cause so much resistance in swimming, interesting.

Love your content what tech suit should I get

I still say that you should not be making primary calls on video replay, only confirmations. Correct me if I’m wrong, but that doesn’t seem to have been the case at nationals.

Those 2 British 200 IMers ate up the Americans in the freestyle split.

Casas is third fastest in 100 back behind murph and luca urlando

cody rlly missing your old style of vlogs 😥

I've had the same dq as seto had. But it wasn't called from a video, but from an official on deck. It's a ridiculous dq because it's not something that the athlete has any control over.

Absolutely agree about Marchand and the 200 breast and I knew that's what you were gonna say before you said it, LOL. Thanks for the video. Hope you had an enjoyable vacation.

Breaststroke technical rules have been corrupted over the years, and we're now paying a price in disqualifications. Aaron Peirsol said that Kitajima cheated by doing a dolphin kick in his underwater pull-down. That was during the 2004 Olympics. The argument then became that doing a dolphin kick was a natural response to the arm pull so instead of enforcing the rules more strictly, the rules were changed to allow a dolphin kick, but only after the hands had separated. That rule changed further so the swimmer could do a dolphin kick at any time during the underwater pull. Everybody figured out that doing the dolphin kick while still in a streamlined position was the speediest strategy. But doing a dolphin kick while still streamlined bastardizes the historical concept of breaststroke, i.e. the swimmer is generating propulsion using a kick other than the breaststroke kick. Additionally, doing the dolphin kick while still streamlined destroys the original argument that a dolphin kick is only natural to the pull-down arm pull. FINA and USA Swimming need to get their act together and either eliminate the breaststroke altogether (not my vote), or quit allowing for such radical technical rule changes. Another problem with these plus other even more radical rule changes is that they disallow time comparisons between breaststrokers of today and those of earlier years. Backstroke starts is another example of corruption in the rules with the start wedges. Why use the wedges when a swimmer could simply curl his toes over the edge of the pool? The rules originally required feet to be completely submerged so that swimmers would have nothing to hook their toes on. That was in long course. In short course, a swimmer could hook his feet over the edge, back in the day.

Looks like Caeleb Dressel is back, what do you think about it? Who will be the king of free style?

Referee'ing indeed needs to be consistent. At the 2017 NCAA in IUPUI pretty much anyone swimming breaststroke in lane 2 got hammered by the Lane 2 ref. The rules for each lane need to be consistent across all refs.

Milak and Michael Andrew not present. Dressel and Peaty had other things going on, but the absence of those 4 men really took away a bit. I also kind of wish that Maggie Mac Neil could swim backstroke at big meets.

After this video, and the comment about trying to return your head to center after a breath before engaging your next pull, i went through hundreds of competition vids and can't find one swimmer who does this. After further consideration, you're advocating for catchup freestyle as the correct form. Unfortunately, it reduces the efficiency boost you get from using your arm entry to return your head to the center position and forces an unnatural head jerk

Imma Shane✌️ Shout out to Shane💪🔱

Cody should become a coach???

Leon will likely swim the 200 breast in the olympics because it does not interfere with either the 200IM or 400IM. On the other hand he won't be able to swim the 200 Fly because it falls on the same day as one of the IM event. This might actually be OK since Milak will be back and I don't see anyone beating Milak at his best in the 200 Fly.

How about david popovici?

I don’t know if it’s necessarily a disappointment, but more so confusion on what’s going on with Caeleb Dressel. I know he recently came back to swimming, but what’s the plan? Is he gonna go to Paris in 2024? Is he going to retire soon? What do you think?

It’s not that the USA did super badly in the relays, the Australians just exceeded all expectations this year

theres no way that daiya pullout is illegal

You have such a good life, don’t you?

BRO Leon not swimming the 200 breast was a tragedy. I'm sure he would've beaten Qin Haiyang, and beaten the world record. I really hope he swims it at the Olympics.

Comparing Daiya's single wall to Max's obvious downward kick on every single kick is just not the same. There might be natural movement on an underwater because his legs go past horizontal before he pulls down, which is why they come back to horizontal. Should it be fixed, probably. Is it the same as Max and you and others deliberately doing an extra downward kick on breaststroke? Absolutely not

Looks like 200m fly and 200m breast are on the same day in paris 2024

Cody don't be mad at yourself they have satellite chlorine equipment 😮

The biggest disappointment for me will be the absence of Cody in Chile

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CODY RESPOND TO MEEE my 50m breast is 32.29 100m is 1.09 200 is 2.36 is it good for an 14 y.o

until leon can go under the wr he would have won it but he didnt

Making friends at the pool can be challenging. I once took adult swimming lessons, we can forget to swim after a long. We didn't get to know each other well and swimmers really aggressive. I think, the last time I swam it was in the college club. Some didn't appreciate my unique swimming style. It's puzzling how someone could get annoyed with me swimming beside them more than 12 times per 50m. A lot of frustration for some waves and stressful environment. People can appreciate to only swim in this world.

Qin is jacked

Luca is fastest American in 100 back, not murphy.

Yea the DQ thing at championships was OFF THE CHARTS, totally wild

Can I get a shout out in next vid please

US won't win ALL the relays 🙂

Super early

Dissapointment is making a click bait video by putting Marchand on the cover just for views and likes

leon would have won 100%

I'm disappointed in your pronunciation LOL. Lay-on

That was my top disappointment as well and I’m not even a breastroker. I said that when it happened. I was like Leon would have beaten the Chinese guy, no sweep for him.

I would have loved to have seen Leon Marchand swim the 200m brst. And watch any jacked up (On Scooby snacks?) questionalbe Chinese swimmer...

Leon would win. And he will win in Paris the 200m… and Peaty the 100m. Chinese guy silver in 100 and 200m.

China guy would have won. Leon is number 2 breaststroke. Would be number 3 if Peaty was still alive.

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