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In this issue of Swimming World, read about Female Open Water Swimmer of the Year, Brazil’s Ana Marcela Cunha and Male Open Water Swimmer of the Year, Germany’s Florian Wellbrock– both captured Olympic gold in Tokyo and repeated as the world’s elite open water swimmers in both 2019 and 2021; Also featured are the 2021 Open Water highlights; An Aquatots Murder Case: The Kathy Tongay Story Part 2; Six hall-of-famers who are often overlooked, but hold a special place in history; Anthony Nesty is still making an impact- as a coach; Nutrition and the importance of iron; Coaching in a changing environment; Special Sets with Jersey Wahoos’ Audrey Derivaux and Cumberland YMCA Sea Otters’ Daniel Diehl; Why distrust in swimming science is not a mystery; Q&A with Swim Ireland’s National Performance Director Jon Rudd; How They Train with Irish Olympian Darragh Greene; Up & Comer Ava Buhrman of Cumberland Valley Aquatic Club; The 2021 Holiday Gift Guide; and more!
FEATURES 012 2021 OPEN WATER SWIMMERS OF THE YEAR by Dan D’Addona and David Rieder Brazil’s Ana Marcela Cunha and Germany’s Florian Wellbrock both captured Olympic gold in Tokyo and repeated as the world’s elite open water swimmers in both 2019 and 2021. 014 2021 OPEN WATER HIGHLIGHTS by Dan D’Addona Although the Tokyo Olympic Games commanded the spotlight in 2021, there were many other open water highlights throughout the year. 018 ISHOF FEATURE: AQUATOTS MURDER CASE—THE KATHY TONGAY STORY (Part 2) by Bruce Wigo This is the second of a three-part story about “The Aquatots Murder Case” that first appeared in the October issue of Swimming World. It is about Kathy Tongay, a little girl whose father, Russell, had been training her almost from birth to be an expert diver and swimmer. When she died at the age of 5, her father was arrested for murdering his daughter. 022 PERHAPS OVERLOOKED…BUT NOT FORGOTTEN by John Lohn As we creep closer to signing off on this Olympic year, Swimming World offers a look at six athletes—all members of the International Swimming Hall of Fame—who hold a special place in history, even if they are not always at the forefront of the mind. 025 CONTINUING TO MAKE AN IMPACT by David Rieder Anthony Nesty’s accomplishments as a swimmer in the late 1980s and ’90s made him a national icon. But decades after that, he is still making a huge impact on the sport from a different vantage point—as a coach. 028 MENTAL PREP: BEFORE THE BEEP WITH DAVID CURTISS by Shoshanna Rutemiller 030 NUTRITION: THE IMPORTANCE OF IRON—LOW MEANS SLOW! by Dawn Weatherwax Iron is a mineral that directly impacts performance. COACHING 016 COACHING IN A CHANGING ENVIRONMENT (Part 1) by Michael J. Stott In the first of two articles, Swimming World explores how coaches and administrators coped with the recent unpleasantness of COVID-19. 036 SPECIAL SETS: AUDREY DERIVAUX—KILLER QUEEN by Michael J. Stott Young Audrey Derivaux of Jersey Wahoos has turned in comparable times to the 11-12 age group superstars who have excelled before her. 040 SWIMMING TECHNIQUE CONCEPTS: DISTRUST IN SWIMMING SCIENCE IS NOT A MYSTERY by Rod Havriluk The fact that general scientific information is routinely ignored provides some perspective about the difficulty in applying science to the sport of swimming. While a single technique element cannot guarantee success, American Lydia Jacoby’s Olympic victory suggests that using science can provide a competitive advantage. 042 SPECIAL SETS: DANIEL DIEHL—DEFINITELY DRIVEN by Michael J. Stott Daniel Diehl, 15, of the Cumberland YMCA Sea Otters is Maryland’s—and the nation’s—top-ranked male swimmer in the Class of 2024. In recent months, he has either broken or knocked on the door of several national age group records. In October, as the youngest male on the U.S. National Junior Team, he notched seven top 10 individual finishes at the FINA World Cup meets in Germany and Hungary. 044 Q&A WITH SWIM IRELAND’S NATIONAL PERFORMANCE DIRECTOR JON RUDD by Michael J. Stott 045 HOW THEY TRAIN IRISH OLYMPIAN DARRAGH GREENE by Michael J. Stott TRAINING 039 DRYSIDE TRAINING: BACK TO BASICS (Part 2) by J.R. Rosania JUNIOR SWIMMER 047 | UP & COMERS: AVA BUHRMAN by Shoshanna Rutemiller COLUMNS & SPECIAL SECTIONS 007 THE OFFICIAL WORD 008 A VOICE FOR THE SPORT 009 DID YOU KNOW: ABOUT “DO YOU KNOW THAT….”? 032 HOLIDAY GIFT GUIDE 048 GUTTERTALK 049 PARTING SHOT
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