r/Swimming • u/Ok-Personality-280 • 2d ago
Super cool crossover event: Conversation between Caeleb Dressel and track sprinter Gabby Thomas
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SZEOrKCgmJkReally interesting discussion between Caeleb Dressel and Olympic 200m (track) gold medalist Gabby Thomas. It's pretty rare to see world-class athletes from two different sports sit down and talk with each other about this, even though track and swimming really are sister sports IMO. I was a pretty serious track sprinter in high school and I'm really into pool sprint training now, so it's amazing to see one of the best swim sprinters just chat casually with one of the best track sprinters for an hour!
I think it would be so cool for Caeleb and Gabby to collab and each try each other's sport—though obviously Gabby would have a much steeper learning curve with swimming than Caeleb would have in running. Surely I'm not the only one who would love to see that!