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Comment by copperx

3 years ago

If I remember correctly, Olympic swimmers are NOT spending 4 hours a day in the pool, and certainly not 6.

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rolisz  3 years ago

A couple of years ago I took swimming lessons from the Swiss butterfly swimming champion and he said he trained about 20 hours a week and that to get to Olympic levels, he'd have to train even more. For swimming it's possible to train much more than in other sports, because it doesn't do as much joint damage, because you're in water.