#222 WR Holder Alia Atkinson on retirement, longevity, & breaststroke training

Inside with Brett Hawke

English - January 13, 2022 17:07 - 50 minutes - 45.9 MB - ★★★★★ - 140 ratings
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Alia Atkinson is the fastest woman ever in the 50 and 100 SCM Breaststrokes. Born and raised in Jamaica, she won 4 individual World Championship titles and swam at 5 Olympics Games!

At her final swim meet, 2021 Fina SC World Championships, Alia was disqualified in her best event, the 50 Breaststroke. Nobody told her why. She came back and placed 4th in the 100 Breaststroke.

Alia talks about breaststroke technique, breaststroke training, her mentality in the ready room, having longevity in the sport, and much more.

00:00 Bratter PA, Immigration Law

00:04 Hello Alia Atkinson!

03:30 Most proud of?

04:30 St. Andrew

05:25 Why swimming?

08:00 Breaststroke Beginnings

09:30 Making an impact

11:00 Arianna Vanderpool-Wallace

12:45 West Indies Swim Team

14:40 Texas A&M

15:40 200 Breast NCAA Champion!

17:30 World Record Holder

18:00 Swim Angelfish Adaptive Swim Lessons

18:35 How to swim Breaststroke faster

20:30 Training breaststroke

21:25 Longevity

23:35 Making changes

24:45 Coach Chris Anderson

26:11 Money struggles

28:54 Destro Swim Towers

29:12 Giving up?

32:05 Hardy, Soni, Ruta

33:00 Mentality going into a Final

33:47 Happiness

36:00 Hunger to succeed

37:30 Psychology

39:17 Superior Swim Timing

41:30 Regrets?|

42:40 World Short Course Breaststroke DQ's

49:29 Swimnerd Live Results

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