I’m a 17 year old girl, and everyone at my high school is obsessed with this show. Boys, girls- everyone is unabashedly watching this show (which I was surprised at, since boys usually don’t admit to watching “girly” shows such as this). I watched the whole season in two days. I loved it, personally. I read the book…

More dominant than phelps.

Relax. Am I sensing a Lafayette alum here?

Guys, chill out. I meant as a white woman I don't really have the capacity to understand the magnitude of her accomplishment as much as a black person would. Relax! GO USA!

Before the olympcis she hadn’t swam a best time since 2013 in the 100. This was unexpected.

Hahaha, it was a clunky sentence. I actually WAS crying though, as I typed it! People need to chill

Yes, thank you.

I am a white woman. I have no stake in this. But, as a swimmer, I am crying. Do you know the odds she had to win this? SLIM TO NONE. She got 2nd at trials! She didn’t even win US trials! She beat the world record holder and her 2015 world champion in the event sister! She is an amazing woman and we are lucky to be…

It's a piece of string. A lot of the elite swimmers wear goggles called Swedes, which you can tie and make yourself. It's an extra piece of string.

In terms of major differences, there really isn't in any of the other strokes- just freestyle.

So relived she won.

This applies to the distance events, which is what the article mainly applies to: Male swimmers swim a more lopsided, slower stroke because they have more muscle, and don’t need to pull as fast, they are more efficient swimmers. Females, even in distance events, have a higher stroke count and stroke frequency because…

YES, he corrected himself, but as a former d1 collegiate swimmer he was correct she does, in fact, “swim like a man”. The males ha the muscle and are able to generate the torque so that they can swim that lopsided technique. Females have not been able to master that just yet. The reason Ledecky is such a phenom is…