Why Are Women's Swimming World Records Falling So Fast?
7/7/20268 min
The swimming world is witnessing an incredible HOT GIRL SUMMER as women's world records continue to fall at an astonishing pace!
In this episode of the Night Swim Podcast, Dax Hill and Elvis Burrows discuss the recent wave of record-breaking performances, what's driving the surge in speed, and which swimmers are redefining the sport.
From groundbreaking swims to the future of elite competition, this conversation dives into one of the most exciting moments in modern swimming history.
If you love competitive swimming, World Aquatics, Olympic racing, and elite athlete analysis, this episode is for you.
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First 90 secondsDax Hill· Host0:00
All right, so we have, uh, women and their, uh, world record-breaking. [sighs] This was, this was my comment on Instagram. A bear shits in the wood. Did it poop? Like, how do people... Like, why do I have to find out about this on Instagram? One, that there's even a meet that these people are, like, rested and going for fast times, but then I find out that it happened the next morning when I'm on the porcelain throne- [laughs] ... doom scrolling on Instagram. Like, why do I not know this? Just a part of my normal day as, as an ex-swimmer. You know?
Elvis Burrows· Host0:43
Maybe you don't care enough.
Dax Hill· Host0:44
Yeah, but I th- well, that's definitely true. [laughs] But it, I, like eventually I see it, right? So it's not like it's, uh, not being thrown out there. It's like how c- why th- why am I- why is it only registering after? Like, why am I not being prepped about this, I guess the, um, the status, you know, going for the world record versus broke it. Maybe that has something to do with it. No, it definitely does. But at the same time, like I had no idea that there was a swim meet that Gretchen and, um, uh, what's her name?
Elvis Burrows· Host1:21
Kate Douglas.
Dax Hill· Host1:23
Kate Douglas- Or, um- ... were competing in. Like, it's two of your fastest females in the