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Meine erste ernsthafte Erfahrung im Leistuntssport war als Schwimmer. Als Schüler und auch später als Student und im Beruf, habe ich einen wesentlichen Teil meiner Freizeit in Schwimmbecken und Krafträumen verbracht. Aus diesem Grund, und weil ich immer noch eine tiefe Leidenschaft für den Schwimmpsort empfinde, darf hier ein Schwimmclip nicht fehlen. Davon gibt es viele Tolle, aber den hier finde ich aus unterschiedlichen Gründen eindrucksvoll:
  • Erstens war auch meine Hauptlage Delphin und ich habe laaaange gebraucht, bis ich mich mit den 200m angefreundet hatte. Die Schmerzen der zweiten Hälfte und im Anschluss an ein 200m Delphin Rennen, egal wie gut oder schlecht er gelaufen ist, kann man nicht in Worte fassen. Auch hier spricht der Clip Bände (ab 5:28). Treffende Feststellung des Kommentators: "That hurt...that hurt big time!" :-D
  • Zweitens sind hier zwei der besten Schwimmer einer Epoche am Start: Phelps und Cseh. Die können nicht nur Delphin, die können einfach alles! Beide sind begnadete Lagenschwimmer und können unterschiedliche Strecken dominieren. Phelps hat bei direkten Vergleichen meistens die Nase vorne gehabt, aber das mindert die Leistung von Cseh in meinen Augen nicht die Bohne.
  • Drittens, und das ist das eigentlich Besondere an diesem Clip, muss man wissen, dass Phelps bei dem Rennen direkt beim Start die Brille mit Wasser vollgelaufen ist und er das komplette Rennen im Blindflug absolviert hat (siehe auch Kommentare bei Youtube). DAS ist das, was ihn zu einem wahren Champion macht. Bei Idealbedingungen die Maximalleistung abrufen, das kann jeder. Trotz Nachteilen das Ziel nicht aus den Augen zu verlieren und sich weiterhin motivieren zu können alles zu geben, das ist das Merkmal eines echten Siegers. Zumindest ist das eine der wichtigsten Erkenntnisse, die ich aus jahrzehntelangem Wettkampfsport mitgenommen habe.



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