He "SURFED" His Rival's WAVE!

[@choiyongjae]

5:02 "Phelps did his thing underwater." Perfect way to describe Michael Phelps.

[@michaelfan9572]

Yes

[@Surtac100]

Wow he moved over so the guy next to him couldn’t ride his wave, nice!

[@Whiteroca]

6:20 very smart

[@JimmyJayJunior]

This video made me appreciate swimming way more. My ex gf was a competitive swimmer in her teens. You don't realise how majestic and athletic it is until you see it through that underwater camera 😮

[@harrisshob5819]

female swimmers have the BEST physiques !!! i wish i was that level of impressiveness!

[@vincenzodelavega5284]

Looks easy but really it isn’t. To take advantage of the waves, you need to be behind someone less than a meter behind, and hoping this person is not saving some energy on the last 15 meters.

[@dineshpatil6698]

Actully

[@alexbevan2183]

It’s not exactly hard, and even if they do have energy for the last 15 you should be sprinting the last 2 lengths anyway. If you have been slipstreaming you have also been saving your energy and will always win over an opponent of equal strength.

[@goku445]

It's like cyclism. I'd like to know how much energy you can save doing this. It can go up to 30% for cyclists.

[@saltybrackishfresh]

LEZAK would’ve been 45.99 if he didn’t look up on the finish 🤯🤯🤯

[@BryceRogers_]

seriously. Heart attack inducing

[@DavidTorres-sf2nt]

I coached that for a decade after that race.

[@Patrone68]

Excited for this years' Olympics, the gamesmanship is reaching incredible levels! Never noticed the wave surfing before, going to watch for that.

[@protipskiptoendofvideoandr286]

Honestly feel the Olympics will be shut down the day before, day of, or a week into it.

[@jordanbabcock9349]

@@protipskiptoendofvideoandr286 so, at some point. I bet they'll be over after the last game.

[@HemstitchedIrony]

Lezak's is still the fastest 100m LCM relay split ever. INSANITY.

[@verward]

Technically yes, but I would say Duncan Scott's splitt was greater. They had the exact same swimming time but Lezak's reaction time was faster. On top of that Lezak wore a poly-urethane suit and Scott didn't.

[@offduty5126]

@@verward For sure its a better raw swim, but I just love how poetic this win was for Lezak, such a clutch swim at the very end of your career when you've lost a number of times in similar positions. Not to mention I think anyone would rather do it at the Olympics. I get why Lezak's swim is more popular.

[@Charlie-hv3dh]

Wicked

[@verward]

@@offduty5126 well, i think that perspective is a little america centric. The british with duncan scott had also lost that race in that position a number of times, all tonthe americans. You could argue that the olympics and phelps makes one more historic than the other, but I would argue that that british team being the first ever to beat the americans head to head makes it greater. Let me repeat that: no team ever had beaten the americans in that race. Not the Aussies in 2000, not the japanese in 08-12, not the russians in the 90s. The 2019 british were the first to do it, and they beat adrian, dressel and murphy along with a 58.6 breast split. That race was plenty historic, imo more so than the 08 400 free relay.

[@ultearmilkojohn1145]

lol more historic than a defining moment of the greatest olympic achievement of all time? good meme dude

[@gametime2473]

This was my favorite swimming race ever. Several teams obliterated the world record in this race. Lezak was absolutely stunning with that comeback. Never seen that kind of acceleration in swimming. What a great story.

[@curtaltschul1152]

It wasn't Lezak accelerating (check his splits). It was Bernard slowing down after his first 25/50m were stupidly fast.

[@SuperHello64]

Lezak almost didn't win because he looked up on the finish.

[@billybob6604]

imagine if he didn’t then he woulda went 45

[@Fuzcapp]

The French swimmer checks the American swimmer underwater just before the touch (see it at 3:56). This probably lost the race for the French.

[@madpuppy54]

@@Fuzcapp I agree the French swimmer cost himself at the end, because his touch was better timed than Lezaks, so had he not checked the next lane, he might have won or tied.

[@ayushbanerjee1187]

Never knew that there was so much strategy in swimming. Go Team USA 🇺🇸

[@realalbertan]

Duncan Scott 🇬🇧 did this to great effect in the medley relay at the 2019 world's (46.14). Duncan Armstrong 🇦🇺 in the 200 Free at the 1988 Olympics rode Biondi's wake and blew the doors off the field in the last 50.

[@williamwarren9397]

neither did I, this is awesome wtf first time hearing about this

[@billybob6604]

yes

[@Aw3Sum3K9]

​@@williamwarren9397 Same, my first time hearing this too. It's like how birds fly in V formation to conserve energy!

[@Girlwithapurse03]

Woohooo!!

[@ChiValryWu92]

Man, I remember watching this live. The excitement we had on the swim team was outstanding!

[@keatonhatch6213]

Glad I watched to the end. I don’t know swimming but I was like why doesn’t the lead swimming just move away from the swimmer in 2nd to not give them an advantage

[@protipskiptoendofvideoandr286]

Cant wait for the race when there is a person to each side riding the middle(leaders) wake

[@raywiliani3600]

people often don't notice things out of the corner if their eye

[@williamlawrenson8345]

This is something we do in canoe/kayak racing frequently except at sprint regattas where the rules say we must stay in the middle of our lanes for 200, 500 and 1000m races. Groups will work together to either catch leaders or break away from weaker paddlers, changing places to to take turns doing the work or having a rest. Best rest place, back of the diamond in a group of 4. Our club does it regularly in training, to upskill athletes and to enable weaker paddlers to join in with faster people.

[@SkillsNT]

Interesting

[@hl.alexis]

Yeww kayak gang

[@totallyel3ktrik119]

Same in cycling, it’s basically the essence of the sport.

[@imperialspy3457]

Is there a drafting effect for kayak races?

[@yaminobia7159]

I used to swim but I wasn't very fast or extremely interested in it. Watching your videos has made me want to try swimming again with different techniques

[@laytonN00000000001]

I watched every one of Michaels races that year. And that relay was the most insane thing i had ever watched live

[@omarmoka6354]

Dude, sullivan is unbelievable . He breaks a world record every time he swim this race . He show it as a piece of cake 🎂

[@wduncanator]

@B Babbich Phelps has never got the WR in 100 freestyle lol

[@hyperactivelyx]

I've been watching your videos for over a year and your content is amazing. Keep up the good work!

[@Oscar44443]

That was one of the greatest moments in Olympic history by Jason lezak

[@NickMaovich]

I don't know who will win in Tokyo, but I definitely won when I discovered this channel

[@SkillsNT]

🤩

[@emperorsascharoni9577]

France changing the order for a better winning picture to get a top class losing picture is hilarious.

[@ccbgaming6994]

Great content and story, definitely worth watching! Are the two siblings Florent and Laure Manaudou?

[@olivierbartolli]

Yes they're siblings

[@un-named7896]

Has to be them or the Campbell sisters I imagine.

[@indydurant4830]

The story is partly BS. He portrays it like Alain Bernard was nervous about going last and had a bad race. In reality, Bernard swam his fastest LCM time ever - 46.73

[@space1607]

I’m on my high schools swim team and we don’t really try and time our dives because high school races aren’t usually as close as these

[@sethaldrich6902]

Something to work on the future for getting faster instead of just winning.

[@sarthakbhalerao1045]

With Dressel, Apple, Pieroni and Brooks it looks hard for anyone to beat USA, with all 4 swimming times as 47.39, 47.72, 48.15 and 48.16 and knowing the fact that USA swimmers go better in relays then they do in individual events, it looks very hard for anyone to catch USA at this point of time.

[@zenokalo7438]

Russia: kliment kolesnikov 47:3; grinev 47 low in 2019, minakov 47:57 wjr, and morozov with relay start could be under 48

[@billybob6604]

@@zenokalo7438 is russia competing

[@gustaaf1892]

The US is always the team to beat because they have such great depth. Australia might be the biggest threat. The French only seem to have one good 100m freestyler based on their trial times, so I'm discounting them.

[@sarthakbhalerao1045]

@@zenokalo7438 you forget that Athletes under ROT had always had such timings, and yet they fail to secure a fold. Forget Olympics, recently concluded European Champs they couldn't get a gold. They are not big match players.

[@yesmk000]

i think russians and australians have a real shot at it this year

[@KCJbomberFTW]

Greatest swimming race in history

[@user-ry9eo8xn7p]

Mum: honey you can be whatever you want to be! *every Olympic swimmer:* I’ve always wanted to be a fish!

[@BlTCHEZAlNTSHlT]

jason lezaks split time is almost a half a second greater than the next closest person ever AND he swam it 14 years ago. What a badass

[@anariondanumenor9675]

badass with supersuit xd

[@RayFliesAway]

Swimming is so much more than swimming.

[@shonnyboyy5284]

Lol nope it’s just swimming

[@theronkong]

Swimming is just swimming. But to win, that's different. It requires lots of training and strategy

[@shrek9489]

Farts are so much more than farts

[@natesturm448]

0:06 seconds into this and we got a true Chad staring straight into the camera xD. I'm dead.

[@magicalplace3788]

I still think that the 4×100 relay of 2008 was the best race in the history of the sports. There were so many things going up to the race and so much at stake (especially, Michael phelps's historic 8 golds), not to mention that the race itself was amazing.

[@possiblypoet]

Yes but WHAT WAS THAT SONG at the end???

[@JSandoval80]

WEARETHEGOOD, Lynnea- Shield

[@Louis-gd2cq]

Dude you should have included Duncan Scott's relay split from world's as a great example of drafting

[@Leehamism]

Another Duncan....Duncan Armstrong GOLD 1988

[@skya6863]

Your pfp is lovely

[@sethaldrich6902]

Yep, he surfed Nathan Adrian hard core. I was screaming at Adrian to get over to the other side of the lane.

[@equinoxproject2284]

I remember screaming at the tv..."move away from the lane line!!!" when the French lost to the USA.

[@duncanfeng9626]

loving the series, really interesting stories!

[@billbarraugh9454]

5:02: Phelps did his thing underwater🤣Love it! by the way i really like the violins in the vid great music choice!

[@aimbrozz3205]

I love this kind of videos please do MORE!!

[@julievanderleest]

I saw the title and I thought it said “he surfed a rival wave.” I was thinking, “I didn’t realize that waves had rivalry.”😂 😂😂

[@stawastawa]

Hard to follow everything and who's in what lane. And hard to 'see' the surfing the wave action. But really neat concept. Thanks for sharing and sharing the scenarios

[@aculturedspecimen]

Here from the future, Zapple’s back at it again with the sub 47 splits

[@coopboulton]

One of the best events in the Olympics!

[@JB-cx2vk]

As someone who was raised a swimmer, and competed extensively, swimming is a lot more than going to a beach and splashing around. It is one of the most grueling sports in the world. If youre going to become a swimmer, its an all or nothing sport. That, alone, takes a lot of drive and dedication. NEVER think of competitive swimming as boring. There is A LOT that goes into it.

[@goku445]

keyword is competitive here.

[@Bighomiehobbs]

It makes sense. When I go to the beach and catch wave while swimming I become a torpedo.

[@acidocloridrico9168]

You didn’t get it then… On the beach, the wave carries you, you intentionalry go the same direction the wave is going. The wave on the pool goes against you, but somehow instead of slowing you down, it makes you swim faster if you know how to take advantage of it.

[@anthonyzheng1246]

You didn’t get the joke then

[@quackasourus2139]

@@acidocloridrico9168 but dont u also go against the wave?? Well not the wave but the direction the water is flowing

[@acidocloridrico9168]

@@anthonyzheng1246 If that was a joke, I need to re learn the concept of a joke.

[@anthonyzheng1246]

@@acidocloridrico9168 yeah you do

[@bumble_crumble6521]

I remember the first time I rode someone's wave, it was extra cool

[@aserodriguez1425]

I will never forget watching that shit LIVE! It was AMAZING i was so pumped yeeeeeeee still gets me hype n gets my American juices flowing 😆 🇺🇸 🎆 All 3 relay races LIVE! Awesome. 2/3 gold 🏅 🏅 is awesome

[@forzaly6547]

Yeah America is pretty good

[@SuperRedux]

Love the way you pronounce Alain Bernard as Aaalaan Byeurnaaar My tongue twisted and I had to get a surgery done to untangle my tongue after I tried pronouncing that name the way you do

[@joec7177]

Holy this video was so intense!! Well done!!

[@nabilhashmi7976]

What a fantastic video, well done. Your content keeps improving. Can’t wait for your training App.

[@timn4481]

i think you are over stating it. the wake is only there if both athletes are on the rope. its also only advantageous if you are about half a body length behind. if you get further behind, or in front, there is actually additional drag. so unless you have all these conditions its really not that advantageous. if u want to win you eventually have to move forward of the wake and will suffer the corresponding drag..so its a trade off. hundredths of seconds. so if you manage to win by 0.05 seconds and you sat half a body length behind the leader, for a lap or more before your surge, and you were both on the same lane rope, then yes, the wake helped you win.

[@gustavo_2298]

Another amazing video! High expectations for the 2021 4 x 100 rely!

[@myotiswii]

In Finswimming this is a REAL problem. While we are all underwater, we are so fast that we have strong water movement behind and beside us. There is a sweetspot beside someone where someone slightly pushes you, but as soon as you are about a meter behind, you are slowed down extremely by the person in front of you.

[@tomekkk93]

This is as fascinating as it could ever be

[@andrewmb1908]

This was truly an awesome video

[@jorgelouiefragamartinez970]

Ya me ví el vídeo en tus dos canales Buen contenido

[@legitman2685]

Does this "surfing" of your opponent wave also work for Short course yards?

[@forzaly6547]

Yes, pretty sure

[@mattheoswho1010]

The more time you spend underwater, the less the help is. So SCY is probably where surfing is the least helpful, but still advantageous

[@IgnasSakalauskas]

It's so inspiring that i even cried watching it...

[@TV-fv1ih]

Lezak's turnover was simply faster than Bernard's in the last 50! Bernard was quoted as saying that he didn't see Lezak because he was breathing to the other side. If Lezak might not have won because he looked up, but Bernard got caught looking at Lezak at the end! The next two examples aren't applicable as the lead swimmer was in the middle of his lane and not on the divider.

[@tobi_60]

Hey, Can you make a video on best race caps for swimming i mean the ones which are the best btw i am gonna have some tournaments after a few weeks

[@analcommando1124]

Reminds me when Duncan Armstrong rode Matt Biondi's wave to victory in the mens 200m free in 1988. The Americans got so upset about it since it cost Biondi any chance of equalling Spitz's 7 golds.

[@wk_pirouuaites7514]

I have a friend who swims 4*100 freestyle at jo for France, let’s go Charles !

[@Iamlivinginasim]

Best swimming race of all time.

[@clw22580]

I believe it’s STILL the FASTEST split in history nearly 20 years later

[@TheGoonsies]

Wow I did not know about the last minute switch in order... Lol.

[@jefferyshall]

The French team members 100% should have said screw that and gone in the order they practiced regardless of what they were TOLD to do!

[@timwillruth]

Dear Admin, please watch the sport finswimming. Then you will knew what it means to swim on and with the waves! If you need recommendations, ask me!

[@no1_tom867]

great Britain stand a great chance this Olympics, both in the medley and freestyle

[@jeffis2153]

Haha, “Honey where’s my super suit”

[@lukarus9697]

Great video!

[@radicalrick9587]

2008 was the only race that matter and the only one everyone cared about because of the history being made there with Philp going for 8 gold medals. So that made that race a 1,000 better than any relays ever swam. The USA was a huge underdog in that race as well. Ask anyone about all the other races and no one cares or remembers anything about it. Only that 2008 was the greatest relay swim in the history of mankind because of everything it meant and everything that hung on the USA winning it. And no one thought Philp would get his 8th gold when Jason jumped in a half a body length behind the fastest swimmer in the world.

[@AndrewL31413]

I don’t get it. Can’t you make a video behind surfing the wave?

[@phunnyrao]

Cate and Bronte Campbell from Australia made it to the Olympics and also won medals.

[@takin3193]

Should syrfing the wave be illegal? It’s giving an advantage to the swimmers who place next to the winner. So second place has an advantage just because they draft off of first place swimmers wave. This happened in the US Olympic trials for the 100 free last week where Zach apple surfed Caeleb dressers wave to beat Blake pieroni. It was so obvious that the commentators even said that Apple was right on the lane line next to dressel. And since only the top 2 go to the olympics it makes you question whether it’s justified for apple to go to the olympics over pieroni especially since apple wasn’t gonna make it until he started going faster by being on Caeleb wave…

[@alinemariagutierrezcastro.8750]

I dont think so, I think that is more a stradegy

[@jadenwzhang]

while it makes a slight difference, and may take a few hundredths off your time or even a couple tenths, usually the faster swimmer will win the race. you must also be in perfect position along the side of the leader or you will actually be hitting the wave and be slowed down

[@yorilamaz]

Ahh.... Ooh.... this is so interesting!

[@throwingshade9315]

This video is really well done. You do not have enough likes, so I'm leaving you a positive comment, too 👍. Keep up the good work.

[@Fuzcapp]

At 3:56 you can see the French swimmer checking the position of the American swimmer - which probably lost the race for the French.

[@boblangford5514]

Here’s one thing I never understood. Why did Fred Bousquet not swim the 100 meter free as an individual event in 2008?

[@VandettaCEAL]

He should have lost the olympic trials at France. First 2 swimmers qualifies for olympics.

[@nateglod790]

US 4x100 gonna break the record. The times this year are insane

[@robohippy]

I have been hearing about this surfing, but never heard it years ago... So, one other thing I have noticed in the US and European Olympic trials is the stroke rates in breast stroke. Since it is not a stroke I have ever been able to do, I generally don't pay attention, but noticed in the women's and men's 4 by 100 relay (women's time difference with top 3 was some thing like .02 seconds), and with the woman's breast stroke final where the young woman from Alaska got second place, how different their stroke rates can be. Some have very quick stroke rates, and some are much more slow and glide longer, which did help some of them catch up 3 seconds or so. In most other strokes, the stroke rates are fairly similar...

[@CubsWin2012]

Could you do a video about David Berkoff (and the Japanese swimmer) who did the underwater starts before they were outlawed?

[@chrisb4003]

Mate you just blew my mind

[@kasperbastgamer9668]

What is the music at 3:35 ???

[@bobfromtadley1867]

Drafting works, I always swim quicker when someone is in front of me

[@rcranes2227]

For sure, even as a slower swimmer in high school I could tell the difference. It felt like there was basically zero energy costs at the very start of the stroke. The rest of the stroke felt about equal, but that initial phase was so helpful!

[@sniclops15]

I feel good when I swim a 45.xx in 50 meters, these guys can do just a bit over that in 100 meters. Jeez they're fast!

[@kimweidner7351]

For sure racing in swim is just as strategic as any competitive sport. I love it! But we mustn't forget the trash talking that fueled team 2008. That was the most exciting race I ever saw in my life. I will never, ever forget it. I learned a lot just simply watching that race. The celebration that took place directly after the wall was touched was so contagious, one could feel it through the tv. It was pure. I was sad for Lezak when the surfing accusations took place. I didn't understand why the French couldn't just be quiet. Remember, they were talking a big talk. So, I'm not sure if it is really by chance that the US won that relay with the surfing, or if they were motivated by some chitty-chat by the French. Either way, team USA won. It was electrifying and I was super happy for Phelps and his family, particularly his mom. She sacrificed a lot to support her son's dream.

[@HausdorffLover]

Thanks for the vid :D

[@LOLOISE123456789]

I love your videos could you make some about other swimstyles in competition? 🥺

[@JKDOOF]

This is insane I love it

[@DvirTTT]

I like your vids, but it will be great if you show the whole table of results in the competitions you talk about, we are interested in 2-5 places as well

[@peteyxy1596]

could someone explain what he was doing by surfing the wave?

[@masongao123]

People say that this was the greatest race in swimming history but I prefer the 2000 Sydney Olympics more. Thorpey really had that comeback

[@mark2talk2u]

Really good video and analysis ! Thank you.

[@BluJay_Rx]

The fact I swam competitively for over 10 years and never knew about riding the wave intrigues me

[@goku445]

it's a secret

[@artamanam5183]

what a good video thanks

[@cristibaluta]

I'm actually curious how do they measure those crazy milliseconds, is there a sensor on the wall? Is it the whole width so no matter where you touch it it's detected?

[@SkillsNT]

Exactly

[@NRClips3414]

I'm pretty sure it's kind of like a pressure plate with thin middle plates and sensors monitoring it.

[@8opposite200]

Subbed! Great content.

[@henrimilo1]

The French staff that changed the relay order just before the race should be pushed in the pool!

[@NRClips3414]

Some thrasher IMs, lol.

[@leonardosoriano5687]

Great video but the way it starts off is so confusing i didn’t understand what i was watching but i wanted to keep watching

[@mikegamerguy4776]

Politicians screwing shit up the best they can. Also, Imagine being an Olympic Swimmer and being called "Not very athletic" by some guy on a random youtube channel. xD Maybe it's a second language thing, but that made me laugh. So much to learn about so many things. Shame we only live about 80 years. Just not enough time to see everything and do everything I want to do. I think a note should be made if an artificial tech like better suits significantly affects performance. I'm not trying to take away anything from these athletes. I'm more trying to say that we should make sure the old record holders get all the respect they deserve. Modern athletes aren't just better trained physically and mentally, they have better technology.

[@NRClips3414]

You bring up a great point.

[@puravidacrm]

It’s called drafting. We have been doing this as swimmers since day one of swimming

[@justinpopelka1148]

Great content

[@camdenyost7160]

Random fact I went shark diving and saw a dozen bull sharks so I think I just like the water?

[@Amm17ar]

Could you explain why its beneficial to surf the wave and how it works. I dont really understand.

[@williamkent2446]

Ever boogie boarded at a beach?