What Does 8-Time Olympic Medalist Regan Smith Think?

EDITOR NOTE: In this podcast, we focus on the USA Swimming’s Athlete Partnership Agreement (APA), which is direct monetary help to U.S. National Team  members). We talked about the 15% enhance, however we have been unsure about particular allocations.  A  USA Swimming supply supplied extra depth, explaining that, the truth is, APA elevated help, including 4 extra pool athletes with an general funding/enhance of greater than $170,000 USD  from 2025 to 2026.

In this GMM podcast we caught up with Regan Smith, 8-time Olympic medalist, coming off a robust exhibiting on the 2026 Austin Pro Swim Series:

• 100m Backstroke — 1st, 57.98
• 50m Backstroke — 1st, 27.67
• 100m Butterfly — 1st, 56.18
• 200m Butterfly — 1st, 2:05.29

Four occasions. Four wins. And she did a color-set and lifted weights in the identical week.

We wished to catch up as a result of Regan is without doubt one of the most enjoyable conversations within the sport. She’s clear for somebody dwelling contained in the elite bubble. You can ask her about most something, and he or she doesn’t default to clichés. That’s why we’re calling this episode What Does Regan Smith Think? 

We cowl:

• Plenty of coaching questions
• Semis on the Pro Swim
• Prize cash at meets (Does it make a distinction to Regan on the present degree? She earned $7,500 on the Austin Pro Swim.)
• Should Regan deal with backstroke solely or does racing over occasions help the top purpose?
• Where is she racing and what occasions?
• USA Swimming’s Short Course World Championships Trials? Good, dangerous, meh?
• APA will increase (USA Swimming National Team Members bought a bump in monetary help for the primary time in 15 years)
• The USOPC blocking overseas athletes on the U.S. Olympic Training Center (throughout 2028)
• Is Regan pondering by LA2028 to Brisbane 2032?
• And much more…

I used to be sick after we captured this and sound like rubbish, however I didn’t wish to miss this interview. Coleman Hodges steps up with help.  We drone off matter for the primary 4 minutes, however we get chlorinated at 4:30. The podcast is roughly an hour and quarter-hour. We hope you take pleasure in it.  If you’ve bought questions you’d like us to deliver to Regan on a future episode, drop them within the feedback.

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This is a Gold Medal Media manufacturing offered by SwimOutlet.com. Host Gold Medal Mel Stewart is a 3-time Olympic medalist and the co-founder of SwimSwam.com, a Swimming News web site.

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