By Cody Evans, Swimming World College Intern
Over a month ago at Canadian Olympic Trials, we saw many great races. If you didn’t notice, these exceptionally fast times were swum primarily by swimmers under the age of 25. When we look at athletes swimming for Canada this summer in Rio, we see that the average age of the Olympic team is a youthful 21.
TWENTY-ONE! This means the vast majority of these swimmers are still in their college years. On the team there are only five men and women who are 25 or older; Ryan Cochrane being the only male in that group of “older†swimmers. By the looks of things, this is one of the youngest teams Canada has ever brought to the Olympics.
We especially see it on the men’s side, where the ages of the small group of seven men going are 18, 18, 20, 21, 22, 23 and 27. John Atkinson, Director of High Performance at Swimming Canada, explains how swimming “goes through cycles,†indicating that there may be an older team, like in London, but then many athletes retire and for the next games, Rio, the team is now younger.
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