Why is Australia so good at swimming? | The Daily Aus
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- čas přidán 13. 06. 2024
- This week, millions of Australians have tuned in to watch some of the Swimming Australia trials that wrap up in Brisbane tomorrow. We’ve seen world records broken, inspiring returns to form, and an outpouring of emotion from families in the stands watching their athletes book a spot on the plane to either the Olympics or Paralympics coming up in Paris.
But we’ve also seen moments of sadness - moments where a swimmer may have won their final, but failed to qualify for the Olympic team because of the qualification time set by Swimming Australia.
In today's podcast we look at why Australia is so good at swimming, and why Swimming Australia's qualification times are so tough.
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Pretty sure as an Aussie every primary school i attended had six months of swimming classes as compulsory PE every year. No matter the weather (unless there was lightning). In asia as an adult tried to go swimming when there was some light rain and the pool admin was like 'closed because its raining'. Me: "Why because i might get wet?' it was just so foreign to me that you would close a pool because of light rain 😂😆 my husband says "Don't mind my wife, shes Australia, they do all sorts of dangerous stuff." Me: "Its not dangerous..." They just exchanged pitying glances. I am still confused 😂
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Excited to see aussies in the Olympics. I believe this will be the moment Australia will have gold in mostly every event! Much love from the US
I love how you explain this thank you
In the USA, our best athletes want to be basketball or football (NFL) players because our sports media covers those sports. USA sports media almost doesn't cover swimming at all. In Australia, swimming has been promoted more. Go Aussies!
The Aussies need to swim faster that the nobby clarks.
It’s the sharks and crocodiles. Nothing to motivate you like a set of teeth.
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Because here in Australia we spend more time in the water then on dry ground.
Aussies are good at swimming because they're basically fish disguised as humans. They spend more time in the water than out of it, and they've probably developed gills by now. Seriously, have you seen their beaches? It's like a giant swimming pool with sharks and jellyfish. It's no wonder they're so good at it; they've had years of practice dodging those underwater threats. Plus, they have a national obsession with Vegemite, which I'm convinced gives them superhuman swimming abilities. So, there you have it, the secret to Australia's swimming dominance: a fishy diet and a healthy dose of fear.
That's so funny 😁.
So good my ass they only look good at the Commonwealth Games and fail miserably at the Olympics.
I have a completely different theory: Australia is a wealthy, predominantly white country that is located mostly in the subtropic zone. White people in general perform well in swimming. This has been demonstrated across multiple countries, and there may be a biological basis to it. Wealthy countries also do well in swimming, likely because accessibility to swimming pools correlates with the general standard of living. Lastly, people swim more when the whether is not too cold.
If we look at the countries around the world, many of them are either not white, not rich, or not warm. Australia alone meets all three criteria. In fact, part of the US also meet all three criteria, and that's why the US also does very well in swimming. However, the US is less white than Australia (71% vs 90%). That explains why Australia has more medals per capita.
If my theory is correct, Australia will become "worse" in swimming, i.e. earning fewer medals per capita, as the country becomes more diverse like the US.
On second thought, I don't think my theory is that different from TDA's. Being in a warm climate makes drowning incidents more common, which would prompt the government to mandate swimming lessons for children (when it's financially feasible). Being a wealthy country also would allow more funding to go into sports and physical education for children. TDA just focuses more on social factors, whereas I think economics, demographics, and geography are the underlying causes for such social factors.
You just yaked a whole lot of nothing. Provide one scientific paper relating swimming to racial biology.
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@@PrimeTasteTester30 If race is not a factor, how come almost all top swimmers in Australia (and the US) have been white? I'm not proposing any specific mechanism, but only pointing out the correlation. Unless, of course, you're willing to accept the hypothesis that Australia and the US are so discriminatory that all the "social factors" making people good at swimming only affect one demographic group.
but i dont agree with the racial school of though because we have had people like cullen jones african american who did well medalist at olympics not many examples at the moment but point is if africans get exposed to this sport i think they can be quite competitive
, if you look you can see exposure swimming determines results.
White people are amazing swimmers. Brain power baby Brain power
Yep. Good at swimming. Good at investing in housing. Not so good developing high valued added industries. Not so good at providing opportunities for talented STEM grads who, too often, have to ply their trades in the US and Singapore.