#209 László Cseh on his EPIC swimming career

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Hungarian László Cseh is one of the most decorated swimmers in the history of our sport: six (6) Olympic medals, seventeen (17) World Championship medals, and forty-eight (48) European Championship medals.  Michael Phelps was his kryptonite. Cseh finished 2nd behind him in 3 events at the 2008 Olympics, earning 3 silver medals in the 200 IM, 400 IM, and 200 Fly. In 2014, after a coaching change from György Turi to Zsolt Plagányi, his focus shifted to shorter events.  Enjoy! 00:00 Swimming Sponsors 03:30 Hello László Cseh 04:30 Hall of Fame Career 06:00 Michael Phelps 07:30 László Cseh Sr. 09:45 2004 Olympics 11:30 Broken foot 14:30 Sad about Bronze 17:05 Beijing 2008 19:30 How to swim 400 IM 21:30 Dryland training 22:50 Big Volume 25:30 Nerves before racing 27:30 Swimming identity 29:00 Hungary 30:30 György Turi 33:20 Being a 400 IMer 34:20 Injuries 35:00 Training mentality in Hungary 36:00 Could have been better? 37:05 Zsolt Plagányi 39:15 Bronze 50 Fly Kazan 2015 40:00 Pressure 41:30 3 way tie for Silver 42:30 I can do it better I need to try again 43:00 Favorite City 44:30 Tokyo 5th Olympics 45:10 Most confident race 45:35 50 Freestyle 46:10 Favorite Competitor 46:40 Hardest Set 49:20 Favorite Competition 50:05 Favorite Equiment 51:10 Sponsors 52:00 Making money in swimming 52:40 Future Support Our Sponsors: AQUAVOLO DRAG SOX: Build power and strength in the water with Drag Sox made by AquaVolo. Use code "brett" at checkout and receive 10% off. SWIM ANGELFISH: Receive the tools and skills needed to teach swimmers with autism, physical disabilities, anxiety, sensory and motor conditions with Swim Angelfish, the global leader in adaptive swim. Get certified online today! SUPERIOR SWIM TIMING: Run a swim meet with ease from your laptop. SST is fully compatible with Hy-Tek and Team Unify as well as Colorado, Daktronics, and Omega touchpads. Tell them Brett sent you! DESTRO SWIM TOWERS: Save $150 per double swim tower by using the code "brett" at checkout! SWIMNERD LIVE: Create an interactive heat sheet. Stream your swim meet scoreboard in real time over top your live stream. Turn any tv into a digital scoreboard. Subscribe & Listen: Apple Podcasts Google Spotify YouTube Produced by: SWIMNERD Supported by: Fitter & Faster #swimming #swimcoach #hungary

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Hungarian László Cseh is one of the most decorated swimmers in the history of our sport: six (6) Olympic medals, seventeen (17) World Championship medals, and forty-eight (48) European Championship medals. Michael Phelps was his kryptonite. Cseh finished 2nd behind him in 3 events at the 2008 Olympics, earning 3 silver medals in the 200 IM, 400 IM, and 200 Fly. In 2014, after a coaching change from György Turi to Zsolt Plagányi, his focus shifted to shorter events. Enjoy! 00:00 Swimming Sponsors 03:30 Hello László Cseh 04:30 Hall of Fame Career 06:00 Michael Phelps 07:30 László Cseh Sr. 09:45 2004 Olympics 11:30 Broken foot 14:30 Sad about Bronze 17:05 Beijing 2008 19:30 How to swim 400 IM 21:30 Dryland training 22:50 Big Volume 25:30 Nerves before racing 27:30 Swimming identity 29:00 Hungary 30:30 György Turi 33:20 Being a 400 IMer 34:20 Injuries 35:00 Training mentality in Hungary 36:00 Could have been better? 37:05 Zsolt Plagányi 39:15 Bronze 50 Fly Kazan 2015 40:00 Pressure 41:30 3 way tie for Silver 42:30 I can do it better I need to try again 43:00 Favorite City 44:30 Tokyo 5th Olympics 45:10 Most confident race 45:35 50 Freestyle 46:10 Favorite Competitor 46:40 Hardest Set 49:20 Favorite Competition 50:05 Favorite Equiment 51:10 Sponsors 52:00 Making money in swimming 52:40 Future Support Our Sponsors: AQUAVOLO DRAG SOX: Build power and strength in the water with Drag Sox made by AquaVolo. Use code "brett" at checkout and receive 10% off. SWIM ANGELFISH: Receive the tools and skills needed to teach swimmers with autism, physical disabilities, anxiety, sensory and motor conditions with Swim Angelfish, the global leader in adaptive swim. Get certified online today! SUPERIOR SWIM TIMING: Run a swim meet with ease from your laptop. SST is fully compatible with Hy-Tek and Team Unify as well as Colorado, Daktronics, and Omega touchpads. Tell them Brett sent you! DESTRO SWIM TOWERS: Save $150 per double swim tower by using the code "brett" at checkout! SWIMNERD LIVE: Create an interactive heat sheet. Stream your swim meet scoreboard in real time over top your live stream. Turn any tv into a digital scoreboard. Subscribe & Listen: Apple Podcasts Google Spotify YouTube Produced by: SWIMNERD Supported by: Fitter & Faster #swimming #swimcoach #hungary

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