What the Winter Olympics can Teach us about Swimming

What the Winter Olympics can Teach us about Swimming
By Mike Gustafson,Contributor
 
Ah, the Winter Olympics: Frozen water, frozen humans, and two weeks of intense, live-by-the-blade-of-a-figure-skate competition. Also known as (outside of the Summer Olympics) the best two weeks in sports.
 
While there’s no swimming in the Winter Olympics (arctic water racing, I.O.C.?) there are plenty of lessons swimmers can learn by watching our ice-bound Olympic sport brethren.
 
Here are a few things we water-logged swimmers can learn from watching the Winter Olympics…