We all know that the best of the best who shine in the Olympics start at, like, age 3-5 and train hard thorought all the years to really achieve their best in their early-mid 20s.Out of curiosity, does anyone know any olimpians that started training very late, maybe closer to their 20s and performed very well at the olympics or were there "old" olimpians on the podium ever(in their 30s)?
And theoretically do you guys think it is possible for someone to start training at an adult age and win in the OLympics?
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Originally posted by jpjackson76
I believe within a couple years with the correct coaching and training efforts somebody starting within their 20's can still swim at an olymipic level. With that in mind swimming at that level is like other professional sport the % of making it to that level are extremely low.
That's pretty much what I said... It's not impossible, but it's not very likely for the majority of swimmers to achieve that.
Originally posted by jpjackson76
I believe within a couple years with the correct coaching and training efforts somebody starting within their 20's can still swim at an olymipic level. With that in mind swimming at that level is like other professional sport the % of making it to that level are extremely low.
That's pretty much what I said... It's not impossible, but it's not very likely for the majority of swimmers to achieve that.
