About this episode
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
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