Ilaria Bianchi: 15 years on a world-class level
It was a great pleasure to have a conversation with Italian world-class swimmer Ilaria Bianchi, on the first ever episode of Swimvenue podcast. We spoke about her beginnings to the sport of swimming (01:28), about Ilaria's way to Tokyo 2021 (03:20), we discussed the current situation in the world (05:12), Ilaria spoke about individual, who has been the most inspiring for her (08:06), about motivation to swim on a world-class level for such a long time (09:00), her insights of ISL experience (11:27), how has her training changed since junior years (12:59), dealing with pre-race pressure (13:59), what does she love the most about swimming (15:15), what has been the most memorable race (15:35), the story behind her world champion title (16:53), transition from junior to adults (18:46), experience of the Beijing Olympics (19:57), what is the key to success in butterfly (20:54), how is it to compete against Sarah Sjostrom (23:53), favorite training and competition pool (26:08), what is the fastest pool in the world (27:34), Ilaria's favorite activity outside of a pool (29:13) and what is her dream travel destination (32:13). Let's connect I Ilaria on instagram: @iaiabianchi_ I Swimvenue on instagram: @swimvenue I Thank you for listening. If you love the episode, please leave a review on your favorite platform. Message me anytime and let me know what you think.
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