At the Aquatics GB Swimming Championships, Loughborough University swimmer Honey Osrin claimed the 200m Backstroke title ahead of Katie Shanahan and booked her place at the Paris Olympics.
Her journey to a first Olympic Games has been far from an easy one. We discuss this with Honey, which included a decision to come to train in the UK at 13 years old and leave her native South Africa
We also discuss on this episode of the Propulsion Swimming Podcast, how Honey went through a 5 year plateau struggling to break the 2:10 mark in the 200m Back, and why it took a virus for her to put all her eggs in one basket and secure Team GB selection.
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YouTube – https://youtu.be/XY5hiMs9_mQ
Apple Podcast – https://apple.co/4bjBJxj
Spotify – https://spoti.fi/4dEX85A
Key topics Honey Osrin discusses on the podcast:
- The decision to move from South Africa to the UK to further her swimming career.
- Why she doesn’t take any opportunity from British Swimming/Aquatics GB for granted.
- Her journey battling through a long 5 year plateau in the 200m Backstroke, what kept her mindset strong and why she’s proud to come out the other side.
- Why she didn’t pick the easier option of changing nationality back to her native South Africa.
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