In this second part of two content-rich episodes with former Executive Director of the American Swimming Coaches Association, John Leonard, we dive DEEPLY into the problems and history associated with the PED doping scandal in our sport. We hear John's opinion of age-group and high school coaches (high praise indeed!), and who would be on his "Mt. Rushmore of Swimming". Extremely enlightening!

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Time line for the dynamite episode:

00:01 – Disclaimer

01:06 – How to be a Great Swim Parent

02:30 – Part II Preview

02:58 – PED’s Panel

04:59 – How to “game” the system

08:04 – David Howman

09:00 – Phony testing schemes

10:10 – Performance anomalies

11:33 – Microdosing

13:26 – Systematic failure

14:01 – Losing faith in WADA

15:06 – Athletics Integrity Unit

17:48 – Dr. Lothar Kipke

20:48 – Government-sponsored programs

22:06 – ’96 Atlanta Games

25:51 – From FINA to World Aquatics

28:15 – USADA

30:37 – FINA buying votes

33:15 – What hasn’t changed?

35:24 – Coaching age groupers

38:09 – Mount Rushmore of swim coaching

44:17 – Wrapping it up

Music credits:

The Whip Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)

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