Home

Kyle Chalmers reveals new training technique ahead of Paris Olympics

Owen LeonardNCA NewsWire
Not Supplied
Camera IconNot Supplied Credit: Supplied

Star swimmer Kyle Chalmers has unveiled a “revolutionary” training technique ahead of the 2024 Paris Olympics, scrutinising every stroke with a new tracking device to gain an edge on his rivals.

Chalmers fell just 0.06 seconds short of a gold medal in Tokyo, with gun American Caeleb Dressel claiming the win in a nailbiting 100m freestyle final, highlighting the narrow chasm in competition.

The 23-year-old Australian is now aiming to bridge the gap with “SwimBETTER”, a device tracking every stroke to provide analysis on factors as technical as the force and angle of a swimmer’s hands as they move through the water.

Chalmers took to Instagram to announce a partnership with eo – the company behind the device – and explain the “strap marks” around his hands were from wearing it in training.

Get in front of tomorrow's news for FREE

Journalism for the curious Australian across politics, business, culture and opinion.

READ NOW

“You may have seen the rumours flying around recently regarding the strange strap marks on my hands,” Chalmers said in an Instagram reel.

The Paris Olympics are fast-approaching.
Camera IconKyle Chalmers was agonisingly close to striking gold in Tokyo. supplied. Credit: Supplied

“Now I can reveal what it’s all about – I’ve been trialling revolutionary new swim tech.”

The 2016 gold medallist told Wide World Of Sports that he was adopting the new training technique to make marginal gains.

“I lost in Tokyo by 0.06 seconds, so for me, anything I can find that will make me that little bit faster is beneficial,” he said.

“Being able to have access to technology will allow me to find little imperfections in my stroke and where I can improve.

“Initially I didn‘t know what to think, but for them to put me in the pool and swim with the technology, then explain all the graphs and what it meant, that little bit was incredible.

“When my race comes down to such fine margins, you need to find every possible advantage to be the winner, and this is going to help me find that extra little bit.”

Chalmers was agonisingly close to a gold medal in Tokyo.
Camera IconChalmers hopes the new piece of swimming tech will help his pursuit of marginal gains. Supplied Credit: Supplied

Chalmers stopped short of indicating how much time he hoped to make up with the new device but declared it was a “huge game-changer”.

“If it‘s improving every single stroke I do, and I take close to 60 strokes in a race, you’d like to think that’s a fair margin I can drop,” he told Nine.

“You look at other sports and there’s a whole lot of technology available, swimming’s probably been a little bit behind there.

“Technology is going to allow us to become better athletes and swim more efficiently and smarter.”

Originally published as Kyle Chalmers reveals new training technique ahead of Paris Olympics

Get the latest news from thewest.com.au in your inbox.

Sign up for our emails