1% Better

Darragh Greene is an Irish professional swimmer from Longford. He was the first Irish athlete to qualify for the Tokyo Olympics and will compete in the 100 meter and 200 meter breaststroke at the games.In this one we cover a lot of ground and I was very keen to get an understanding of the focus, commitment, dedication and sacrifices that Darragh has made to get to the level he’s now at. As he says himself, he’s a late bloomer and if he keeps up the rate at which his improving and continues to shave off milliseconds and keep breaking his PBs, then he’ll be in serious contention next summer when the games come around.I’ve listed below a summary of our conversation. Enjoy this one, folks.Summary:Moving from hard training to stopping due to COVI19Preparing for the Irish trials but stoppedPre-validation at world championshipsTargeting 8 swimmers for Ireland at this OlympicsWhy did Darragh specialise in swimming – after breaking his leg lead him to thisWhy Swimming?How big of an influence your dad was? (tried to ge