The Fastest (Legitimate) Ironman Swim...I've EVER Seen

Lukasz Wojt had a cracking swim at IM Copenhagen recently and broke the course record in a time of 43:57. His background as an Olympic swimmer certainly shows through. Let's look at some highlights from this swim and take a look at his technique.

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[liqiye]

Hey dude,
Just wanted to say that thanks to you I have completed Black lake XTRI triathlon. Thank you.
Milos Lazarevic

[DonostiGros]

Excellent analysis. This is a benchmark for distance swimming; the guy is so balanced, rhythmical: like a metronome, never breaks the pace with his breathing of sighting. A joy to watch, inspiring and something to aspire too.

[AccordGTR]

Lucasz is 184cm, not 194cm tall. He is 41 yrs old averages a 1:04/100 pace on an interval of 1:30. What a phenomenal swimmer

[_bergflow]

buttery stroke for sure. Also just really cool seing a former pro swimmer smoke an Ironman swim.

[photosquare]

Last saturday I had a fast IM trainig swim at nearly the exact same time. It took me only 1h longer ;-)

[stuartblack]

Thanks for this, first one of your videos I've seen and I've learned a huge amount! New to triathlon and swimming so really great analysis!

[alptaskurt]

Hey sir am from turkey and been watching your videos for two months i watched almost all of them, i am living by the sea side and i practice every second day, for two month i developed my swim with your help thank you :)) i still keep watchin and go for swim after.. i was thinking that i already knew swimming but i was not thank you again ..have a great day oh there is one another guy too like you, he is also good but you are the best

[sljb_]

this is the most esthetically pleasing swimming i have ever seen in my life.
@effortlessswimming thank you from Danube river, Novi Sad, Serbia.

[juanibian]

Excelent as usual, thank you for your time

[Cachoeira]

I like to watch and rewatch your analysis again and again, there are many things to be learned.

[BenjaminBriu]

You forgot to mention his butterfly’s swim at the end, looks like it was a shallow water! And yes Lov this analysis! Triathletes analysis are the best!! Lucy Barkley next!

[petertaylor]

I was in Copenhagen watching the whole race...I am not saying he was one of them, but many athletes did cut a corner and missed the last marker bouy. Nobody was penalised. And also, yes. He looked MASSIVE standing on the beach. He looked like a swimmer. Tall, long limbs and shoulders about 4m wide he had a different body shape from anybody else on the start line.

[Brian_Reeves]

Super informative. I’m new into swimming and love working on having better technique. 🏊🏼

[trackie]

Wow. Bubbles on the hand… I’m so grateful to have the benefit of such insight thanks to people like you who post such great stuff on YouTube.

[dariendude]

Note the arm entry vs the other fast swimmers. His are nearly splashless, with quiet hands leading the way after a relaxed, bent-elbow arm recovery. Many of the others are windmilling their straight arms and making a much larger splash with each arm entry. Gotta believe his preserves more energy and allows for a consistent pace from start to finish. Really impressive.

[jensmeggers]

thank you for the detailed analysis. Super helpful

[cannonball]

Mate your videos just helped me swim a 750m in 10:27. Fantastic tips and channel. I’ve had a few Masters Sessions about 7 years ago. Such great tips cheers

[caesarsun]

Thanks brilliantly explained and super informative, few thinks I have to correct!
And congrats to the swimmer it looked effortless but the speed was insane!

[phxrsx]

I’d like to see some underwater footage of this guy.

[TheSnifmister]

Such a great swimmer. Love watching his technique.