After missing out on the 2020 Tokyo Olympics by the narrowest of margins, former Longhorn Carson Foster had to change the way he approached swimming.
Three years ago, Carson Foster left the U.S. Olympic Swimming Trials submerged in dread and doubt. The path from that pool in Nebraska to the Paris Games , where the former Longhorn earned two medals and almost claimed a third last week, required Foster to overcome not only the best American swimmers, but his own inner demons. “The pressure of needing to be perfect,” Foster told Olympics.com this February,” backfired.
He won the 200 IM and the 400 IM, the latter by nearly two full seconds, in Indianapolis to secure a spot on Team USA. “We all knew Carson was going to be hard to beat this time, but you’re never on the Olympic team until you have the race,” legendary Texas swimming and diving coach Eddie Reese told reporters after the trials. “Carson is such a hard worker. So when that happened there were tears shed all over the country from Longhorn swimmers.
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