Ruta Meilutyte and Jon Rudd: Swimming’s perfect partnership?

Ruta Meilutyte and Jon Rudd: Swimming’s perfect partnership?


In fact, Rudd has an elite group of swimmers numbering around 60 who gather twice a day, Monday to Friday, from 05:30 to 08:00 and again at 16:30 to 18.30 for a second session of training, fitted in around their meals and education.

His star pupil of course is Meilutyte; she won a total of 14 gold medals in 2013 and broke three world records, two at the World Championships in Barcelona in the 50m and 100m breaststroke events and the other at the World Cup in Moscow.

The pair think they can achieve even more leading up to the 2016 Olympics in Rio, which is a frightening thought.

“I don’t see any reason why Ruta can’t better her achievements from last year,” Rudd told BBC Spotlight.

“She’s improving all the time and she’s not at her peak yet. We want to win every race we take part in and it’s my job to make sure she’s focussed, hungry and wanting more.

“We then let her rivals do the worrying and believe me, they worry when Ruta is next to them.”

So too is Rudd’s army of talent, part of which will be unleashed in this year’s Commonwealth Games.

If he is successful, will his next step also be Rio as coach of Great Britain?



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