I'm an American and the American Federation of Swimming and Diving sent eighteen swimmers with alternates: five females and thirteen men: usually they are international swimmers as Douglass, Fink, and Armstrong and some are raising stars in swimming in the national and/or international level and the Worlds are their first debut.. so I expect them to do their best and what happens, happened because some of their competitors are TRAINED in the United States of America!!! So if the United States of America swimmers win or medal, they deserve those accolades through and through because they EARN it!!!! Thanks for sharing your podcast though!!!