Melhor nadador dos EUA quer desafiar Cielo

[lenaorgana]

So there's this awesome article with an interview with Ryan...but there's one catch. See, it's from Brazil and all in Portuguese. I do not speak or read the language and none of my friends do either. Thanks to Babel Fish and taking a lot of leeway with assuming what might be said by tweaking some sentences, this is the best translation I could

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[fujikumiko]

you're awesome too!!!
appreciate sincerely!

[fujikumiko]

one question accessional:Ryan understand Portuguese?

[lenaorgana]

That's a good question, but sorry, I have no idea.

[fujikumiko]

how did he recept the interview if he doesn't know Portuguese?
and i'm translating the english edtion of this interview into chinese for his chinese fans.we all are excited that expecting his excellent job in 100m!!!

[lenaorgana]

Assuming Ryan doesn't speak Portuguese, the interview was probably conducted in English by someone who is bilingual and then the article was then written in the language for the readers of Lancenet!.

That's so exciting to know Ryan has fans in China! And that you're translating this so they can read about what to expect and hope to see in the sport of swimming in 2012!

[swimoc]

Great article. Top notch.

I do not want to be known as Ryan, “the backstroker”; or Ryan, the “swimmer of medleys”; or Ryan, “the racer”. I want to be everything. That is my goal.

I am so excited for the new swim season to begin.

[somexseptember]

I knoowwwww... one month!

[swimoc]

I'm just gutted the short course nationals are not in atlanta this year :-(

[entropygoddess]

Why has no American publication/organization conducted an interview like this with him? Some really good stuff in there!

I'm a little surprised to hear him say he wants to go head-to-head against Cielo. I guess I never really thought of Ryan as a straight-up sprinter like Cielo. More middle-distance with a wide range of versatility and a lot of strength and speed at more distances and strokes than most swimmers. But then a year ago I would have been surprised to hear him say he could go against Shanteau in the breaststroke, and look at him now - he's turned a "weak stroke" into one of his strengths. Interesting to see just how far he can go in the arc of his career.

[lenaorgana]

I think that it may not be so much that Ryan is so focused on the 100m free, but maybe that's what the Lancenet wanted to talk about Cielo. I don't know, I just don't see Ryan swimming that event on the individual level, more just the relay? But who knows, after the crucial role he played in Rome in the 4x100 free relay and the time he's dropped this season, maybe he is. It's just like you said though, I see him as a mid-distance swimmer, given how well he's done at the 200m races: back, free, IM.

If this is in fact true, I can't wait to see what Nationals in the future would be like, with Ryan, Michael, Cullen, Nathan, Matt, Jason, Garrett and other guys vying for spots in the event.

[somexseptember]

i LOVE that he knows that he is charming. <3

[somexseptember]

oh god, after reading this interview my first thought was, did he just refer to himself as charming and funny? He is of course, but he is also humble and grounded, and I hope he never loses those qualities.

[xhoipolloix]

oops, that was my comment above...don't know why it was anominous.

[somexseptember]

i see what you did there.