Dinesh shanmugam

Multi-sport events are a riot of diversity, each sport, each athlete and coach different in character and even behaviour. The energy at one arena is markedly different from the other. And among them, swimming stands tall, and perhaps notoriously apart.

It's a commonly known fact -- swimming arenas are bouncing with energy, coaches, teammates and 'swim parents' screaming encouragement from the stands in unison as soon as the starters' gun goes off.