(VIDEO) Tom Shields Is "Trying To Get Back On The Horse'

Tom Shields "Trying To Get Back On The Horse'

2017 Los Angeles Invitational

July 13-16, 2017
Los Angeles, California
Uytengsu Aquatics Center
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FloSwimming's ​Clark Burckle ​caught up with 2016 U.S. Olympian ​Tom Shields ​Friday evening at the 2017 Los Angeles Invitational. Shields, who barely missed the World Championship team a couple of weeks ago with a 4th place finish in his signature event -- the 100m butterfly -- at U.S. Nationals in Indianapolis, talks about how the past few weeks and months have been a learning experience in exposing mental errors and how he plans on moving forward to become a better swimmer.

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