Olympics: Swimming

[SensBrawler]

Starts tomorrow.

https://olympics.com/en/paris-2024/sports/swimming

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[Tuggy]

Always love the pool at the Olympics. Looking forward to it.

 

[adsfan]

Always love the pool at the Olympics. Looking forward to it.

You must have missed the green pool in Rio.

My favorite quote was "Chemistry is not an exact science." That is why your pool was GREEN, man!

 

[adsfan]

The woman's 4 x 100 relay will be interesting. The USA finished a good 5 meters ahead in their heat. The Australians had a closer finish, but a better time. Everybody else is swimming for the Bronze medal!

 

[adsfan]

For the men's 4 x 100 relay heat, Australia finished .02 seconds ahead of the US. They were next to each other in Lanes 4 and 5.
I expect that the Final will have the same arrangement of lanes.

The Australians have been yakking at the US team, and Michael Phelps responded.

Be sure to watch!

 

[Tuggy]

Great swim from Summer to get the silver.

 

[SensBrawler]

Titmus is just so good.

Great swim by Summer for the silver! Her first medal, but certainly not her last.

 

[Daisy Jane]

way to go Summer.
that was a great race.

 

[Jack Straw]

Great last 20 meters by Simone Manuel to grab 2nd from China in the women's 4x100 free.

 

[adsfan]

I was watching the synchronized diving. In the 4th round, the divers from China gots 8s when I would have given them 7 or a 6.5.
They were out-of-sync, one landed 3 ft farther away from the board and off to the side. They did not hit the water at the same time. They will win the Gold.

If I can see all if those mistakes on that dive, why can't the judges?

The Australians just had a big miss in the 5th and final round, dropping to 5th place from 3rd. The US gets the Silver, and Great Britain moves up to Bronze.

 

[Pavel Buchnevich]

Great last 20 meters by Simone Manuel to grab 2nd from China in the women's 4x100 free.

Was it a great swim? She looked upset and was barely behind the Aussies when she went in. She kept second, and wasn’t able to beat some nobody for first.

 

[adsfan]

Was it a great swim? She looked upset and was barely behind the Aussies when she went in. She kept second, and wasn’t able to beat some nobody for first.

She passed the anchor from China. The US was in third place. The Aussie just swam away from the field. The lady from China tried to come back, but Manuel held her off.

 

[Uncle Rotter]

I was watching the synchronized diving. In the 4th round, the divers from China gots 8s when I would have given them 7 or a 6.5.
They were out-of-sync, one landed 3 ft farther away from the board and off to the side. They did not hit the water at the same time. They will win the Gold.

If I can see all if those mistakes on that dive, why can't the judges?

The Australians just had a big miss in the 5th and final round, dropping to 5th place from 3rd. The US gets the Silver, and Great Britain moves up to Bronze.

Judges in this sport often seem to forget the meaning of the word "synchronized"

 

[Bounces R Way]

https://x.com/i/web/status/1817993182434443716

 

[Tuggy]

Domination from Summer in the IM. Blew away the competition.

 

[Vasilevskiy]

Holy **** that record by the chinese.

I know what Marchand is doing is incredible but that WR is the moment of the swimming competition so far, jesus christ

 

[Evilo]

The noise during Marchand's race...
Again, how can you match?

 

[GKJ]

 

[Pavel Buchnevich]

Holy **** that record by the chinese.

I know what Marchand is doing is incredible but that WR is the moment of the swimming competition so far, jesus christ

What are the chances they find in two years that he’s fully doped up? All the swimmers have been clocking slower times because it’s been shown that the pool they’re using swims slower. Only WR so far.

They ban all the Russians, Vasya, but the Chinese who’ve been cheating in swimming for years are somehow allowed to compete.

 

[I am not exposed]

Holy **** that record by the chinese.

I know what Marchand is doing is incredible but that WR is the moment of the swimming competition so far, jesus christ

Was he one of the Chinese swimmers who got banned for doping? Taking the Chinese times with a pinch of salt.

 

[Vasilevskiy]

What are the chances they find in two years that he’s fully doped up? All the swimmers have been clocking slower times because it’s been shown that the pool they’re using swims slower. Only WR so far.

They ban all the Russians, Vasya, but the Chinese who’ve been cheating in swimming for years are somehow allowed to compete.

Was he one of the Chinese swimmers who got banned for doping? Taking the Chinese times with a pinch of salt.

All of these athletes dope, chinese, russian, american, italian, french or australian.
Regardless you can see the natural talent where it is, like Marchand or the canadian Summer. It's special.
What the chinese did yesterday is special, even if he tests positive in one week or in a year.
I don't think he was in the list of 23 swimmers that tested positive.

Anyways, I agree it is very hypocritical what they did with Russia, but as I said a few years ago when they "caught" the systematic Russian doping, it was an excuse to hit on Russia for other politic reasons

 

[Incubajerks]

All of these athletes dope, chinese, russian, american, italian, french or australian.
Regardless you can see the natural talent where it is, like Marchand or the canadian Summer. It's special.
What the chinese did yesterday is special, even if he tests positive in one week or in a year.
I don't think he was in the list of 23 swimmers that tested positive.

Anyways, I agree it is very hypocritical what they did with Russia, but as I said a few years ago when they "caught" the systematic Russian doping, it was an excuse to hit on Russia for other politic reasons

I think you have good reasons, leaving aside the doping issue, this ostracism towards Russian athletes who are not allowed to compete has become unbearable. Which instead is allowed to you have understood very well who... it is not clear why according to some different criteria.

 

[bobholly39]

I'm absolutely loving the swimming competiton so far. I'm Canadian, so especially enjoying some of team Canada's success, and Summer McIntosh in particular. Looking forward to more races.

Also - Leon Marchand has been fun to follow obviously, but to me one of the craziest things I've seen in these races so far was Stubblety-Cook from Australia. His come from behind wins are insane. He did lose to Marchand in the final though, but I was certainly on the lookout for a potential comeback

 

[BMOK33]

What are the chances they find in two years that he’s fully doped up? All the swimmers have been clocking slower times because it’s been shown that the pool they’re using swims slower. Only WR so far.

They ban all the Russians, Vasya, but the Chinese who’ve been cheating in swimming for years are somehow allowed to compete.

Marchand and the American guy in their pressers both basically said they felt he was doping without actually saying it. I was surprised by that but I think there's been some trash talking by him the last few days over perceived nasty antics from the Aussie/American swimmers so its possible they're just trying to get in his head

 

[Pavel Buchnevich]

Marchand and the American guy in their pressers both basically said they felt he was doping without actually saying it. I was surprised by that but I think there's been some trash talking by him the last few days over perceived nasty antics from the Aussie/American swimmers so its possible they're just trying to get in his head

I'll never forget in the 2016 Olympics some 16 year old Chinese girl that no one had ever heard of showed up to the Olympics and set a bunch of world records with almost literally impossible splits and then a few years later disappeared from the sport.

I'm sure there was no doping there.