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6 hours ago, Topicmaster1010 said:

Since nobody mentioned it yet, I must say that 47.53 from  Pan Zhanle was pretty disappointing after his world record relay leadoff on night one. Some swimswam users were saying that it's because of all the big waves generated from the other swimmers slowing him down.

 

Either way, the 100m freestyle in Paris could be incredible. You could potentially have a final of  Pan,  Popovici,  Chalmers,  Dressel,  Alexy,  Grousset,  Richards and  Miressi.

Not sure the whole 0.73 difference can be attributed to waves. He said in Chinese media that he was feeling a lot of pressure before the final so that wouldn't have helped.

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Masiuk would've won bronze with his time leading off the mixed medley instead he failed to even make it out of the heats.

Edited February 14 by dullard

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2 hours ago, Olympian1010 said:

No, I meant cut the gendered versions in favor of the Mixed 4x100m Free. You could also cut the gendered 4x200m Free in favor of a Mixed 4x200m.

 

The Mixed 4x100m Medley needs to cut as well. The medley relays work better as gendered events.

The relays are too popular with viewers for them to be cut.

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23 minutes ago, dullard said:

Douglass is playing around with pacing only to end up with basically the same result.

 

26.96 1:00.44 (33.48) 1:36.69 (36.25) 2:07.09 (30.40) 2023 Trials
27.28 1:01.17 (33.89) 1:37.34 (36.17) 2:07.17 (29.83) 2023 Worlds
26.81 1:00.04 (33.23) 1:36.84 (36.80) 2:07.05 (30.21) 2024 Worlds

 

In order to break the world record she'll basically need to combine the best splits from each race:

 

26.81 33.23 36.17 29.83 = 2:06.04 WR

 

Edit: McIntosh probably has a better chance to improve her breaststroke than Douglass her backstroke.

 

 

Edited February 13 by dullard

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8 hours ago, Josh said:

Back-to-back world titles in the women’s 200m individual medley for  Kate Douglass!

Douglass is playing around with pacing only to end up with basically the same result.

 

26.96 1:00.44 (33.48) 1:36.69 (36.25) 2:07.09 (30.40) 2023 Trials
27.28 1:01.17 (33.89) 1:37.34 (36.17) 2:07.17 (29.83) 2023 Worlds
26.81 1:00.04 (33.23) 1:36.84 (36.80) 2:07.05 (30.21) 2024 Worlds

 

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This meet is chaos so far.

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Just now, heywoodu said:

Wait, what? Is this the first time in history USA can't field a competitive women's 4x100 freestyle team? I genuinely don't remember them not being one of the main medal candidates  (I guess my memory is wrong, of course, but still)

They only brought seven women. Australia also didn't field a team in the men's 4x100 free despite being reigning World Champions. 

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18 minutes ago, heywoodu said:

Why are the American teams not there in both 4x100 freestyle relays?

 

Edit: the women, I meant, the men suddenly appeared (or, more likely, I had completely overlooked them )

They can't field a competitive team so it's a waste of energy for Douglass and Curzan who have large programs.

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2 minutes ago, Topicmaster1010 said:

56.41 in the 100m butterfly for  Koehler. Big PB for her!

She has so much momentum rn that maybe she'll be a contender by Paris.

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Canadians: are the heats being broadcast on CBC? @Topicmaster1010 @Josh Got a link?

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According to Le Monde the schedule is being rearranged especially for Marchand so he can do the 200 fly/200 breast double.

 

First Ledecky gets a custom made schedule so she can do all her events without any conflicts and now she won't even swim the 200 individually. Who'll be next?

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4 minutes ago, Josh said:

Don’t believe anyone has mentioned it here, but  Kristof Milak started training a couple weeks ago!

 

https://mandiner.hu/sport/2024/02/a-mandiner-megtudta-ket-hete-vizes-edzeseket-vegez-milak-kristof-olimpia-uszas-kihagyas

 

@dullard @maestro @Topicmaster1010

It was reported at SwimSwam too. Would've been better if the media respected his wish to keeping a low profile but I guess that's not how the media works.

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Just now, intoronto said:

"Canadian swimming sensation Summer McIntosh has sent yet another shockwave across the swimming world by defeating American legend Katie Ledecky in the 800 metre freestyle.

 

McIntosh touched the wall in a national record time of 8:11.39, beating Ledecky's time of 8:17.12 – a nearly six second gap. Ledecky had not lost an 800m for more than 13 years.

 

That makes McIntosh the second-fastest performer ever in the 800m. Her time would have won gold at the Tokyo Olympics."

 

https://www.cbc.ca/sports/olympics/summer/aquatics/summer-mcintosh-800m-freestyle-national-record-1.7109781

 

Wow. I hope she considers this race in Paris and drops either the 200 or 400

The choice is between the 200IM and 800FR.

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26 minutes ago, Dragon said:

Quote - "I'll juice up to the gills to win $1.5 million prize"

This guy is an embarassment.

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Look at what just happened in Florida!!!

 

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Some of these finishes in open water are so dodgy.

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After some talk last year at Fukuoka that she'll swim the 50 free and 100 free and even contemplating the 100 fly Sjostrom has said in the Swedish media that aside from relays she'll only be swimming the 50 free in Paris. 

 

https://www.dn.se/sport/bortvalda-grenen-tillbaka-funderar-pa-hur-jag-tankte/

 

 

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On 2/1/2024 at 6:31 AM, phelps said:

 Gregorio Paltrinieri will not take part in the men's 10km race 

 

he will be replaced by Dario Verani, world silver medallist and European champion over 25km (but a good specialist also in the 10km)

 

Paltrinieri will swim only the mixed relay in OWS (and the 1500m in the pool)

Swimswam are reporting that he's swimming the 5k. So who is right?

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Suddenly female breaststrokers are growing on trees in Canada.

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No Schoenmaker. The battle between Douglass and Schoenmaker in the 200 breast was gonna be one of the highlights of the meet 

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The French swimming team is very small:

 

David AUBRY
Charlotte BONNET
Cyrielle DUHAMEL
Logan FONTAINE
Melanie HENIQUE
Damien JOLY
Anastasiia KIRPICHNIKOVA
Marc-Antoine OLIVIER

 

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The list of athletes is now up on the WAQ website but the event entries aren't showing in the schedule yet.

 

https://www.worldaquatics.com/competitions/2969/world-aquatics-championships-doha-2024/athletes?gender=&discipline=SW&countryId=

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Sjostrom is looking like she'll be unbeatable in the 50 free again this year after clocking a scorching 23.87 at a meet in Luxembourg this weekend.

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3 minutes ago, rybak said:

I was trying find somewhere the entry list, but nothing isnt available yet, anyone know when we can except release of entries?

Probably not for at least another week if past championships are anything to go by.

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6 hours ago, Topicmaster1010 said:

Meanwhile, we have some new qualifications in the women's shorter freestyle distances. The Australians better watch out 

This happens so often in the rankings that I gave up reporting them. 

Edited January 22 by dullard