Swimming at the Aquatics LEN European Championships 2018

[dareza 911]

I can't wait WC 2019 and race on 200 backstroke two American guys vs two Russian guys + Larkin

[ChandlerMne 1,204]

6 minutes ago, heywoodu said:

Another British 1-2-3 where one is victim of that stupid rule  

I would ban that rule,in my opinion 2 swimmers should be max in any category,just like at the Olympics. That way,if you have good time you will qualify,not like this,you have 5th time and dont qualify.

[heywoodu 16,004]

1 minute ago, ChandlerMne said:

I would ban that rule,in my opinion 2 swimmers should be max in any category,just like at the Olympics. That way,if you have good time you will qualify,not like this,you have 5th time and dont qualify.

Yep, or simply allow three per country per event (in European/world champs) and scrap that dumb rule. If a nation starts an event with X athletes, X athletes of that nation should also be able to reach the next rounds.

[dcro 10,210]

2 minutes ago, heywoodu said:

Yep, or simply allow three per country per event (in European/world champs) and scrap that dumb rule. If a nation starts an event with X athletes, X athletes of that nation should also be able to reach the next rounds.

 

This is only a special case for Europeans... It works just fine if you think of it as national selection.

[heywoodu 16,004]

1 minute ago, dcro said:

 

This is only a special case for Europeans... It works just fine if you think of it as national selection.

National selection should be done before the event, not during the event. I truly don't care if the number of athletes per country per event is 2, 3, 4 or 75, but if X athletes can start for a nation, a nation should be able to have X athletes in the next rounds, no matter what X is.

[dcro 10,210]

Just now, heywoodu said:

National selection should be done before the event, not during the event. I truly don't care if the number of athletes per country per event is 2, 3, 4 or 75, but if X athletes can start for a nation, a nation should be able to have X athletes in the next rounds, no matter what X is.

 

Then there are also cases in other sports. Gymnastics, equestrian, etc, all have restrictions in later rounds when it comes to the number of athletes per nation that could advance.

[heywoodu 16,004]

1 minute ago, dcro said:

 

Then there are also cases in other sports. Gymnastics, equestrian, etc, all have restrictions in later rounds when it comes to the number of athletes per nation that could advance.

Just as stupid 

[dareza 911]

Our commentator said that Murdoch is main favorite for gold. Chupkov says HELLO

[ChandlerMne 1,204]

1 hour ago, heywoodu said:

Yep, or simply allow three per country per event (in European/world champs) and scrap that dumb rule. If a nation starts an event with X athletes, X athletes of that nation should also be able to reach the next rounds.

I agree. Also nice solution 

[Gianlu33 5,276]

The times impacted were in the women’s 800m freestyle, men’s 100m breaststroke, women’s 100m butterfly, men’s 100m freestyle semi-finals, women’s 100m breaststroke semi-finals and men’s 200m butterfly semi-finals.

The most notable was the men's 100m breaststroke, where Britain's Adam Peaty achieved a world record time of 57.00 seconds.

It has now been revised to 57.10.