Swimming 2022 Discussion Thread

[NMQ 243]

 

Ledecky beats McIntosh in the last race of the year (or first of the long course season, whatever...) by 0.08s. A fun one to watch next year in the Pro Swims now that Summer is based on Sarasota.

 

 

[dullard 699]

Ledecky's walls were the difference maker in that race.

[NMQ 243]

Summer swam a 4:28.61 in the 400 IM, a new WJR. Katinka's WR will be in serious danger next year. I'm excited to see what she can do in the 200 IM, which is like her 4th best event right now.

[Olympian1010 7,973]

From the creators of World Taekwondo, and makers of World Athletics and World Archery comes this winter’s newest hit, World Aquatics 

 

 

[Griff88 1,952]

54 minutes ago, Olympian1010 said:

From the creators of World Taekwondo, and makers of World Athletics and World Archery comes this winter’s newest hit, World Aquatics 

 

 

Do Americans also refer to WhatsApp as WA in daily conversations? Because if they do, I already have a joke about “an Olympic enthusiast living in WA using WA to talk about WA and WA”  

[heywoodu 15,135]

2 hours ago, Griff88 said:

Do Americans also refer to WhatsApp as WA in daily conversations? Because if they do, I already have a joke about “an Olympic enthusiast living in WA using WA to talk about WA and WA”  

I don't know, WA is a good federation, but personally I prefer WA over WA, although WA is not a bad one neither.

[Griff88 1,952]

22 minutes ago, heywoodu said:

I don't know, WA is a good federation, but personally I prefer WA over WA, although WA is not a bad one neither.

[Grassmarket 3,408]

Always good to see one less  abbreviation in the world.  

[heywoodu 15,135]

1 hour ago, Grassmarket said:

Always good to see one less  abbreviation in the world.  

Sure, that's good, but at least make the abbreviation less...you know, the same as others  

 

World Aquatics Federation would be better.

 

Spoiler

And World Athletics Federation. And World Archery Federation!

 

[Sindo 1,504]

17 minutes ago, heywoodu said:

Sure, that's good, but at least make the abbreviation less...you know, the same as others  

 

World Aquatics Federation would be better.

 

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And World Athletics Federation. And World Archery Federation!

 

I agree. I think all Olympic sports federations abbreviations should be unique, just like the IOC country codes. This way referring to "WAF World Championships" you would immediately understand if it's Archery or Athletics, because the other one would be, for example, "WAA World Championships".

Edited December 12, 2022 by Sindo