OlympicsFan 791 Posted July 23, 2019 #471 Share Posted July 23, 2019 Waaaaaay slower than expected, but expected winner. Not sure if Ruck regrets dropping the 200 free now ... Attachment is the great fabricator of illusions; reality can be obtained only by someone who is detached. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
orangeman 1,434 Posted July 23, 2019 #472 Share Posted July 23, 2019 Very happy for Masse, but not a great time for her. Sorry for Ruck. Canada4thewin 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Griff88 1,766 Posted July 23, 2019 #473 Share Posted July 23, 2019 Is it normal that the WC finals have no enthusiasm at all? Even the swimmers looked like nothing happened At first I thought the breaststroke final was a preliminary round lol thepharoah 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OlympicsFan 791 Posted July 23, 2019 #474 Share Posted July 23, 2019 Could someone please tell me why Canada got so freakishly strong in women's swimming (apart from hiring a great coach)? Attachment is the great fabricator of illusions; reality can be obtained only by someone who is detached. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OlympicsFan 791 Posted July 23, 2019 #475 Share Posted July 23, 2019 (edited) Our favorite former fencer with another random appearance ... Fun fact: Did you guys know that he won an olympic gold medal in men's team foil at the 1976 olympics? Edited July 23, 2019 by OlympicsFan phelps and thepharoah 2 Attachment is the great fabricator of illusions; reality can be obtained only by someone who is detached. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phelps 7,439 Posted July 23, 2019 #476 Share Posted July 23, 2019 (edited) 5 minutes ago, OlympicsFan said: What about 2018? I don't know what it is, but italian swimming has found something after 2016. Everyone peaking at the right time + new talents (Miressi, De Tullio, Martinenghi, Burdisso, Ceccon, Quadarella, Cusinato, Gaetani, Pilato) every year. Currently Italy is number 2 in europe (behind Russia) and number 6 in the world behind USA, Russia, Australia, China and Japan. as I wrote, after Pellegrini and Paltrinieri's success we have always more and more kids trying to swim for real, quite a good amount of money to invest in infrastructure and development and a new generation of coaches who were humble enough to go abroad (especially in the USA) to study all what you need to know to make your swimmers improve (methodology, strategy, technical things)... however, it's since the Lamberti era that we are at least a decent swimming Nation in Europe...but we've always had troubles on the world's stage... in the last couple of years, things seem to have changed also there, I think more than anything because we have a larger basis of good athletes where to pick from and try and build really good swimmers... Edited July 23, 2019 by phelps Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Griff88 1,766 Posted July 23, 2019 #477 Share Posted July 23, 2019 Hello 1976 Olympic Champion in Fencing (even the Russian commentator said that) thepharoah 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
orangeman 1,434 Posted July 23, 2019 #478 Share Posted July 23, 2019 1 minute ago, OlympicsFan said: Could someone please tell me why Canada got so freakishly strong in women's swimming (apart from hiring a great coach)? Legalization of marijuana. Wumo and Canada4thewin 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dcro 10,196 Posted July 23, 2019 #479 Share Posted July 23, 2019 (edited) Clapping on Italian anthem. Edited July 23, 2019 by dcro heywoodu 1 #banbestmen Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OlympicsFan 791 Posted July 23, 2019 #480 Share Posted July 23, 2019 1 minute ago, orangeman said: Legalization of marijuana. Makes no sense, then why are the Netherlands so bad in swimming ... ?! CCB 1 Attachment is the great fabricator of illusions; reality can be obtained only by someone who is detached. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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