Swimming at the Aquatics WA World Championships 2024 Road to Paris 2024

[dullard 440]

The Brits aren't messing around getting that 4x100 relay qualified. The roster is strong enough that they might not just get it qualified but also win both the men's freestyle relays.

 

Freya Colbert
Lauren Cox
Kathleen Dawson
Tom Dean
Luke Greenbank
Medi Harris
Lucy Hope
Anna Hopkin
Joe Litchfield
Max Litchfield
Jack McMillan
Adam Peaty
Ben Proud
Matthew Richards
Duncan Scott
Laura Stephens
Jacob Whittle
James Wilby
Brodie Williams
Abbie Wood
 

Edited December 22, 2023 by dullard

[mpjmcevoy 202]

2 hours ago, dullard said:

The Brits aren't messing around getting that 4x100 relay qualified. The roster is strong enugh that they might not just get it qualified but also win both the men's freestyle relays.

 

Freya Colbert

Lauren Cox
Kathleen Dawson
Tom Dean
Luke Greenbank
Medi Harris
Lucy Hope
Anna Hopkin
Joe Litchfield
Max Litchfield
Jack McMillan
Adam Peaty
Ben Proud
Matthew Richards
Duncan Scott
Laura Stephens
Jacob Whittle
James Wilby
Brodie Williams
Abbie Wood
 

Interesting inclusions

Adam Peaty

Max Litchfield

 

Interesting omissions - including in relay terms:

 

James Guy

Jacob Peters

Freya Anderson

Katie Shanahan

[dullard 440]

6 minutes ago, mpjmcevoy said:

Interesting inclusions

Adam Peaty

Max Litchfield

 

Interesting omissions - including in relay terms:

 

James Guy

Jacob Peters

Freya Anderson

Katie Shanahan

James Guy has said all along he won't go but it's a shame Peters didn't take up the offer so they can field a men's medley relay. Will be most interesting to see if Peaty is moving towards his best form again.

Edited December 22, 2023 by dullard

[mpjmcevoy 202]

1 hour ago, dullard said:

James Guy has said all along he won't go but it's a shame Peters didn't take up the offer so they can field a men's medley relay. Will be most interesting to see if Peaty is moving towards his best form again.

Peaty probably needs the 'reps'. The men's 4 x 1 team is the major one, as they don't have a time yet following the DQ in 2023 - I think they're probably safe in most of the other relays on time rankings, including men's and mixed medley. All the same...

[Topicmaster1010 2,385]

 Netherlands also announced their roster last week. All of the big names seem to be there.

 

Men:

Arno Kamminga	100, 200 Breast
Caspar Corbeau	100, 200 Breast
Thom de Boer	50 Free
Kenzo Simons	50 Free
Thomas Jansen	400 IM
Nyls Korstanje	100 Fly
Kai van Westering	200 Back
Stan Pijnenburg	relay

 

Women:

 

Marrit Steenbergen	50, 100, 200 free
Tes Schouten	100, 200 breast
Imani de Jong	400, 1500 free
Kira Toussaint	100 back
Maaike de Waard	100 back
Janna van Kooten	200 free
Kim Busch	50 free
Milou van Wijk	relay
Silke Kolkenborg	relay
Yara van Kalmthout	relay

[Jinzha 529]

12 hours ago, Topicmaster1010 said:

 Netherlands also announced their roster last week. All of the big names seem to be there.

 

Men:

Arno Kamminga	100, 200 Breast
Caspar Corbeau	100, 200 Breast
Thom de Boer	50 Free
Kenzo Simons	50 Free
Thomas Jansen	400 IM
Nyls Korstanje	100 Fly
Kai van Westering	200 Back
Stan Pijnenburg	relay

 

Women:

 

Marrit Steenbergen	50, 100, 200 free
Tes Schouten	100, 200 breast
Imani de Jong	400, 1500 free
Kira Toussaint	100 back
Maaike de Waard	100 back
Janna van Kooten	200 free
Kim Busch	50 free
Milou van Wijk	relay
Silke Kolkenborg	relay
Yara van Kalmthout	relay

Yeah this definitely includes all of the big names, the only Dutch swimmer I can even think of that's missing is Tessa Giele (who won a surprising 50m butterfly gold in the short course European Champs recently).

I do like the inclusion of unproven young talents Van Wijk and Van Kalmthout who will get a chance to prove themselves on the 4x100m freestyle roster. 

[dullard 440]

1 hour ago, Jinzha said:

Yeah this definitely includes all of the big names, the only Dutch swimmer I can even think of that's missing is Tessa Giele (who won a surprising 50m butterfly gold in the short course European Champs recently).

I do like the inclusion of unproven young talents Van Wijk and Van Kalmthout who will get a chance to prove themselves on the 4x100m freestyle roster. 

I do wish Australia had used this meet to give some young talents experience. Instead they persisted with their usual ridiculous qualifying standards 

[Werloc 3,127]

 TEAM

 

WOMEN

 

Rūta Meilutytė - 50/100m Breaststroke, 4x100m Medley + mix 

Kotryna Teterevkova - 50/100/200m Breaststroke, 4x100m Medley + mix 

Smiltė Plytnykaitė - 50/100m Freestyle, 4x100m Medley 

Sylvia Statkevičius - 200m Freestyle, reserve for relay 

Patricija Geriksonaitė - 50m Backstroke, 4x100m Medley

 

MEN

 

Danas Rapšys - 200/400m Freestyle, 4x200m Freestyle

Andrius Šidlauskas - 100/200m Breaststroke, 4x100m Medley mix

Mantas Kaušpėdas - 50m Backstroke, reserve for relay

Erikas Grigaitis - 100/200m Backstroke, 4x100m Medley mix

Daniil Pancerevas - 200m Medley, 4x200m Freestyle

Tomas Navikonis - 4x200m Freestyle

Tomas Lukminas - 4x200m Freestyle

Rokas Jazdauskas - reserve for 4x200m Freestyle

 

This is the record largest Lithuanian team, but I think that it will get bigger and bigger since our swimming is improving massively, so I expect female freestyle relays in the near future too. 

 

[dullard 440]

Is there gonna be a prediction contest for this championship? Gonna be more complicated to do up with so many athletes skipping.

 

[Wumo 2,796]

2 hours ago, dullard said:

Is there gonna be a prediction contest for this championship? Gonna be more complicated to do up with so many athletes skipping.

 

There is going to be a prediction contest for the swimming wch 2024? 

 

And yes, trying to make entry lists for this contest is difficult to say the least. I have made preliminary entry lists for all events. However, many big nations haven't announced their official rosters yet, so the lists have to adjusted.