Swimming at the Summer Olympic Games 2016

[Bohemia 1,439]

Well f*ck once again, this is great 

Zero medal again

[Syd7 4]

  On 8/9/2016 at 1:41 AM, heywoodu said:

 

And to clarify, the is not for Seebohm. 

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She chokes. Every time. That is TWO Olympics where she has completely flopped when she was the hot favourite. Do I expect her to win, no, I sure as anything expect better than 7th!

[Syd7 4]

  On 8/9/2016 at 1:41 AM, heywoodu said:

So yeah, the Australians seem to be losing their speed when it matters again. I'm starting to think Cate Campbell isn't going to win any individual gold here. 

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Bronte will win the 50m, Cate the 100m. Will be cracking races though.

[heywoodu 15,357]

  On 8/9/2016 at 1:43 AM, Syd7 said:

 

She chokes. Every time. That is TWO Olympics where she has completely flopped when she was the hot favourite. Do I expect her to win, no, I sure as anything expect better than 7th!

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She was not the hot favourite this time, she was one of the 2-3 main candidates, especially after winning 2 gold medals at last years world champs, proving that she's definitely not a typical choker. 

 

I'm guessing it's more a matter of Aussie's peaking too early (again), because apart from Horton they're all disappointing so far. Before the Olympics I'd have said Australia had like 70-80% chance for the gold in both the 50 and especially 100 free, though those numbers have already started dropping after these first few days. 

[Canada4thewin 90]

When is the race with dope Efimova is

[Syd7 4]

  On 8/9/2016 at 1:47 AM, heywoodu said:

She was not the hot favourite this time, she was one of the 2-3 main candidates, especially after winning 2 gold medals at last years world champs, proving that she's definitely not a typical choker. 

 

I'm guessing it's more a matter of Aussie's peaking too early (again), because apart from Horton they're all disappointing so far. Before the Olympics I'd have said Australia had like 70-80% chance for the gold in both the 50 and especially 100 free, though those numbers have already started dropping after these first few days. 

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As one of the 2-3 contenders I expect better than 7th and a whole second below her PB! She was utterly hopeless today, that is an absolute choke. The world champs should have seen her at least medal here, although I'm almost glad she lost as the coverage about her and Larkin is close to unbearable. On the positive I have won money on the race lol.

[intoronto 5,903]

Masse

[Canada4thewin 90]

The commentator on CBC said that if Efimova wins the gold medal the controversy will reach a high and that it's the IOC fault with their decision. It seems that the atmosphere is not good in Rio because of the Russians.

[heywoodu 15,357]

  On 8/9/2016 at 1:51 AM, Syd7 said:

 

As one of the 2-3 contenders I expect better than 7th and a whole second below her PB!

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Obviously, but yeah, it looks like Verhaeren hasn't been able to teach his team how to peak properly after all (which is of course not that surprising when you see Campbell breaking a WR in the in-betweenseason...) 

[heywoodu 15,357]

Let's go everyone who's not called Efimova