Swimming at the Summer Olympic Games 2016

[heywoodu 15,147]

4 minutes ago, orangeman said:

 

We get an interview with Donovan Bailey on CBC.  I'll take that.  I could watch his 1996 races on a loop for hours.  

But what does he have to say about swimming?  

[heywoodu 15,147]

6 minutes ago, dcro said:

 

It's always slow at the Olympics.

I know, but this time it seems even worse than ever. It's so annoying  

[Joshi 123]

Love to know what's happened to German and Dutch swimming? Big powerhouses failing to deliver. Is it a generational thing? Also expected a lot more from 2nd best swimming nation in history Australia. Although not all is lost with them. As for GB, way too many 4ths you'd think. 

[orangeman 1,991]

1 minute ago, heywoodu said:

But what does he have to say about swimming?  

 

Not much.  But he did have something to say about doping.  

[heywoodu 15,147]

3 minutes ago, Joshi said:

Love to know what's happened to German and Dutch swimming? Big powerhouses failing to deliver. Is it a generational thing? Also expected a lot more from 2nd best swimming nation in history Australia. Although not all is lost with them. As for GB, way too many 4ths you'd think. 

No idea about Germany, but in the Dutch swimming federation everything is a huge mess. I don't know the details but there's a whole lot of shit going on in there coming for a huge part from Joop Alberda, the main guy responsible for Dutch swimming in the past years (who turned it into a big pile of horse manure and then resigned a couple weeks ago). 

 

I hope these Olympics in swimming are good for us in the sense that the swimming federation will undergo a huge clean-up after Rio. That would be very much needed. 

 

Apart from that, the entire team is acting "weird" in interviews. Like they don't really care or something, or like they want to say things that they know they shouldn't say on camera. 

Edited August 11, 2016 by heywoodu

[Joshi 123]

1 minute ago, heywoodu said:

No idea about Germany, but in the Dutch swimming federation everything is a huge mess. I don't know the details but there's a whole lot of shit going on in there coming for a huge part from Joop Alberda, the main guy responsible for Dutch swimming in the past years (who turned it into a big pile of horse manure and then resigned a couple weeks ago). 

 

I hope these Olympics in swimming are good for us in the sense that the swimming federation will undergo a huge clean-up after Rio. That would be very much needed. 

That's a real shame. But yes sometimes these disasters are needed to have a brainstorm and rethink ideas. If they have a successful 2020, they can look back as a watershed moment. 

[dcro 10,210]

Mireia 

[heywoodu 15,147]

Belmonte Garcia 

[GoHungary! 21]

Congrats Mireia, very much deserved.

[Canada4thewin 90]

Awwwww So happy for Spain