Swimming at the Summer Olympic Games 2016

[Joshi 126]

Aussie now lead the medal table. Congrats to them. 

[juddy96 171]

Splits

 

1st Leg

 

Manuel 53.36

McKeon 53.41

Mainville 53.86

Coleman 54.19

Uchida 54.23

Steenbergen 54.29

Gastaldello 54.83

Ferraioli 55.21

 

2nd Leg

 

Sjostrom 52.47

Weitzeil 52.56

Elmslie 53.12

Van Landeghem 53.12

Bonnet 53.17

Heemskerk 53.47

Di Pietro 53.69

Ikee 53.98

 

3rd Leg

 

B. Campbell 52.15

Vollmer 53.18

Ruck 53.19

Dekker 53.85

Pezzato 53.99

Marko-Varga 54.70

Cini 54.92

Yamaguchi 55.11

 

4th Leg

 

C. Campbell 51.97

Kromowidjojo 52.20

Oleksiak 52.72

Ledecky 52.79

Pellegrini 53.89

Matsumoto 54.46

Santamans 54.53

Hansson 54.54

[orangeman 2,027]

  On 8/7/2016 at 2:39 AM, Joshi said:

Aussie now lead the medal table. Congrats to them. 

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Since you're a Kiwi, I don't know if this is sarcastic or not.  

[Joshi 126]

  On 8/7/2016 at 2:55 AM, orangeman said:

 

Since you're a Kiwi, I don't know if this is sarcastic or not.  

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It's more bittersweet than anything. Lol. 

[Otilio 6]

Amazing Mireia!!!

 

First medal for Spain 

 

London 2012 was also Mireia who won the first medal for my country. She's the first Spanish athlete who gets it. 

[OlympicsFan 860]

3 new doping records on day 1, thank god i didnt watch this shit. Whoever watches finals in swimming, athletics or weightlifting is part of the doping problem. None of those athletes would dope if they wouldnt get any attention for it. I know that this will go on as long as many nations profit from it, but at least i can say that i did whatever i could to not support doping. I hope that Russia and China will win all the medals one day, maybe thats the time when something will change.

[Federer91 2,904]

Horton saviour of the day.

[phelps 7,862]

  On 8/7/2016 at 2:42 AM, juddy96 said:

Splits

 

1st Leg

 

Manuel 53.36

McKeon 53.41

Mainville 53.86

Coleman 54.19

Uchida 54.23

Steenbergen 54.29

Gastaldello 54.83

Ferraioli 55.21

 

2nd Leg

 

Sjostrom 52.47

Weitzeil 52.56

Elmslie 53.12

Van Landeghem 53.12

Bonnet 53.17

Heemskerk 53.47

Di Pietro 53.69

Ikee 53.98

 

3rd Leg

 

B. Campbell 52.15

Vollmer 53.18

Ruck 53.19

Dekker 53.85

Pezzato 53.99

Marko-Varga 54.70

Cini 54.92

Yamaguchi 55.11

 

4th Leg

 

C. Campbell 51.97

Kromowidjojo 52.20

Oleksiak 52.72

Ledecky 52.79

Pellegrini 53.89

Matsumoto 54.46

Santamans 54.53

Hansson 54.54

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most of those who swam both heats and final were quicker in the morning (early afternoon, I should say)...including Cate Campbell, Ledecky and Pellegrini (actually she swam very slowly in the final, but Italy was already out of any battle and in the waves of the best teams)...

the only one who repeated herself (among the main candidates to the medals in the individual races) is Sjostrom (and Bronte Campbell, who just joked in the heats and obviously improved a lot in the final)...

 

for Italy, good result by Detti (we've been waiting for that medal for 16 years, since Rosolino's Silver in Sydney) in terms of final placing, but he was much slower than expected...

 

meanwhile, all the other swimmers (and not only the youngsters at their first Olympic experience) were just a disaster, as always happens at the Olympics...they were well outside the target and the times they swam all year long (at the Italian Nationals, at the Europeans and even at Settecolli meet in June)...shame on them...

[dcro 10,210]

Samardžić in 100m back semifinal

 

I expect her to make semis in 200m back, but this was very unexpected!

[intoronto 5,903]

Efimova wins and gets booed! Lol