Swimming at the Summer Olympic Games Paris 2024

[dullard 699]

Pan has the most potential to join Popovici deep in the 1:43 zone but he doesn't seem to know how to maximise his potential in this event. He needs to be far more aggressive.

[dantm 32]

In 20 years the 100Free WR has progressed one full second from PVH’s 47.8 now at Pan’s 46.8

in 20 years the 200Free hasn’t progressed anywhere and 1.44 low still remains a world leading time.

Phelps and Popovic have progressed the time it but as it stands,it remains at 1.44

its about time that 1.44 low is about as common as a 47.8 100m Free

Dont get me wrong,I love how competitive the 200m Free remains,but 1.42 high to 1.43 low should be where this race is won.

 

 

[dantm 32]

and the Womens 200m Free has progressed in the same time from Van Almsicks 1.56.64 to MOC’s 1.52.8.

 

[dantm 32]

The Womens 200m Fly is looking very tight and Regan or Summer could win it.

Dekkers is always improving and could be under 2.05 by trials

as for Steenbergen,I understand she is a favourite for many of the Europeans in the 100m Free and Im sure she will lift for Paris.

I think MOC and Haughey will be at another level.

Steenbergen may be fighting it out for Bronze between Douglass and the second Australian (Jack,McKeon,Harris or C.Campbell)

not sure on the love here for Gretchen Walsh.

Sure she was fast doing tumbleturns in a Michigan High School bathtub but still has plenty to prove in a real 50m pool.

 

Edited April 28 by dantm

[TeamGB 171]

Just seen someone comment on Swimswam that it is possible for the European men to sweep the golds in Paris.

Obviously on face value this looks ridiculous but the more I think about it it doesn't seem completely far fetched. 

[dantm 32]

Might be more reflective on the US perceived lack of stars but both the US and China wont let that happen.

 

[mpjmcevoy 362]

1 hour ago, TeamGB said:

Just seen someone comment on Swimswam that it is possible for the European men to sweep the golds in Paris.

Obviously on face value this looks ridiculous but the more I think about it it doesn't seem completely far fetched. 

It's technically possible in the sense that there is at least one genuinely competitive European on each race. That's not really saying anything, though, it's usually the case. It's just the US, the Aussies and the Chinese also tend to have genuine competitive swimmers in every race, certainly between them.

[Epic Failure 355]

Yeah, you don't have to go deep into the program to find an event where Europe *could* win gold but they probably aren't favourite - an on form Dressel or McEvoy would be favoured in the 50 free over any of the Europeans.

[Josh 10,495]

 team for Paris (29 athletes)

 

Events still TBD. 
 

Men

Javier Acevedo

Alex Axon

Jeremy Bagshaw

Apollo Hess

Patrick Hussey

Tristan Jankovics

Illya Kharun

Yuri Kisil

Finlay Knox

Josh Liendo

Blake Tierney

Lorne Wigginton

 

Women

Sophie Angus

Brooklyn Douthwright

Emma Finlin

Mary-Sophie Harvey

Julie Brousseau
Ella Jansen

Kylie Masse

Summer McIntosh

Maggie MacNeil

Emma O’Croinin

Penny Oleksiak 

Sydney Pickrem

Regan Rathwell

Taylor Ruck

Rebecca Smith
Ingrid Wilm

Kelsey Wog

[Orangehair43 251]

China’s doping has ruined this sport at this games. This should be kicked out.,

 

https://www.nytimes.com/2024/06/14/world/asia/china-swimming-doping.html

 

The three Chinese athletes revealed to have tested positive earlier, in 2016 and 2017, were no ordinary swimmers: Two would go on to win gold medals at the Tokyo Olympic Games in 2021, and the third is now a world-record holder. All three are expected to contend for medals again at the Paris Games in July.’

 

 

In its report, China even identified the three athletes by name: Wang Shun, who at the Tokyo Olympics became the second Chinese man to win an individual gold medal in swimming; Qin Haiyang, the current world-record holder in the 200-meter men’s breaststroke; and Yang Junxuan, who was 14 or 15 at the time of her positive test in 2017 but went on to win gold and silver medals at the Tokyo Games.

 

Edited June 14 by Orangehair43