Swimming at the Summer Olympic Games Paris 2024

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6 hours ago, Dkats said:

Damnnnnnn that was closer than I thought it would be 

Still the second fastest performance all time. 

 

6 hours ago, Dkats said:

Dream day for Australia 

 

I love this 

 

Dream day needed gold in the men's 400 but still an awesome day! I'm just a bit bummed about the times.

 

6 hours ago, Orangehair43 said:

I will go on about it until doping is eradicated. 

Doping will never be eradicated not even in your own country or anywhere else.

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7 hours ago, Dkats said:

That time by Chalmers has me so excited for the 100 now. Faster than pan 

He had a flying start Pan flat start 

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7 hours ago, Orangehair43 said:

How much is China paying you? 

Nothing sadly. The obvious stupidity of people who think that British or American athletes are any cleaner than Chinese athletes just disgusts me.

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6 hours ago, Olympicsnell said:

disclaimer for anyone thinking about clicking this a) its a terrible article and b) actually offers nothing about chinese swimmers being ignored other than a dutch person celebrated with another dutch swimmer, shock horror. 

im still uncertain if orangehair didnt write this drivel himself 
 

I see that you weren’t familiar with the work of the Guardian before …

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4 hours ago, dullard said:

Still the second fastest performance all time. 

 

 

Dream day needed gold in the men's 400 but still an awesome day! I'm just a bit bummed about the times.

 

Doping will never be eradicated not even in your own country or anywhere else.

Titmus, Ledecky and Fairweather were all almost exactly 2 seconds slower than their best time this year. McIntosh on the other hand went a best time, so she seems to be in a better shape than at trials. The same is true for Gose (and Madden) who set a German record. I think in a „normal“ pool Märtens and Titmus both would have been at least very close to the world record. I think the women‘s times would have been something like:

Titmus 3:55

McIntosh 3:56

Ledecky: 3:58

Fairweather 3:59 low

Gose/Madden 3:59 high/4:00 low

Still surprising that Gose (and Madden) were so close to Ledecky and Fairweather.