Swimming at the Summer Olympic Games Paris 2024

[Makedonas 2,133]

Very happy for  Christou making the 100 backstroke final after being so close in Tokyo and missing out 

 

He has a huge chance to make history in the final with a medal but it will be very difficult...

 

Also very sad for  Makrygiannis coming in 9th, missing the final by 0.02 seconds . So close to having two Greek finalists! However he is young and if he can keep improving then we may see him in the final in 2028 

Edited July 28 by Makedonas

[OlympicsFan 858]

11 hours ago, Topicmaster1010 said:

Since nobody mentioned him yet, just want to give a mention to  Tomoyuki Matsushita who set a PB by 1.5 seconds to get silver behind  Marchand in the 400 IM including beating "guaranteed silver medalist"  Carson Foster. Japanese swimmers have had a tendency to underperform at the big meets so it's nice to see him step up to the occasion.

 

 

A user named „yamatake“ on SwimSwam predicted his medal. Apparently his coach Norimasa Hirai has had medal winning athletes (Kitajima, Hagino) at every Olympics since 2004.

https://swimswam.com/2024-olympic-previews-the-skys-the-limit-in-400-im-for-marchand-but-battle-brews-for-3rd/

https://swimswam.com/storied-coach-norimasa-hirai-suspended-six-months-by-japanese-swimming-federation/

https://swimswam.com/storied-japanese-coach-niro-hirais-suspension-lifted-olympic-coaching-still-possible/

[Topicmaster1010 4,092]

Looks like  Gorbenko peaked at the Mare Nostrum competition this year. She's out of the 400m IM final. So is last years world championship bronze medallist  Forrester.

[Josh 10,362]

16 minutes ago, Topicmaster1010 said:

Looks like  Gorbenko peaked at the Mare Nostrum competition this year. She's out of the 400m IM final. So is last years world championship bronze medallist  Forrester.

My prediction contest is struggling right now 

[Topicmaster1010 4,092]

7:42.07 in the 800 free for  Ahmed Jaouadi to win the first circle seeded heat!

[Federer91 2,726]

We could be seeing an Irish gold tomorrow night. 

[Topicmaster1010 4,092]

 Sam Short misses the final

[Dkats 294]

Just now, Topicmaster1010 said:

 Sam Short misses the final

His injury or illness that he’s had over the past few months has obviously completely screwed him over. Massive shame 

[Topicmaster1010 4,092]

As expected, the men's 800m freestyle heats were a complete bloodbath. Despite the slow pool, 7:44.59 was required to make the final.

 

1.  Wiffen - 7:41.53

2.  Jaouadi - 7:42.07

3.  Paltrinieri - 7:42.48

4.  Winnington - 7:42.86

5.  Finke - 7:43.00

6.  Schwarz - 7:43.67

7.  de Tullio - 7:44.07

8.  Aubry - 7:44.59

 

Notable misses:  Short,  Wellbrock,  Romanchuk,  Costa

 

The qualifying time for this event in 2028 now goes from 7:51.65 to 7:48.90.

Edited July 29 by Topicmaster1010

[Epic Failure 355]

Eeesh, that's a impressive quartet to not even make the final.