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

 

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

 

Also very sad for :GRE Makrygiannis coming in 9th, missing the final by 0.02 seconds :cry:. 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 :)

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11 hours ago, Topicmaster1010 said:

Since nobody mentioned him yet, just want to give a mention to :JPN Tomoyuki Matsushita who set a PB by 1.5 seconds to get silver behind :FRA Marchand in the 400 IM including beating "guaranteed silver medalist" :USA 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/

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16 minutes ago, Topicmaster1010 said:

Looks like :ISR 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 :AUS Forrester.

My prediction contest is struggling right now :facepalm:

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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. :IRL Wiffen - 7:41.53

2. :TUN Jaouadi - 7:42.07

3. :ITA Paltrinieri - 7:42.48

4. :AUS Winnington - 7:42.86

5. :USA Finke - 7:43.00

6. :GER Schwarz - 7:43.67

7. :ITA de Tullio - 7:44.07

8. :FRA Aubry - 7:44.59

 

Notable misses: :AUS Short, :GER Wellbrock, :UKR Romanchuk, :BRA Costa

 

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

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