OlympicsFan 783 Posted July 5, 2016 #391 Share Posted July 5, 2016 vor 23 Stunden schrieb Pavlo: thx thx thx!! - times to beat for Świtkowski in theory Yeah ... I doubt that Shields will make the final, but Phelps was obviously untapered and will be much faster in Rio. For me there is no way that the medals wont go to Phelps, Le Clos and Cseh, maybe Kenderesi, Zhuhao or some japanese guy can surprise everyone. Attachment is the great fabricator of illusions; reality can be obtained only by someone who is detached. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OlympicsFan 783 Posted July 5, 2016 #392 Share Posted July 5, 2016 vor 16 Stunden schrieb Maxim Fastovsky: USA have such a deep pool of talent in Swimming and Athletics (well or basketball LOL) that unless your name is Michael Phelps , Katie Ledecky or Ashton Eaton your place in the olympics is never guaranteed, all it takes is one bad performance in the trials, or bad year like Franklin or Lochte and you are out. BTW Joe Kovacs is the world champion in shot put, also the Diamond League Leader but he didn't have a good performance in the trials You cant say that about all Events. USA is pretty bad in mens/womens discus throw/hammer throw/javelin throw/race Walking, womens heptathlon, womens triple jump, mens high jump (except for Kynard) and mens pole vault (except for Kendricks). They are also pretty bad in womens 100 free, womens 200 breast and womens 200 fly. Attachment is the great fabricator of illusions; reality can be obtained only by someone who is detached. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OlympicsFan 783 Posted July 5, 2016 #393 Share Posted July 5, 2016 Final predictions: Men: 50 free: At least one medal, but probably no gold 100 free: Silver or bronze 200 free: No medal 400 free: No medal 1500 free: No medal 100 breast: Probably bronze 200 breast: At least one medal, maybe even gold 100 fly: One medal, maybe even gold 200 fly: One medal, maybe even gold 200 IM: Gold + silver or bronze 400 IM: Probably silver 100 back: At least one medal, probably gold 200 back: Silver or bronze 4x100 free: Maybe silver or bronze 4x200 free: Probably gold Medley relay: Probably gold Women: 50 free: No medal 100 free: No medal 200 free: Probably gold 400 free: Gold and silver 800 free: Gold 100 breast: Silver or bronze 200 breast: No medal 100 fly: Silver or bronze 200 fly: No medal 200 IM: Maybe bronze 400 IM: Silver or bronze 100 back: No medal 200 back: Silver or bronze 4x100 free: Maybe bronze 4x200 free: Probably gold Medley relay: Silver or bronze I see 11 Gold medals at best and 28 medals in total at best. I think Ledecky will be the only individual Gold medal winner on the womens side, on the mens side Adrian, Phelps, Murphy and Prenot all could win a Gold medal. Attachment is the great fabricator of illusions; reality can be obtained only by someone who is detached. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JoshMartini007 2,220 Posted July 5, 2016 #394 Share Posted July 5, 2016 Germany won't announce their swimming team until July 8th (after the German Open) so don't expect FINA to reveal anything before then. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pavlo 65 Posted July 6, 2016 #395 Share Posted July 6, 2016 17 godzin temu, OlympicsFan napisał: Yeah ... I doubt that Shields will make the final, but Phelps was obviously untapered and will be much faster in Rio. For me there is no way that the medals wont go to Phelps, Le Clos and Cseh, maybe Kenderesi, Zhuhao or some japanese guy can surprise everyone. sure that our best chance is Kawęcki. Czerniak and Świtkowski? Outside chance. Shape of Świtkowski is a mystery probably also for him I fell in love with sports.....since i first seen it Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JoshMartini007 2,220 Posted July 6, 2016 #396 Share Posted July 6, 2016 Doing some number crunching. If we assume all non-announced teams add two relay-only athletes per relay and all eligible nations take a wild card then we won't have any athletes qualified through the B (OST) standard. In fact we would be just over the limit. Of course that won't happen, but it looks like unless you just missed the A standard you are not going to the Olympics. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dcro 10,182 Posted July 6, 2016 #397 Share Posted July 6, 2016 7 minutes ago, JoshMartini007 said: Doing some number crunching. If we assume all non-announced teams add two relay-only athletes per relay and all eligible nations take a wild card then we won't have any athletes qualified through the B (OST) standard. In fact we would be just over the limit. Of course that won't happen, but it looks like unless you just missed the A standard you are not going to the Olympics. Well, that would be strange. In 2012, some 8 swimmers were invited per event. And this time it seems like some bigger nations will have less athletes due to hard standards (like France or South Africa who for example won't be sending any female swimmer to the pool). #banbestmen Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JoshMartini007 2,220 Posted July 6, 2016 #398 Share Posted July 6, 2016 4 minutes ago, dcro said: Well, that would be strange. In 2012, some 8 swimmers were invited per event. And this time it seems like some bigger nations will have less athletes due to hard standards (like France or South Africa who for example won't be sending any female swimmer to the pool). While some nations had tougher standards I think in the end only a handful missed out at most. For example in 2016 in Canada the swimmer must break break the A standard during the trials yet we only went from 31 to 30 athletes. France actually went from 28 in 2012 to 30. My prediction is that we'll see around 5 per event. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phelps 6,891 Posted July 6, 2016 #399 Share Posted July 6, 2016 earlier today Sarah Sjostrom swam the best time of the year over the women's 200m Freestyle at the Swedish Nationals: 1:54.34... in the same race Michelle Coleman clocked 1:56.12, slightly slower than 10 days ago in Rome... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JoshMartini007 2,220 Posted July 6, 2016 #400 Share Posted July 6, 2016 Nations are beginning to announce B standard qualified athletes. Luxembourg's Julie Meynen has qualified in the women's 50m and 100m free. It doesn't help us much since she was first and second respectively on the eligible athlete list. Link (in French) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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