Swimming 2018 Discussion Thread

[George_D 1,474]

[bestmen 2,909]

Michael Phelps had thinking about suicide

[Gianlu33 5,356]

Italian TV say that  Pita want compete in swimming in Tokyo2020 and try to become the 1st (?) atlete to compete in 3 different sports at Olympics 

 

[NearPup 3,614]

1 minute ago, Gianlu33 said:

Italian TV say that  Pita want compete in swimming in Tokyo2020 and try to become the 1st (?) atlete to compete in 3 different sports at Olympics 

 

Off the top of my head Georgia Simmerling of Canada has competed in Alpine Skiing, Freestyle Skiing and Track Cycling (where she won a bronze medal). Technically two sports and three discipline.

[heywoodu 16,136]

7 minutes ago, Gianlu33 said:

Italian TV say that  Pita want compete in swimming in Tokyo2020 and try to become the 1st (?) atlete to compete in 3 different sports at Olympics 

 

You mean after Jaqueline Mourão (mountain bike, cross-country skiing, biathlon)?  (and probably more athletes  )

 

Edit: Like Simmerling as well.

Edited February 18, 2018 by heywoodu

[Gianlu33 5,356]

Just now, heywoodu said:

You mean after Jaqueline Mourão (mountain bike, cross-country skiing, biathlon)?  (and probably more athletes  )

Yeah, probabily  Ok, we can change it to "the 1st athlete from Tonga to compete in 3 different sports"? 

[LDOG 2,472]

Can someone tell the guy to stop trying new stuff and focus to become good at something?

[phelps 8,381]

Yesterday the Swimming Marathon World Cup started in Doha (QAT)

 

and it was quite a Dutch show, with both wins going to Sharon Van Rouwendaal among the women and Ferry Weertman among the men (where 1500m Freestyle Olympic Champion Gregorio Paltrinieri made his world cup debut...and it was a quite encouraging one)...

 

here are the Full Results:

 

Women

http://www.fina.org/competition-detailed-results/fina-marathon-swim-world-series-2018-women-10km/event

 

Men

http://www.fina.org/competition-detailed-results/fina-marathon-swim-world-series-2018-men-10km/event

[thepharoah 2,413]

Caleb Dressel made new American record in men's 50 yards freestyle and become the 1st swimmer to go under 18 seconds with 17.63 sec. with 1 second margin off the silver medalist Ryan Held in the NCAA final yesterday 

Edited March 23, 2018 by thepharoah

[heywoodu 16,136]

1 hour ago, thepharoah said:

Caleb Dressel made new American record in men's 50 yards freestyle and become the 1st swimmer to go under 18 seconds with 17.63 sec. with 1 second margin off the silver medalist Ryan Held in the NCAA final yesterday 

Yay for Americans and weird yards races counting as official records