Swimming 2018 Discussion Thread

[OlympicsFan 860]

vor 6 Minuten schrieb heywoodu:

Not being able to swim in the world championships because you weren't good enough one year before is so stupid 

I think its a good idea. Do you feel the same about other sports? For example the dutch werent allowed to play at the football world cup just because they werent good enough during qualification which ended a year before the world cup.

[heywoodu 16,142]

Just now, OlympicsFan said:

I think its a good idea. Do you feel the same about other sports? For example the dutch werent allowed to play at the football world cup just because they werent good enough during qualification which ended a year before the world cup.

I feel different for team sports (although I do think qualifying for the football ends too early, yes), but I think for individual sports one year is too much, not only swimming.

[dcro 10,210]

1 minute ago, heywoodu said:

Not being able to swim in the world championships because you weren't good enough one year before is so stupid 

 

Well, that's what happens with most Olympic sports. If you don't qualify the previous year, then you don't get to go to the Olympics.

[heywoodu 16,142]

1 minute ago, dcro said:

 

Well, that's what happens with most Olympic sports. If you don't qualify the previous year, then you don't get to go to the Olympics.

Doesn't make it good  

[OlympicsFan 860]

vor 3 Minuten schrieb heywoodu:

Doesn't make it good  

Why even have qualification at all? Lets just allow everyone to compete, the IAAF strategy so to say.

[phelps 8,388]

US Nationals 2018, Day #3 recap

 

women's 400m IM

Ally McHugh, 4.34.80

Brooke Forde, 4.35.09

 

men's 400m IM

Chase Kalisz, 4.08.25

Jay Litherland, 4.10.21

 

women's 100m Fly

Kelsi Dahlia (Worrel), 56.83

Katie McLaughlin, 57.51

 

men's 100m Fly

Caeleb Dressel, 50.50

Jack Conger, 51.11

Michael Andrew, 51.68

 

women's 50m Breaststroke

Lilly King, 29.82

Molly Hannis, 30.07

 

men's 50m Breaststroke

Michael Andrew, 26.84 (new US Champs record and = US All Comers record)

Devon Nowicki, 27.12

 

women's 50m Backstroke

Olivia Smoliga, 27.70

Ali Deloof, 27.88

 

men's 50m Backstroke

Ryan Murphy, 24.24 (new American record)

Justin Ress, 24.31

[heywoodu 16,142]

58.00 for Kathleen Baker in the 100m backstroke, breaking Kylie Masse's WR by 0,10 seconds.

[phelps 8,388]

US Nationals 2018, Day #4 recap

 

women's 400m Free

Katie Ledecky, 3.59.09

Leah Smith, 4.02.21

 

men's 400m Free

Zane Grothe, 3.46.53

Grant Shoults, 3.46.90

 

women's 100m Breaststroke

Lilly King, 1.05.36

Katie Meili, 1.06.39

 

men's 100m Breaststroke

Michael Andrew, 59.38

Andrew Wilson, 59.43

 

women's 100m Backstroke

Kathleen Baker, 58.00 (new World Record)

Olivia Smoliga, 58.75

Regan Smith, 58.83

 

men's 100m Backstroke

Ryan Murphy, 52.51

Matt Grevers, 52.55

 

 

[phelps 8,388]

US Nationals 2018, Day #5 (final day) recap

 

women's 1500m Free

Ashley Twichell, 15.55.68

Ally McHugh, 16.02.56

 

men's 800m Free

Zane Grothe, 7.44.57 (US Champs record)

Jordan Wilimovsky, 7.47.51

 

women's 200m IM

Kathleen Baker, 2.08.32 (US Champs record)

Melanie Margalis, 2.09.43

 

men's 200m IM

Chase Kalisz, 1.55.73

Abrahm Devine, 1.57.41

 

women's 50m Free

Simone Manuel, 24.10 (US Champs record)

Abbey Weitzeil, 24.63

 

men's 50m Free

Michael Andrew, 21.49

Caeleb Dressel, 21.67

[JoshMartini007 2,791]

On 7/27/2018 at 02:56, dcro said:

 

Well, that's what happens with most Olympic sports. If you don't qualify the previous year, then you don't get to go to the Olympics.

 

Shooting use to give quotas over three years before the next Olympics. The IOC had to make a rule to only allow qualification two years before the Olympics because of sports like that (though FIFA seemed to have ignored this and let Brazil qualify in women's football a few months ago).