Swimming at the Summer Olympic Games 2020

[Orangehair43 251]

6 minutes ago, NearPup said:

Basically every swimmer with any relevance is on an ISL roster unless they are wanting to maintain NCAA eligibility. The ISL actually pays people money.

No one from China is on any roster 

[Orangehair43 251]

'Lilly King implies Russians ‘should not be here’ in Tokyo because of doping'

 

https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2021/aug/01/lilly-king-apparent-doping-comments-russians-roc-swimming

[Makedonas 2,155]

On 01/08/2021 at 01:33, heywoodu said:

@thiago_simoes  

 

Well I hope this can inspire Gkolomeev to win his first Olympic medal in 2024 as a 31 year old! He said after getting 5th yesterday in the same event where Fratus got bronze, that his goal is now 2024.

[heywoodu 15,135]

Just now, Makedonas said:

Well I hope this can inspire Gkolomeev to win his first Olympic medal in 2024 as a 31 year old! He said after getting 5th yesterday in the same event where Fratus got bronze, that his goal is now 2024.

Too bad it won't inspire Thom de Boer for a 30+ medal, since he already said before the Olympics he'll retire after it, since he can no longer combine his regular job with his part-time swimming  

[heywoodu 15,135]

Women's 10k is underway in 'nice' warm water.

[Monzanator 4,499]

This is for cycling die-hards. Everything will be decided in the last kilometer (or 200m) anyway?

[heywoodu 15,135]

4 minutes ago, Monzanator said:

This is for cycling die-hards. Everything will be decided in the last kilometer (or 200m) anyway?

Yeah but it's a direct medal event, unlike for example days 1-3 in golf or early qualifications or something. So, alarm and time to get up  

[Vektor 3,326]

This pace might "kill" a couple of swimmers in these conditions. 

[JoshMartini007 2,536]

Algeria is already 1:30 behind the lead.

[heywoodu 15,135]

World champion Xin Xin is in major trouble.