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Swimming at the Aquatics FINA World Championships 2019


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7 minutes ago, heywoodu said:

No 7th consecutive medal for the Dutch team, as expected. And it's not gonna get any better anytime soon.

At least you guys are not alone, i don't see any european nation winning a relay medal on the women's side here. Of course it doesn't help that Steenbergen (so far) didn't develop into the star most people expected her to be.

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3 minutes ago, heywoodu said:

This has all the feels of Australia peaking completely wrong and failing at the Olympics :p 

Hah judging by past Olys you're right. But judging by previous WC's they're on the right track at least lol.

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3 minutes ago, OlympicsFan said:

Get what? A medal?

 

Yeah, she's getting better and better every year:

 

2017 WCh: 4:05.75 (6th)

2018 ECh: 4:03.57 (2nd)

2019 WCh: 4:01.31 (4th)

 

I wouldn't be surprised if she goes under 4:00 at the Olympics, which should be enough for a medal. I doubt that she can beat Ledecky and Titmus, unless some miracle happens. 

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7 minutes ago, heywoodu said:

This has all the feels of Australia peaking completely wrong and failing at the Olympics :p 

 

I don't think so, because they did make some changes recently. For example their trials will now be held 5 weeks before the championships, and not months / years ahead. :p

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10 minutes ago, orangeman said:

 

Oleksiak is rounding back into form and Ruck is only getting better.  Watch out for Canada in Tokyo.  

Sure ... if i remember correctly Oleksiak hasn't improved since 2016 (when she was 16 years old), i don't see why that should change. In most other sports you would be almost certain that a 16 year old can only get better, but not in swimming. Ye Shiwen and Missy Franklin both peaked in 2012 at the age of 16/17.

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Brazil's 3:11.99 would have been enough for a bronze medal (tied with Hungary) last year in the last edition of the championships (2017). The fact that they finished only 6th now is a wake up call to our federation, since everyone though this medal was won even before the race started. 

 

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