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Swimming is the only discipline I’m well versed in so I’ll give my “contenders”. I’m being somewhat generous with these tbh. Gold contenders F 50 Free: 100 Free: Mollie O’Callaghan, Shayna Jack 200 Free: Ariarne Titmus, Mollie O’Callaghan 400 Free: Ariarne Titmus 800 Free: Ariarne Titmus 1500 Free: 100 Back: Kaylee McKeown 200 Back: Kaylee McKeown 100 Fly: 200 Fly: Lizzie Dekkers 100 Breast: 200 Breast: 200IM: Kaylee McKeown 400IM: 4x100 Free: YES 4x200 Free: YES Medley relay: (Only if USA is disqualified) M 50 Free: Cam McEvoy 100 Free: Kyle Chalmers (extremely unlikely) 200 Free: 400 Free: Sam Short, Elijah Winnington 800 Free: Sam Short 1500 Free: 100 Back: 200 Back: 100 Fly: Matt Temple (very outside) 200 Fly: 100 Breast: 200 Breast: Zac Stubblety-Cook 200IM: 400IM: 4x100 Free: No 4x200 Free: No Medley relay: No Medal contenders (not counting those in gold above) F 50 Free: Shayna Jack, Meg Harris 100 Free: 200 Free: 400 Free: 800 Free: Lani Pallister 1500 Free: Lani Pallister 100 Back: Iona Anderson 200 Back: Jaclyn Barclay 100 Fly: 200 Fly: 100 Breast: 200 Breast: 200IM: 400IM: 4x100 Free: 4x200 Free: Medley relay: Yes M 50 Free: 100 Free: 200 Free 400 Free: 800 Free: Elijah Winnington 1500 Free: 100 Back: 200 Back: 100 Fly: 200 Fly: 100 Breast: 200 Breast: 200IM: 400IM: 4x100 Free: Yes 4x200 Free: Yes Medley relay: Yes Plus a solid shot at Mixed Medley relay medal and outside shot at gold

Neill will swim the 200 free. Armbruster the 100 fly. Lee the 200IM.

After killing it in the 100 fly and back, Regan Smith’s 200s were both much slower than expected. Interesting times to come. Also Claire Curzan who allegedly did the “backstroke sweep” in Doha misses the team altogether

A few things: 1. Chelsea Hodges just surprise retired following chronic injuries and surgeries. I’m devastated. She’ll always be an Olympic champion though. 2. @NearPup I agree they should aim for 20 swimmers in events with semis. Don’t care if there’s less than 20 if there’s no semis anyway. Could force universality swimmers to only enter events that are low on numbers. That could be fun. 3. NearPup again: Your second point kind of defeats the whole purpose of A and B cuts. This would lead to the strong swimming countries, who already have an advantage, sneaking in extra individual swimmers using relay spots. You would end up with swimmers from smaller countries not being invited while slower swimmers from big swim countries racing individually purely because their country has good relays. I don’t think flooding the heats with extra B cut swimmers who have no chance of medalling is necessarily a positive.

I agree. Temple doesn’t really need to fully rest for trials given he keeps going sub 51 while unrested, but also he can’t afford to risk being totally in work. I suspect he does a drop taper and goes a 50 mid and then we’ll see what he has in Paris