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Pan Zhanle not going away. 46.97 in the 100 free final at Chinese trials.

Yang Junxuan just went 52.68 in the 100 free at Chinese trials so the mixed and women's medleys are looking even stronger. The mixed medley in particular now has no weak legs.
 

Can't wait to finish in 4th place in all the women's relays!!! 

I'm already surprised she is planning to even run anything at all  

Chinese Nationals, Day #4
 
women's 100m Backstroke

1.Wan Lotte, 59.02
2.Wang Xueer, 59.61

men's 800m Freestyle

1.Zhang Zhanshuo, 7.47.84
2.Fei Liwei, 7.47.86

men's 100m Freestyle semis

Pan Zhanle, 47.54
Chen Jun'er, 48.39
Liu Wudi, 48.55
Wang Haoyu, 48.60

men's 200m Fly semis

Wang Xizhe, 1.58.33
Song Mingxuan, 1.59.87

women's 100m Freestyle semis

Yang Junxuan, 53.00
Zhang Yufei, 53.27
Wu Qingfeng, 53.40
Li Bingjie, 53.55
Cheng Yujie, 53.66

men's 200m Breaststroke semis

Qin Haiyang, 2.10.05
Dong Zhihao, 2.11.17

men's 4*200m Freestyle Relay remarkable times

Pan Zhanle, 1.44.72 (4th leg)
Zhang Ziyang, 1.46.98 (4th leg)

9th Dominican Republic International Swim Open - Santo Domingo (DOM) 
April 5th - April 7th 2024
 
Meet Results
 
 
The following new OQTs were achieved
 
Men's 50m Freestyle
 Alberto Mestre

33rd International Gothaer & Friends Meet - Magdeburg (GER)
April 19th - April 21st 2024
 
Meet Results
 
 
The following new OQTs were achieved
 
Men's 200m Backstroke
 Lukas Märtens

2024 Berlin Swim Open - Berlin (GER) 
April 19th - April 21st 2024
 
Meet Results
 
 
The following new OQTs were achieved
 
Men's 100m Freestyle
 Josha Salchow

True, but Tang could feasibly split 1:03 which compensates for their backstroke disadvantage. We'll see how weak their 100 back is tonight. The thing about the Chinese women's medley relay in recent times is they tend to underperform so maybe they will again. If China does push its way onto the podium it likely means Australia or Canada has been pushed off.

Australian Open Championships: Day 4
 
*NOT an Olympic selection event
 
 
Men's 100m Freestyle:
1. Kyle Chalmers - 47.63 
2. William Yang - 48.20 (PB)
3. Kai Taylor - 48.69
 
Women's 200m Freestyle:
1. Mollie O'Callaghan - 1:53.57 
2. Ariarne Titmus - 1:55.38
3. Lani Pallister - 1:55.99
 
Men's 400m Individual Medley:
1. Daiya Seto  - 4:10.44 
2. Lewis Clareburt  - 4:10.86 
3. William Petric - 4:13.55 (PB)
 
Men's 200m Breaststroke:
1. Sam Williamson - 27.16
2. Joshua Yong - 27.60
3. Taku Taniguchi  - 27.73
 
Men's 200m Butterfly:
1. Bowen Gough - 1:57.85
2. Matthew Temple - 1:58.03
3. Ruan van der Riet - 2:00.27
 
Women's 200m Backstroke:
1. Kaylee McKeown - 2:03.84 
2. Hannah Fredericks - 2:08.92 (PB)
3. Iona Anderson - 2:11.40 (PB)
 
Women's 100m Butterfly:
1. Emma McKeon - 56.58
2. Brianna Throssell - 56.77 (PB) 
3. Alex Perkins - 57.73
 
Women's 1500m Freestyle:
1. Lani Pallister - 15:57.01
2. Tiana Kritzinger - 16:23.97
3. Jacqueline Davison-McGovern - 16:39.18
 
For the last three events it was pissing down rain.

Australian Open Championships: Day 3
 
*NOT an Olympic selection event
 
Men's 200m Individual Medley:
1. William Petric - 1:58.43 (PB)
2. Lewis Clareburt   - 1:58.73
3. Se-Bom Lee - 2:00.90
 
Women's 200m Breaststroke:
1. Jenna Strauch - 2:23.33
2. Matilda Smith - 2:24.89
3. Abbey Harkin - 2:26.11
 
Men's 50m Freestyle:
1. Cameron McEvoy - 21.93
2. Kyle Chalmers - 21.98 (PB)
3. Thomas Nowakowski - 22.08
 
Women's 50m Backstroke:
1. Kaylee Mckeown - 27.07 
1. Mollie O'Callaghan - 27.16 (PB) 
3. Iona Anderson - 27.75
 
Men's 100m Butterfly:
1. Matthew Temple - 50.80 
2. Shaun Champion - 51.28 (PB)   (not far off tough Aussie QT 51.17)
3. Ben Armbruster - 51.88
 
Women's 400m Freestyle:
1. Ariarne Titmus - 3:59.13  (fastest ever time while in heavy training)
2. Lani Pallister - 4:01.75 (PB) 
3. Kiah Melverton - 4:06.94
 
Women's 100m Backstroke:
1. Mark Nikolaev  - 54.61
2. Lee Juho  - 54.62
3. Bradley Woodward - 54.74
 
Women's 50m Butterfly:
1. Rikako Ikee  - 25.33 (looks like fastest she's been since her return)
2. Emma Mckeon - 25.70 (PB)
3. Alex Perkins - 25.90 (PB)
 
Men's 800m Freestyle:
1. Elijah Winnington - 7:43.08 
2. Sam Short - 7:43.98 
3. Kim Woomin  - 7:49.69
 

Improved to 47.85 in the final  

I guess, but behind Marchand the depth is weak and really any of the qualifiers could medal, whereas in the 400m free is insanely strong and there are relatively few athletes who could medal.

Zhang Zhanshuo is still possible to swim 400IM on Olympics as he qualifies in 400 free and is the only person meeting standard on 400IM. If he will swim or not is depending on his own willingness

So I guess  Zhang Zhanshuo decided to focus on the 400 free instead of the 400 IM? That's unfortunate because I believe he would've had a better shot at making the final in the 400IM. It's also unfortunate because we lose another athlete who had the 400 IM OQT and now with just over 2 months to go in the qualification period, we have roughly 9 ENTRIES in the men's 400 IM:
 
 
NOC ATHLETE 1
QUALIFICATION EVENT
RESULT ATHLETE 2
QUALIFICATION EVENT
RESULT
Australia
1 SMITH Brendon
World Aquatics Championships 2023
OQT
4:10.37
   
Canada
0 WIGGINTON Lorne
World Aquatics Junior Swimming Championships 2023
OCT
4:12.81
   
France
1 MARCHAND Léon
World Aquatics Championships 2023
OQT
4:02.50
   
Germany
1 BÜSSING Cedric
Eindhoven Qualification Meet 2024
OQT
4:12.33
   
Great Britain
1 LITCHFIELD Max
British National Championships 2024
OQT
4:09.14
   
Hungary
0 Maximum Quota exceeded, Athlete 1
TBD
OCT
X
   
Italy
1 RAZZETTI Alberto
Italian Winter National Championships 2023
OQT
4:09.29
   
Japan
1 MATSUSHITA Tomoyuki
Japan Selection Trial for Olympic Games 2024
OQT
4:10.04
 
 

New Zealand
1 CLAREBURT Lewis
World Aquatics Championships 2024
OQT
4:09.72
   
South Africa
0 SATES Matt
World Aquatics Swimming World Cup Athens 2023
OCT
4:13.38
   
United States
2 Maximum Quota exceeded, Athlete 1
TBD
OQT
X
Maximum Quota exceeded, Athlete 2
TBD
OQT
X
 
It's also quite possible that Brendon Smith wouldn't qualify at Australian trials given his form this year. Japan might add one of Seto or Honda as their 2nd entry and Wigginton, Gabor Zombori, and Sates could be added through OCTs. However, it's quite likely that we'll have even fewer entries than the women's 200m butterfly from Tokyo where their were only 17 entries.
 
This event had the misfortune of having an insanely fast heats in Tokyo that nuked the qualifying time from 4:15.84 to 4:12.50. If AQUA followed their old rules where they set the OQT as the 16th fastest swimmer in the heats instead of the 14th fastest swimmer, the new qualifying time would've been 4:15.76 instead.

HOLY. FUCKING. SHIT. (sorry for swearing)
 
Katzberg WITH A HUGE PB OF 84.38m in Round 5 of men’s hammer throw 

Australian Open Championships: Day 4
 
*NOT an Olympic selection event
 
 
Men's 100m Freestyle:
1. Kyle Chalmers - 47.63 
2. William Yang - 48.20 (PB)
3. Kai Taylor - 48.69
 
Women's 200m Freestyle:
1. Mollie O'Callaghan - 1:53.57 
2. Ariarne Titmus - 1:55.38
3. Lani Pallister - 1:55.99
 
Men's 400m Individual Medley:
1. Daiya Seto  - 4:10.44 
2. Lewis Clareburt  - 4:10.86 
3. William Petric - 4:13.55 (PB)
 
Men's 200m Breaststroke:
1. Sam Williamson - 27.16
2. Joshua Yong - 27.60
3. Taku Taniguchi  - 27.73
 
Men's 200m Butterfly:
1. Bowen Gough - 1:57.85
2. Matthew Temple - 1:58.03
3. Ruan van der Riet - 2:00.27
 
Women's 200m Backstroke:
1. Kaylee McKeown - 2:03.84 
2. Hannah Fredericks - 2:08.92 (PB)
3. Iona Anderson - 2:11.40 (PB)
 
Women's 100m Butterfly:
1. Emma McKeon - 56.58
2. Brianna Throssell - 56.77 (PB) 
3. Alex Perkins - 57.73
 
Women's 1500m Freestyle:
1. Lani Pallister - 15:57.01
2. Tiana Kritzinger - 16:23.97
3. Jacqueline Davison-McGovern - 16:39.18
 
For the last three events it was pissing down rain.

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Commentators seemed oblivious to what was happening until after she crossed the finishing line.

3:50.30 in the women’s 1500m for  Tsegay!!! 
 
3rd fastest time in history. 

2024 Australian National Championships - Gold Coast (AUS) 
April 17th - April 20th 2024
 
Meet Results
 
 
The following new OQTs were achieved
 
Men's 100m Freestyle
 William Yang
 
Men's 200m Freestyle
 Flynn Southam
 
Men's 200m Breaststroke
 Joshua Yong
 
Women's 200m Freestyle
 Jamie Perkins
 
Women's 100m Backstroke
 Hannah Fredericks
 
Women's 200m Backstroke
 Hannah Fredericks
 
Women's 200m Butterfly
 Bella Grant
 
Women's 200m Individual Medley
 Ella Ramsay
 
Women's 400m Individual Medley
 Kaylee McKeown
 Ella Ramsay

Australian Open Championships: Day 4
 
*NOT an Olympic selection event
 
 
Men's 100m Freestyle:
1. Kyle Chalmers - 47.63 
2. William Yang - 48.20 (PB)
3. Kai Taylor - 48.69
 
Women's 200m Freestyle:
1. Mollie O'Callaghan - 1:53.57 
2. Ariarne Titmus - 1:55.38
3. Lani Pallister - 1:55.99
 
Men's 400m Individual Medley:
1. Daiya Seto  - 4:10.44 
2. Lewis Clareburt  - 4:10.86 
3. William Petric - 4:13.55 (PB)
 
Men's 200m Breaststroke:
1. Sam Williamson - 27.16
2. Joshua Yong - 27.60
3. Taku Taniguchi  - 27.73
 
Men's 200m Butterfly:
1. Bowen Gough - 1:57.85
2. Matthew Temple - 1:58.03
3. Ruan van der Riet - 2:00.27
 
Women's 200m Backstroke:
1. Kaylee McKeown - 2:03.84 
2. Hannah Fredericks - 2:08.92 (PB)
3. Iona Anderson - 2:11.40 (PB)
 
Women's 100m Butterfly:
1. Emma McKeon - 56.58
2. Brianna Throssell - 56.77 (PB) 
3. Alex Perkins - 57.73
 
Women's 1500m Freestyle:
1. Lani Pallister - 15:57.01
2. Tiana Kritzinger - 16:23.97
3. Jacqueline Davison-McGovern - 16:39.18
 
For the last three events it was pissing down rain.

Improved to 47.85 in the final