dantm

USA ALWAYS rise up for the Olympics,but I think its clear that both Australia and China will challenge them. If China flop,then the USA will no doubt take full advantage especially on the Men's side.

It could go before Paris

Aa I mentioned,it will change over the next few months.Only GB have had their trials and plenty of swimming to be done before Paris. For the 200M IM, Marchand Wang Casas have all been quicker over the past 18 months that Duncan Scott's best 200IM time. Thats why he is just off my list. As for the 200m Free, If Popovici gets anywhere near the levels we know he can,no one will beat him He still 19? The 200m Free is easily the Brits best chance for an individual win, but there is so many current swimmers in the 1.44 range now 1.44s Dean Scott Richards Hwang Pan Martans Guilliani Hobson.

Great swim by Martens! in fact,there is no doubt I will be amending over the next 2 months Trials,especially Australia and US will be huge. Short and Hafnaoui also went 3.40 last year. I have no doubt the Beiderman WR is going this year. maybe at Australian trials first?

Paris Swimming Predictions M/W EVENT MEDAL NAME COUNTRY MENS 100m Backstroke 1.Gold Jiayu Xu China MENS 100m Backstroke 2.Silver Thomas Ceccon Italy MENS 100m Backstroke 3.Bronze Hunter Armstrong USA MENS 100m Breastroke 1.Gold Hayang Qin China MENS 100m Breastroke 2.Silver Adam Peaty Great Britain MENS 100m Breastroke 3.Bronze Nicolo Martinelli Italy MENS 100m Butterfly 1.Gold Dare Rose USA MENS 100m Butterfly 2.Silver Josh Liendo Canada MENS 100m Butterfly 3.Bronze Noe Ponti Switzerland MENS 100m Freestyle 1.Gold Zhanie Pan China MENS 100m Freestyle 2.Silver David Popovici Romania MENS 100m Freestyle 3.Bronze Kyle Chalmers Australia MENS 1500m Freestyle 1.Gold Ahmed Hafnaoui Tunisia MENS 1500m Freestyle 2.Silver Bobby Finke USA MENS 1500m Freestyle 3.Bronze Samuel Short Australia MENS 200m Backstroke 1.Gold Hubert Kos Hungary MENS 200m Backstroke 2.Silver Roman Nityukov Switzerland MENS 200m Backstroke 3.Bronze Ryan Murphy USA MENS 200m Breastroke 1.Gold Hayang Qin China MENS 200m Breastroke 2.Silver Zac Stubblety-Cook Australia MENS 200m Breastroke 3.Bronze Leon Marchand France MENS 200m Butterfly 1.Gold Leon Marchand France MENS 200m Butterfly 2.Silver Thomas Heilman USA MENS 200m Butterfly 3.Bronze Kristof Milak Hungary MENS 200m Freestyle 1.Gold Matt Richards Great Britain MENS 200m Freestyle 2.Silver Zhanie Pan China MENS 200m Freestyle 3.Bronze Maximillian Giulliani Australia MENS 200m IM 1.Gold Leon Marchand France MENS 200m IM 2.Silver Shaine Casas USA MENS 200m IM 3.Bronze Shun Wang China MENS 400m Freestyle 1.Gold Samuel Short Australia MENS 400m Freestyle 2.Silver Ahmed Hafnaoui Tunisia MENS 400m Freestyle 3.Bronze Elijah Winnington Australia MENS 400m IM 1.Gold Leon Marchand France MENS 400m IM 2.Silver Carson Foster USA MENS 400m IM 3.Bronze Tomoru Honda Japan MENS 4x100m Freestyle 1.Gold USA Mens USA MENS 4x100m Freestyle 2.Silver Australia Mens Australia MENS 4x100m Freestyle 3.Bronze Great Britain Mens Great Britain MENS 4x100m Medley 1.Gold China Mens China MENS 4x100m Medley 2.Silver USA Mens USA MENS 4x100m Medley 3.Bronze Australia Mens Australia MENS 4x200m Freestyle 1.Gold Great Britain Mens Great Britain MENS 4x200m Freestyle 2.Silver USA Mens USA MENS 4x200m Freestyle 3.Bronze Australia Mens Australia MENS 50m Freestyle 1.Gold Cameron McEvoy Australia MENS 50m Freestyle 2.Silver Jack Alexy USA MENS 50m Freestyle 3.Bronze Florent Manadou France MENS 800m Freestyle 1.Gold Ahmed Hafnaoui Tunisia MENS 800m Freestyle 2.Silver Samuel Short Australia MENS 800m Freestyle 3.Bronze Bobby Finke USA MIXED 4x100m Medley 1.Gold China Mixed China MIXED 4x100m Medley 2.Silver Australia Mixed Australia MIXED 4x100m Medley 3.Bronze USA Mixed USA WOMENS 100m Backstroke 1.Gold Kaylee McKeown Australia WOMENS 100m Backstroke 2.Silver Regan Smith USA WOMENS 100m Backstroke 3.Bronze Clare Curzan USA WOMENS 100m Breastroke 1.Gold Qiantin Tang China WOMENS 100m Breastroke 2.Silver Ruta Melutyte Lithuania WOMENS 100m Breastroke 3.Bronze Lily King USA WOMENS 100m Butterfly 1.Gold Torri Huske USA WOMENS 100m Butterfly 2.Silver Zhang Yufei China WOMENS 100m Butterfly 3.Bronze Maggie McNeal Canada WOMENS 100m Freestyle 1.Gold Mollie O'Callahan Australia WOMENS 100m Freestyle 2.Silver Siobon Haughey Hong Kong WOMENS 100m Freestyle 3.Bronze Kate Douglas USA WOMENS 1500m Freestyle 1.Gold Katie Ledecky USA WOMENS 1500m Freestyle 2.Silver Katie Grimes USA WOMENS 1500m Freestyle 3.Bronze Lani Pallister Australia WOMENS 200m Backstroke 1.Gold Kaylee McKeown Australia WOMENS 200m Backstroke 2.Silver Clare Curzan USA WOMENS 200m Backstroke 3.Bronze Regan Smith USA WOMENS 200m Breastroke 1.Gold Tatiana Shuemaker South Africa WOMENS 200m Breastroke 2.Silver Tes Schouten Netherlands WOMENS 200m Breastroke 3.Bronze Kate Douglas USA WOMENS 200m Butterfly 1.Gold Zhang Yufei China WOMENS 200m Butterfly 2.Silver Summer McIntosh Canada WOMENS 200m Butterfly 3.Bronze Elizabeth Dekkers Australia WOMENS 200m Freestyle 1.Gold Mollie O'Callahan Australia WOMENS 200m Freestyle 2.Silver Ariane Titmus Australia WOMENS 200m Freestyle 3.Bronze Siobon Haughey Hong Kong WOMENS 200m IM 1.Gold Summer McIntosh Canada WOMENS 200m IM 2.Silver Kaylee McKeown Australia WOMENS 200m IM 3.Bronze Kate Douglass USA WOMENS 400m Freestyle 1.Gold Ariane Titmus Australia WOMENS 400m Freestyle 2.Silver Summer McIntosh Canada WOMENS 400m Freestyle 3.Bronze Li Binjie China WOMENS 400m IM 1.Gold Summer McIntosh Canada WOMENS 400m IM 2.Silver Katie Grimes USA WOMENS 400m IM 3.Bronze Jenna Forrester Australia WOMENS 4x100m Freestyle 1.Gold Australia Womens Australia WOMENS 4x100m Freestyle 2.Silver USA Womens USA WOMENS 4x100m Freestyle 3.Bronze China Womens China WOMENS 4x100m Medley 1.Gold USA Womens USA WOMENS 4x100m Medley 2.Silver Australia Womens Australia WOMENS 4x100m Medley 3.Bronze Canada Womens Canada WOMENS 4x200m Freestyle 1.Gold Australia Womens Australia WOMENS 4x200m Freestyle 2.Silver China Womens China WOMENS 4x200m Freestyle 3.Bronze USA Womens USA WOMENS 50m Freestyle 1.Gold Sarah Sjostrum Sweden WOMENS 50m Freestyle 2.Silver Emma McKeon Australia WOMENS 50m Freestyle 3.Bronze Cate Campbell Australia WOMENS 800m Freestyle 1.Gold Katie Ledecky USA WOMENS 800m Freestyle 2.Silver Ariane Titmus Australia WOMENS 800m Freestyle 3.Bronze Li Binjie China

Its not unusual to see fast swims out of season.Kaylee McKeown can break a WR no matter what time or season.

A little early to read to much into those results Nothing fast but its January within an Olympic year,so that’s expected. Alexy looks good but with Pan,Chalmers and Popovici,he is up against it. Douglass is easy the best 100m Free swimmer in the US and a low 53 is a good swim Will need to be high 51s to challenge for a medal in Paris As i said earlier,bring on the trials!

Looking more forward towards the Australian Olympic Trials in June than the “ World Championships” Most likely,it will be the worst World Champs in history

Penny scratching again. no surprise

Mollie O’Callaghan will be the biggest swimming star in Paris 100m Freestyle in a WR time 200m Freestyle in a WR time 4x100m Free Relay (WR) 4x200m Free Relay. (WR)

Australia (12 G/14 S/20 B/46 T) Gold: Rugby Sevens- Men’s Tournament, Swimming- Men’s 400m Freestyle (Sam Short), Swimming- Women’s 4x100m Freestyle Relay, Swimming- Women’s 200m Freestyle (Ariarne Titmus), Rugby Sevens- Women’s Tournament, Swimming- Women’s 100m Backstroke (Kaylee McKeown), Swimming- Women’s 100m Freestyle (Mollie O’Callaghan), Swimming- Women’s 4x200m Freestyle Relay, Cycling- Women’s BMX Racing (Saya Sakakibara), Swimming- Women’s 200m Backstroke (Kaylee McKeown), Athletics- Women’s High Jump (Nicola Olyslagers), Canoe Slalom- Women’s Kayak Cross (Jessica Fox), Sailing- Men’s ICLA7 (Matthew Wearn), Skateboarding- Men’s Park (Keegan Palmer) Not a bad list but isnt that 14G?

Not bad,although I really see the Australian women dominating. MOC wont be beaten in the 100m Free with only Haughey pushing her Titmus will beat McIntosh in the 400m Free Regan Smith wont beat McKeown in the 100 Back but she may win the 200m Fly Trials in 2024 will offer a better insight USA could struggle as apart from Ledecky,there are no other heavy favourites

Could be an improved games for Australia 10-12 golds,but could be more if the swimming team raise their game

*Bump

Australia are the second most successful Swimming nation in Olympic History,only behind the US. Ive heard this comment a few times and many bring up James Magnussen as the example. Considering he is twice World Champion at the 100m Free and lost the Olympic Gold by 0.01 of a second,I think he has been harshly treated.In saying that,he put the pressure on himself and destroyed his Olympic campaign by a poor relay swim. Yes,there are some serial tourists with Australian team(David McKeon) who continue to frustrate,but overall,we have exceeded expectations at most Olympics. As I said before,our only hope in 2012.misfired and basically ended 2/3 of our only hopes. Go beyond 2012,and you will see many examples of peaking at the right times( Stephanie Rice,Jodie Henry,Ian Thorpe,Grant Hackett, etc etc) 2012 toxic culture is long behind us,and now we have Jacco Verhaeren to keep them in check

Im always intereted to see the prospects of our cross Tasman neighbours. The traditional sports the NZ excel in seem to be their brightest chances Rowing Canoeing Sailing and of course,Rugby. 10 Gold medals may not be out of the Question! (as long as Australia gets 11+

Yep,the Americans always perform at the Olympics,but there was something lacking from their trials that I havent seen in a long time.(I watched their trials on NBC) Sure,they have Katie Ledecky and Michael Phelps,but they drop off dramatically after those two.In most Olympic years you could almost guarantee their top 2 qualifyers would be top 5 rankings.There is a lot of gaps and the Americans will need to swim out of their skin to cover the obvious weaknesses. They will probably do it and prove me wrong,but there is no doubt they are starting further back in the field that I can remember.

In 2012, Australia entered London with only 3 real chances in the pool. 100m Free (M) 4 x 100m Free (M) 4 x 100m Free (W) The Missile misfired and our only Mens hopes were done. The women came home with the relay gold. So much more depth in 2016 Our World Championships results from 2015 were far more successful than 2011. So many more performers. Cate Campbell is currently the best female swimmer in the World. She is in line for 4 Gold Medals alone and will start favourite in both the 50m and 100m free. yep,its the Olympics and there will be disappointments,but there is something very exciting about this team. Could this be the Olympics where the US are taken down?

Gold Medal Chances in 50m Free (M) 100m Free (M) 400m Free (M) 1500m Free (M) 100m Back (M) 200m Back (M) 4x100m Free (M) 50m Free (W) 100m Free (W) 100 Back (W) 200 Back (W) 200m Butterfly (W) 4x100m Free (W) 4x100m Med (W) Strong medal contenders in 200m Free (M) 4x200m Free (M) 4x100m Med (M) 200m Free (W) 400m Free (W) 800m Free (W) 100m Butterfly (W) 200m Breastroke (W) 4x200m Freestyle (W) But far, the strongest Australian swim team since 2004.

Discuss all things Olympic related to the Australian Dolphins!