OlympicsFan 781 Posted May 9, 2021 #51 Share Posted May 9, 2021 Ledecky finally might have found a worthy competitor and it’s a 14 yo girl from Canada. There is no question that she will qualify for the Olympics, the only question is how many events she will qualify in. My guess is that she will qualify in 4 individual events + the 800 free relay and she might very well become this Olympic Games Penny Oleksiak (although in other events). Canada is really blessed in women’s swimming, it would be great if Germany could learn from them. Might be an interesting question/quiz: Will she be the youngest medalist at the Olympics? I think she has a realistic chance, unless there is some younger girl in skateboarding, but obviously winning a medal in swimming would be far more impressive. Attachment is the great fabricator of illusions; reality can be obtained only by someone who is detached. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phelps 6,770 Posted May 9, 2021 #52 Share Posted May 9, 2021 9 minutes ago, OlympicsFan said: Ledecky finally might have found a worthy competitor and it’s a 14 yo girl from Canada. There is no question that she will qualify for the Olympics, the only question is how many events she will qualify in. My guess is that she will qualify in 4 individual events + the 800 free relay and she might very well become this Olympic Games Penny Oleksiak (although in other events). Canada is really blessed in women’s swimming, it would be great if Germany could learn from them. Might be an interesting question/quiz: Will she be the youngest medalist at the Olympics? I think she has a realistic chance, unless there is some younger girl in skateboarding, but obviously winning a medal in swimming would be far more impressive. there are younger girls in Skateboarding who are locked medals...actually, the whole podium in women's Park could well be under-14... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vektor 3,195 Posted May 10, 2021 #53 Share Posted May 10, 2021 The ECh program for our top swimmers: Kristóf Milák - 50, 100, 200 fly, 50, 100, 200, 400 free (+3 relays) Katinka Hosszú - 200, 400 medley, 200 fly Boglárka Kapás - 200 fly, 400 free, 400 medley László Cseh - 200 medley Dávid Verrasztó - 400 medley Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
intoronto 4,200 Posted May 11, 2021 #54 Share Posted May 11, 2021 There was a small high performance meet in Toronto for swimmers based there. Here are some key results: Men: Finlay Knox, 20, broke the NR in the 200im, swimming to a 1:58.88. Women: Summer McIntosh, 14, smashed an age group record in the 200m, 1:57.65, beating the prior time set by Taylor Rock at 2:00.52. Maggie MacNeil/Rebecca Smith/Kayla Sanchez all had personal bests in the 100m, which bodes well for the 4x100 relay. However, some troubling results too for ex. Taylor Ruck was only 5th in the 100m Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vektor 3,195 Posted May 13, 2021 #55 Share Posted May 13, 2021 An unexpected silver for us in women's 10km, Anna Olasz seems to be in great form, hopefully she will qualify in Portugal. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gianlu33 3,570 Posted May 13, 2021 #56 Share Posted May 13, 2021 Any word is useless. Amazing Greg! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phelps 6,770 Posted May 13, 2021 #57 Share Posted May 13, 2021 Super-Greg strikes again! Yesterday it was a sprint finish in the 5k, today he just destroyed the field with an amazing last k in the 10km... rafalgorka 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rafalgorka 1,369 Posted May 14, 2021 #58 Share Posted May 14, 2021 https://www.teamusa.org/News/2021/May/13/Swimmer-Michael-Andrew-Drops-A-US-Open-Record-At-Pro-Swim-Series-Stop Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rafalgorka 1,369 Posted May 14, 2021 #59 Share Posted May 14, 2021 https://swimswam.com/swim-of-the-week-mckeown-moves-to-3-all-time-in-200-back/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OlympicsFan 781 Posted May 16, 2021 #60 Share Posted May 16, 2021 New junior world record in men’s 200 free with 1:44.96 for 18 year old Hwang Sunwoo from South Korea. The men’s 200 free at the Olympics could be super quick, there are at least 10 guys who are capable of going sub 1:45 (2 Americans, 2 australians, Dean, Scott, Rapsys, Hwang, Yang, maybe some Russians, Matsumoto). Attachment is the great fabricator of illusions; reality can be obtained only by someone who is detached. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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