JoshMartini007 2,209 Posted June 16, 2021 #391 Share Posted June 16, 2021 On 14/06/2021 at 05:55, LuizGuilherme said: The UK withdrew in the women's 4x200. Brazil goes to the Olympics as a subistitute Looks like Poland withdrew as well, Denmark is the replacement. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Oldira 76 Posted June 16, 2021 #392 Share Posted June 16, 2021 1 minute ago, JoshMartini007 said: Looks like Poland withdrew as well, Denmark is the replacement. Any reasons why? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dcro 10,179 Posted June 16, 2021 #393 Share Posted June 16, 2021 10 minutes ago, Oldira said: Any reasons why? Too many relay races with too many teams? Poland for example qualified 6 relays, and like none of them has a chance of making the final? IMO, both swimming relays and synchronized diving events should have 12 teams. Or at the very least 14 and 10. Adriano 1 #banbestmen Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JoshMartini007 2,209 Posted June 16, 2021 #394 Share Posted June 16, 2021 19 minutes ago, Oldira said: Any reasons why? Not sure, at the Polish Open Polanska and Kossakowska are listed as qualifying for the relays. Maybe one of them got injured? Poland also doesn't have a lot of individual qualifiers and since "relay only" athletes must have reached the OST in the event, maybe Poland was unable to make a proper team. Like they may have to use Laura Bernat as one of the 4x200m free members... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nickyc707 305 Posted June 16, 2021 #395 Share Posted June 16, 2021 36 minutes ago, Oldira said: Any reasons why? The reason GB withdrew was scheduling with two other events taking place in the same session which would have involved women who would have swum in the relay. Given that it was the weakest of the seven GB relay teams it was decided to give priority to the individual events. Similar factors may have played into Poland's decision. Oldira 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mpjmcevoy 202 Posted June 16, 2021 #396 Share Posted June 16, 2021 31 minutes ago, Nickyc707 said: The reason GB withdrew was scheduling with two other events taking place in the same session which would have involved women who would have swum in the relay. Given that it was the weakest of the seven GB relay teams it was decided to give priority to the individual events. Similar factors may have played into Poland's decision. In GB's case, in particular, I think they believe Abbie Wood has a real medal shot at 200IM. Freya Anderson is a hell of a relay swimmer, but she's not currently an individual medal prospect. Still seems a pity not to bring Tamsyn and Holly Hibbott, add in Lucy Hope and Aimee Wilmott and at least let them have a crack. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nickyc707 305 Posted June 16, 2021 #397 Share Posted June 16, 2021 2 minutes ago, mpjmcevoy said: In GB's case, in particular, I think they believe Abbie Wood has a real medal shot at 200IM. Freya Anderson is a hell of a relay swimmer, but she's not currently an individual medal prospect. Still seems a pity not to bring Tamsyn and Holly Hibbott, add in Lucy Hope and Aimee Wilmott and at least let them have a crack. In Anderson's case I think it's more concern about her overall workload with 100 Free, 200 Free, 4x100 Free, 4x100 Medley and Mixed Medley. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Adriano 444 Posted June 17, 2021 #398 Share Posted June 17, 2021 Poland has only 2 swimmers with standard B, (or 3 minimum of Fina - Klimek). We don't have 4 swimmer. Wasick is going to start only 50 freestyle, Bernat is a diffrent style. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rafalgorka 1,372 Posted June 17, 2021 #399 Share Posted June 17, 2021 https://swimswam.com/2021-australian-olympic-trials-day-6-live-finals-recap/ https://swimswam.com/2021-u-s-olympic-trials-wave-ii-day-4-finals-live-recap/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OlympicsFan 782 Posted June 17, 2021 #400 Share Posted June 17, 2021 16 hours ago, dcro said: Too many relay races with too many teams? Poland for example qualified 6 relays, and like none of them has a chance of making the final? IMO, both swimming relays and synchronized diving events should have 12 teams. Or at the very least 14 and 10. Agreed, 12 relays per event would be more than enough. Overall the relays aren’t really competitive, especially on the women’s side where there will be 4 medal contenders at best in all events. Adriano 1 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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