Exceptional Swims

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Former Member — Mon, 17 Dec 2012 13:42:06 GMT

Lochte's recent sub 1;50 200 im WR He beat the best in the world by 3 seconds.

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That Guy — Mon, 17 Dec 2012 03:25:35 GMT

Eugene Godsoe 20.78 50 SCY backstroke :eek: swimswam.com/.../

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Sportygeek — Tue, 27 Nov 2012 12:26:04 GMT

Two of my favorites from the London Paralympics: Women's 4x100m Medley Relay - 34pts Final... watch the race right to the end. It's extraordinary. 6otD-eapfOo Swimming - Women's 100m Backstroke - S6 Final mU3E9-JbxdA From an "exceptional Masters swimmers with disabilities" perspective, there are two W40-44 swimmers currently breaking IPC World Records - Mirjam de Koning-Peper (S6) and Kirsten Bruhn (S7, SB5). Both won gold medals in London. Sebastian Rodriguez (S5) won 2 silver and a bronze at age 55 :eek:. Then there's US swimmer Curtis Lovejoy (S2, SB1, SM2), also 55 - he made finals in London. He currently holds 3 IPC WRs - set at age 44, 46 and 52. There were at least 15 swimmers at the 2012 Paralympics aged 40+, and at least 5 40+ medalists. Yes, I was taking notice :)

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Former Member — Sat, 17 Nov 2012 17:02:08 GMT

Here are two from this summer's Paralympic Games: Women's S6 400 free: Two teenagers, Great Britain's Ellie Simmonds (Paralympic record holder) and the US's Victoria Arlen (world record holder), battle it out before a capacity crowd, which I believe included Prince William and Kate Middleton. I love this race because every time I think Arlen has pulled away, Simmonds fights back. The last 100 meters are fantastic. Swimming - Women's 400m Freestyle - S6 Final - London 2012 Paralympic Games - YouTube (race starts about 3:40) Men's S11 400 free: One year *to the day* after losing both his eyes to an IED in Afghanistan, Navy Lt. Bradley Snyder wins the gold in the 400 free at the London Paralympics. Snyder was captain of the swim team at the Naval Academy. He started swimming several months after his injury to give himself a sense of normalcy and to reassure his family that he would be okay. In his classification, swimmers wear blackout goggles so any residual sight is eliminated (he has two prosthetic eyes, but others in the category may not). They have "tappers" at the ends of the pool who indicate when they should begin their turns. Swimming - Men's 400m Freestyle - S11 Final - London 2012 Paralympic Games - YouTube (race starts about 3:00)

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That Guy — Sat, 17 Nov 2012 07:12:00 GMT

Breeja Larson 57.53 100 ***! www.collegeswimming.com/.../

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Patrick W. Brundage — Fri, 16 Nov 2012 09:15:03 GMT

With all due credit to Ms. Mann, the exceptional swim I want to highlight is the one that occurred 31 years ago by none other than distance legend Tiffany Cohen. A 31 year old record? Incredible. Fro swimswam's Grand Prix coverage (swimswam.com/.../) Women’s 1650 Freestyle...Clearwater Aquatic Team’s Becca Mann finally broke through in perhaps the most challenging of them all. Mann swam a 15:54.46 that broke Tiffany Cohen’s record of 15:54.86 by just four-tenths of a second. That record was the second-oldest yards record left on the books: having been swum April 1, 1981, only Mary T. Meagher’s 13-14 200 fly record (which Mann came within shouting distance of on Saturday) from 1979 is older. That’s no surprise given the late-80′s revolution in underwater dolphin kicked that revolutionized all swimming, but especially short course swimming where there’s more walls.