Are you coming to the 2004 Short Course Nationals in Indianapolis?
I will race there.
Also, on the Olympic front the first bang will be this month from the Australian Olympic Trials.
(The U.S. Olympic Trials are this year three weeks before the Olympics because the NCAA coaches who voted for this date are selfish about preserving the NCAA first;
a better timing is in the case of the Australian Trials, held five months before the Olympics.)
Thorpe entered 200, 400 and 100 free.
I wish that Klim would have been healthier and more competitive the past two years, so that he can make the Australian Team and peak in the Olympics.
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I knew it!
I knew that my comment there will bring overall interest in this thread.
The fact is that the U.S. did the same thing in 2000.
2000 was a good Olympics for the U.S. Swimming though.
However, after the Olympics, gold medal winner Tom Dolan (U.S.) deplored this decision for the short span in between Trials and the Olympics and said that it affects the distance swimmers (1500 free and 400 I.M.).
Right before the 2000 Olympics, I was posting my take on this short span in nbcolympics.com, and Olympic medals winner Dan Kowalski (Aus.) -a sub 15:00 per 1500 meters free in the 90s- chimed in that the U.S. decision affects the distance swimmers.
At the time of the 2000 Olympics, it was public news that Kieren Perkins (Aus.) needed a month of sloppy swim to recover from the muscle tear of a sub 15:00 per 1500 meters free race.
I knew it!
I knew that my comment there will bring overall interest in this thread.
The fact is that the U.S. did the same thing in 2000.
2000 was a good Olympics for the U.S. Swimming though.
However, after the Olympics, gold medal winner Tom Dolan (U.S.) deplored this decision for the short span in between Trials and the Olympics and said that it affects the distance swimmers (1500 free and 400 I.M.).
Right before the 2000 Olympics, I was posting my take on this short span in nbcolympics.com, and Olympic medals winner Dan Kowalski (Aus.) -a sub 15:00 per 1500 meters free in the 90s- chimed in that the U.S. decision affects the distance swimmers.
At the time of the 2000 Olympics, it was public news that Kieren Perkins (Aus.) needed a month of sloppy swim to recover from the muscle tear of a sub 15:00 per 1500 meters free race.
