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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Originally posted by dorothyrd
Ion, that is a good topic and I remember in 2000 that there was more than distance swimmers complaining. Trying to do a taper for Trials and then hold onto it for the Olympics was very hard for the swimmers.
But the other arguements holds water also, you might miss someone who gets hot over the summer.
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The other argument might work when sprinters are spaced in the Trials by tenths of a second.
Then it might be good to assume that the sprinter who is hot will stay hot for three more weeks, in the Olympics itself.
It doesn't work that well in distance to have two top races -each one worth tapering for- in one month.
Tom Dolan (U.S.) in 400 I.M. managed to stay sharp after the Trials and even got sharper in the Olympics, but he decried this.
Erik Vendt (U.S.) did 14:59 in the 1500 free at the Trials, then broke down three weeks later in the Olympics.
Chris Thompson (U.S.) got a sluggish for him 1500 free at the Trials, got second and qualified because of lack of better opponenents, then in the Olympics he peaked and nailed a bronze in the 1500 free by outsprinting a Russian in the last 50.
Originally posted by dorothyrd
Ion, that is a good topic and I remember in 2000 that there was more than distance swimmers complaining. Trying to do a taper for Trials and then hold onto it for the Olympics was very hard for the swimmers.
But the other arguements holds water also, you might miss someone who gets hot over the summer.
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The other argument might work when sprinters are spaced in the Trials by tenths of a second.
Then it might be good to assume that the sprinter who is hot will stay hot for three more weeks, in the Olympics itself.
It doesn't work that well in distance to have two top races -each one worth tapering for- in one month.
Tom Dolan (U.S.) in 400 I.M. managed to stay sharp after the Trials and even got sharper in the Olympics, but he decried this.
Erik Vendt (U.S.) did 14:59 in the 1500 free at the Trials, then broke down three weeks later in the Olympics.
Chris Thompson (U.S.) got a sluggish for him 1500 free at the Trials, got second and qualified because of lack of better opponenents, then in the Olympics he peaked and nailed a bronze in the 1500 free by outsprinting a Russian in the last 50.
