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'm not saying that Ion was the only one claiming this. I've heard lots of people not happy about the short time between Trials and Olympics. All I'm saying is that this is just the opinion of some of the people. The data between the last two Olympics seems to justify the shorter time between meets.
From my own experience, our college conference meet was 2 or 3 weeks before division 3 nationals. I had to fully taper for the conference meet in order to qualify for nationals. In each event in every year, I went faster at nationals 2 or 3 weeks later. The longest event I swam was the 500, and went 5 seconds faster at nationals one year than the conference meet.
I do believe that everyone is different. Eric Vendt obviously didn't like the shorter time in 2000, but he was one of only 3 US swimmers who didn't swim faster in a distance event at the Olympics (he swam 2 events, both slower). Tom Dolan may not have liked it, but he did swim a world record at the Olympics. Some people just can't be satisfied!
I'm not saying that Ion was the only one claiming this. I've heard lots of people not happy about the short time between Trials and Olympics. All I'm saying is that this is just the opinion of some of the people. The data between the last two Olympics seems to justify the shorter time between meets.
From my own experience, our college conference meet was 2 or 3 weeks before division 3 nationals. I had to fully taper for the conference meet in order to qualify for nationals. In each event in every year, I went faster at nationals 2 or 3 weeks later. The longest event I swam was the 500, and went 5 seconds faster at nationals one year than the conference meet.
I do believe that everyone is different. Eric Vendt obviously didn't like the shorter time in 2000, but he was one of only 3 US swimmers who didn't swim faster in a distance event at the Olympics (he swam 2 events, both slower). Tom Dolan may not have liked it, but he did swim a world record at the Olympics. Some people just can't be satisfied!
