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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This:
Originally posted by SwimsWithAFist
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In 2000, when the Trials were in early August and Olympics in mid September (just 5 weeks apart), only 4 of the US swims were slower in the Olympics than at Trials. There were 4 swims under the American record at Trials (Dolan in the 400 IM, Keller and Carvin in the 400 FR, and Vendt in the 1500). There were then 3 swims under the American record at the Olympics (Dolan in the 400 IM again - in a WR, Keller in the 400 FR, and Thompson in the 1500 FR).
Looking just at the extreme distance events (800 and 1500), 3 out of 4 were FASTER at the Olympics in 2000, while 3 out of 4 were SLOWER at the Olympics in 1996.
Didn't Phelps also swim WR times in several meets close together last year?
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works well for whoever is dominant at home enough to swim thru the Trials, still qualify and shoot for one taper, the one for the Olympics.
In 2000, Tom Dolan (U.S.) in 400 I.M., Chris Thompson (U.S.) in 1500 free, Klete Keller (U.S.) in the 400 free, and now in 2004, Michael Phelps (U.S.) used or use this semi-luxury.
This:
Originally posted by dorothyrd
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I would think that if you taper for the Olympics, then you risk not making it by an up and comer who tapered for Trials.
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is what Erik Vendt's 14:59 in the 1500 free, Chad Carvin's 400 free, up and comer Tommy Hannan (U.S.) in the 100 fly did when they peaked at the 2000 Trials then they were spent and way slower in the 2000 Olympics, and is what could have happened to Kieren Perkins (Aus.) in the U.S. system -because he needs a month of recovery after a sub 15:00 performance for the 1500 free-.
A beneficiary of the 2000 short span between Trials and Olympics, Tom Dolan did call the decision for a short span "...irresponsible..." in usswim.org.
This:
Originally posted by SwimsWithAFist
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In 2000, when the Trials were in early August and Olympics in mid September (just 5 weeks apart), only 4 of the US swims were slower in the Olympics than at Trials. There were 4 swims under the American record at Trials (Dolan in the 400 IM, Keller and Carvin in the 400 FR, and Vendt in the 1500). There were then 3 swims under the American record at the Olympics (Dolan in the 400 IM again - in a WR, Keller in the 400 FR, and Thompson in the 1500 FR).
Looking just at the extreme distance events (800 and 1500), 3 out of 4 were FASTER at the Olympics in 2000, while 3 out of 4 were SLOWER at the Olympics in 1996.
Didn't Phelps also swim WR times in several meets close together last year?
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works well for whoever is dominant at home enough to swim thru the Trials, still qualify and shoot for one taper, the one for the Olympics.
In 2000, Tom Dolan (U.S.) in 400 I.M., Chris Thompson (U.S.) in 1500 free, Klete Keller (U.S.) in the 400 free, and now in 2004, Michael Phelps (U.S.) used or use this semi-luxury.
This:
Originally posted by dorothyrd
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I would think that if you taper for the Olympics, then you risk not making it by an up and comer who tapered for Trials.
...
is what Erik Vendt's 14:59 in the 1500 free, Chad Carvin's 400 free, up and comer Tommy Hannan (U.S.) in the 100 fly did when they peaked at the 2000 Trials then they were spent and way slower in the 2000 Olympics, and is what could have happened to Kieren Perkins (Aus.) in the U.S. system -because he needs a month of recovery after a sub 15:00 performance for the 1500 free-.
A beneficiary of the 2000 short span between Trials and Olympics, Tom Dolan did call the decision for a short span "...irresponsible..." in usswim.org.
