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 think the World Cup circuit has proven that at least for those events that a swimmer can swim great on any given week or day.
Many new world records were set the last couple of years by swimmers who were having a big meet every week. And there had to be a lot of jet lag and poor training going from Paris to Berlin to Bejing!!! I call it getting RACE HARDENED, and is why Amanda Beard is back and on target again.
I feel many great swimmers in the past did not compete enough, tapering once a year and only for a big big meet.
There is always going to be great swimmers who just do not swim well during the Olympics. It may not have anything to do with the taper, many variables such as food, sleep, tension, all can have a huge affect on a persons performance.
I think the World Cup circuit has proven that at least for those events that a swimmer can swim great on any given week or day.
Many new world records were set the last couple of years by swimmers who were having a big meet every week. And there had to be a lot of jet lag and poor training going from Paris to Berlin to Bejing!!! I call it getting RACE HARDENED, and is why Amanda Beard is back and on target again.
I feel many great swimmers in the past did not compete enough, tapering once a year and only for a big big meet.
There is always going to be great swimmers who just do not swim well during the Olympics. It may not have anything to do with the taper, many variables such as food, sleep, tension, all can have a huge affect on a persons performance.
