michael phelps--how many thing he will do it?

It seems a shame that someone like Phelps will not do as well as he might due to the schedule. Have Phelps and Crocker raced the 100 butterfly recently when Phelps was well rested? Looking at the trials, I wonder if it wouldn't be more interesting if swimmers could choose to use their time from preliminaries to qualify for the finals instead of swimming in the semi-finals. You would get some swimmers doing fast times in the prelims and arriving at the finals better rested. The prelims and semis would be more interesting and the finals faster.

It seems a shame that someone like Phelps will not do as well as he might due to the schedule. Have Phelps and Crocker raced the 100 butterfly recently when Phelps was well rested? Looking at the trials, I wonder if it wouldn't be more interesting if swimmers could choose to use their time from preliminaries to qualify for the finals instead of swimming in the semi-finals. You would get some swimmers doing fast times in the prelims and arriving at the finals better rested. The prelims and semis would be more interesting and the finals faster.