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The Mutual of Omaha Duel in the Pool is Tuesday
In just its second year, the Mutual of Omaha Duel in the Pool – held this year in Irvine, Calif., on Aug. 2 – will be a coming out party for some young stars, a chance for established stars to continue their domination and a chance for standouts entering their final quadrennial to further cement their legacies.
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Originally posted by Jeff Commings
This happened in 1988, when the US was riding on the shoulders of Janet Evans and Matt Biondi. Does anyone really remember anyone else (besides maybe Jager)? David Berkoff didn't perform as well as we hoped, distance free was laughable, and Mike Barrowman was just coming out of his shell.
Then 1992 came around and everything was getting better.
Everything happens in cycles. I expect 2008 to be USA Swimming's last great year until some other phenom comes along. It'll be the last hurrah for Phelps, Hoff and Katie Ziegler.
Many people say it started even further back. There was so little after the '76 Olympics; then the diaster with USSR & LA Olympics. Here in a small midwest corn town almost the only guys who swim come from really well off families. It is certainly not a community sport like it was when I grew up in the 60's & 70's.
The Duel in the Pool will either be great or really disappointing. I think that maybe we might get something from some guys but why swim your hardest for a meet that is only for bragging rights.
I wish more US swimmers participated regularly in the World Cup series! Last year, the Cup produced some great swims and some intersting competitions! The South Africans, northern Europeans, & Brazils were interesting to watch get experience. It is too bad that television can't manage to figure out how to produce a swimmign event that interests the general population. the competition at the Cup is so intense. I remember watching recorded events on Wide World of Sports. Arledge(sp) was really a genious at producing sports.
Originally posted by Jeff Commings
This happened in 1988, when the US was riding on the shoulders of Janet Evans and Matt Biondi. Does anyone really remember anyone else (besides maybe Jager)? David Berkoff didn't perform as well as we hoped, distance free was laughable, and Mike Barrowman was just coming out of his shell.
Then 1992 came around and everything was getting better.
Everything happens in cycles. I expect 2008 to be USA Swimming's last great year until some other phenom comes along. It'll be the last hurrah for Phelps, Hoff and Katie Ziegler.
Many people say it started even further back. There was so little after the '76 Olympics; then the diaster with USSR & LA Olympics. Here in a small midwest corn town almost the only guys who swim come from really well off families. It is certainly not a community sport like it was when I grew up in the 60's & 70's.
The Duel in the Pool will either be great or really disappointing. I think that maybe we might get something from some guys but why swim your hardest for a meet that is only for bragging rights.
I wish more US swimmers participated regularly in the World Cup series! Last year, the Cup produced some great swims and some intersting competitions! The South Africans, northern Europeans, & Brazils were interesting to watch get experience. It is too bad that television can't manage to figure out how to produce a swimmign event that interests the general population. the competition at the Cup is so intense. I remember watching recorded events on Wide World of Sports. Arledge(sp) was really a genious at producing sports.
