100 Fly Predictions

This should be a great race--I would vote with the prognosticators that have Crocker a little off his best time based on current form and Phelps going a PR--and either guy could win. The race I would like to see would be Phelps in the 200 Back against Piersol. Phelps is dropping his 200 times between .9 and 1.6 seconds(approx. based on his fly/free/im). While Piersol has always beaten him before in the 200 Back, if Phelps improves that much, he's right there with Piersol. When you are counting accomplishments for being the mythical greatest swimmer ever, Phelps and Spitz both have set world records in 5 events. Phelps is going to have more Olympic golds and more Olympic teams after Beijing. Phelps has a wider range of record setting events--IM, Free and Fly versus Free and Fly only. If Phelps were to win a major championship in Backstroke, I think its game, set and match to Phelps if he never swims another race after Beijing.

This should be a great race--I would vote with the prognosticators that have Crocker a little off his best time based on current form and Phelps going a PR--and either guy could win. The race I would like to see would be Phelps in the 200 Back against Piersol. Phelps is dropping his 200 times between .9 and 1.6 seconds(approx. based on his fly/free/im). While Piersol has always beaten him before in the 200 Back, if Phelps improves that much, he's right there with Piersol. When you are counting accomplishments for being the mythical greatest swimmer ever, Phelps and Spitz both have set world records in 5 events. Phelps is going to have more Olympic golds and more Olympic teams after Beijing. Phelps has a wider range of record setting events--IM, Free and Fly versus Free and Fly only. If Phelps were to win a major championship in Backstroke, I think its game, set and match to Phelps if he never swims another race after Beijing.