Now by the time most of you read this the finals will be over but ... Keller had the slowest split, OBVIOUSLY Phelps (& I'm guessing Lochte) are a done deal ... Vanderkaay put up a 1:46.67 leading off followed by Jayme Cramer's 1:47.97, David Walters 1:47.75 & Keller's 1:48.60 ...
Do you take a total rookie? Slightly more experience with Cramer, or a struggling but veteran Keller? Personally I say give the rookie a shot, who knows what he'll put up next year.
My prediction: Phelps, Lochte, Vanderkaay, & Cramer
I'd like to see ... Phelps, Lochte, Vanderkaay & Walters ...
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If Russia had the three best defensemen in the world in hockey should they be able to have an extra person on the ice during games?
posted by Lindsay
While I agree that it is probably best to only allow the top 2 swimmers from each country to participate in the Olympics in any given swimming event, I fail to see how this example of Russia being allowed to play 7 against 6 in a hockey game (b/c they have the top rated defensemen in the world) as being analagous in any way to allowing the USA to have 3 swimmers qualify for an Olympic event if they are the top 3 swimmers in the world in that particular event? IMO I just don't think these two completely different scenarios can be compared in that way....But just for the record, I think it would be best for the swimming world in general to keep the rules for Olympic qualifying the way they currently are for many of the other reasons you listed in your posting Lindsay.
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If Russia had the three best defensemen in the world in hockey should they be able to have an extra person on the ice during games?
posted by Lindsay
While I agree that it is probably best to only allow the top 2 swimmers from each country to participate in the Olympics in any given swimming event, I fail to see how this example of Russia being allowed to play 7 against 6 in a hockey game (b/c they have the top rated defensemen in the world) as being analagous in any way to allowing the USA to have 3 swimmers qualify for an Olympic event if they are the top 3 swimmers in the world in that particular event? IMO I just don't think these two completely different scenarios can be compared in that way....But just for the record, I think it would be best for the swimming world in general to keep the rules for Olympic qualifying the way they currently are for many of the other reasons you listed in your posting Lindsay.
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