A word from down under (sorry, not Australia, but Brazil). We have never, ever gotten good standings or medals or whatever in LCM and Olympics. But once in awhile we have this great athlete that gives us hope. Thiago Pereira is the name of the moment. He beat some world records in SCM, I believe in Berlin, a couple of weeks ago and is in the news these days. But when you put him in the pool with Phelps, there is a huge difference on the long course. AND first he has to take care of Lochte. But the brazilian media doesn't know all these details. The media, poor media, doesn't know about Cielo, I guess top free fifty swimmer ever in the SCY today, but in the U.S. away from our poor reporters. It is odd that Thiago was a hero in the Pan American Games, but our true chance at a shot in Beijing would be with Cielo. Well, I remember watching a video of Spitz (maybe it was a film) underwater, in 1968 and our coach in Chattanooga, said he was a California promise, might do some good swimming later on. I believe he was my age, about 16...probably only a sophomore in high school. That is as close as I ever got to Spitz. I do swim with a former relay 200 free (200X4) from 2004, Bruno Bonfim. I asked him point blank last week: is Amanda Beard hot up front in person? He said, yes, she is...billy fanstone
A word from down under (sorry, not Australia, but Brazil). We have never, ever gotten good standings or medals or whatever in LCM and Olympics. But once in awhile we have this great athlete that gives us hope. Thiago Pereira is the name of the moment. He beat some world records in SCM, I believe in Berlin, a couple of weeks ago and is in the news these days. But when you put him in the pool with Phelps, there is a huge difference on the long course. AND first he has to take care of Lochte. But the brazilian media doesn't know all these details. The media, poor media, doesn't know about Cielo, I guess top free fifty swimmer ever in the SCY today, but in the U.S. away from our poor reporters. It is odd that Thiago was a hero in the Pan American Games, but our true chance at a shot in Beijing would be with Cielo. Well, I remember watching a video of Spitz (maybe it was a film) underwater, in 1968 and our coach in Chattanooga, said he was a California promise, might do some good swimming later on. I believe he was my age, about 16...probably only a sophomore in high school. That is as close as I ever got to Spitz. I do swim with a former relay 200 free (200X4) from 2004, Bruno Bonfim. I asked him point blank last week: is Amanda Beard hot up front in person? He said, yes, she is...billy fanstone
