It was fun to watch Susan von der Lippe swim the 100 fly in prelims. She moved up in the field roughly 30 places and finished 105 out of 137 to the best of my memory. I talked to her afterwards (she was hanging out at the motel pool with her kids and husband) and she thought it might have been close to her lifetime best (= her qualifying time) since she didn't swim much fly as a kid. Let's see what she can do today in the 100 ***.
Great to see world records in the first two final events. With all the records falling this year, I was not surprised to see two under the WR in the men's 400 IM - I'm betting this will happen more than once this year.
For me, the most exciting race was the 400 free. Great swims by the top four swimmers!
Also nice to see some swimmers move way up in the fields with some big time drops. Over 12,000 in the audience for both the prelims and finals yesterday. It took a while for the crowd to figure out how to cheer for people swimming breaststroke...
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I also have some vague memories about new FINA rules for exiting the pool (from this Forum). Most swimmers are leaving from the side but Hoff, notably, is climbing out at the starting block. Is this going to be a problem? Maybe someone can remind me of this discussion.
I found one of the officials at brunch this morning and got the answer to the question. The FINA rules do ask swimmers not to exit at the block but rather at the side. However, no swimmer will be DQ'd for not following that advice. The worst they can expect is to be yelled at and called a swim bumpkin (cousin to a country bumpkin).
I also have some vague memories about new FINA rules for exiting the pool (from this Forum). Most swimmers are leaving from the side but Hoff, notably, is climbing out at the starting block. Is this going to be a problem? Maybe someone can remind me of this discussion.
I found one of the officials at brunch this morning and got the answer to the question. The FINA rules do ask swimmers not to exit at the block but rather at the side. However, no swimmer will be DQ'd for not following that advice. The worst they can expect is to be yelled at and called a swim bumpkin (cousin to a country bumpkin).
