Phelps' Olympic Schedule

RE: Phelps' Olympic Schedule

tjrpatt — Sun, 03 Aug 2008 12:48:03 GMT

For Phelps, that schedule doesn't seem that bad. He will be fine.

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ande — Sun, 03 Aug 2008 10:59:32 GMT

here's a post from 2 months ago when we were trying to figure out what he was going to swim at trials forums.usms.org/showpost.php

RE: Phelps' Olympic Schedule

pwolf66 — Sun, 03 Aug 2008 10:33:53 GMT

Aug 12th: 10:13am 200 Free Final 11:00am 200 Fly Semis The 200 Fly race at night will be hardly cause him to breathe hard. 200 Free final in the morning, again the first race of the day . Aug 15th 10:45am 200 IM Final 11:20am 100 Fly Semis IM final in the morning might be tricky. Does Lochte's 200 back final come before or after this? Another semi race later, but it will be less than an hour later, presumably with a medal ceremony in between. He'll be wiped, but still should be ok. Are the times for the 2nd event on those days right? Less than an hour difference would seem to be more problematic than you indicate, even for a Stepford swimmer like Phelps.

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Former Member — Sun, 03 Aug 2008 07:50:12 GMT

Great breakdown... thanks for sharing. Stressed me out just reading it. I wish one of the free relays were last instead of the medley - but it's going to be one heck of a meet. Anybody seen a breakdown of Hoff's schedule???

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Former Member — Sun, 03 Aug 2008 07:13:20 GMT

Yes he did, his 200IM was probably the most impressive race I've ever watched, if only for the fact he had just swum the 200 Back only 2 hundreths over his world record 45 minutes earlier, and THEN lost to Phelps by just a quarter second as he set a world record. Very impressive to attempt, those are 2 tough events.

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Former Member — Sun, 03 Aug 2008 05:33:29 GMT

So the 200 Back final comes before the 200 IM final, should have figured it would be just trials. You have to wonder if Lochte wold be the favorite in the IM if he weren't also swimming (as he should) the back. Food for thought.

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ande — Sun, 03 Aug 2008 02:02:18 GMT

lochte has a tough double that night he handled it well at trials ande So the 200 Back final comes before the 200 IM final, should have figured it would be just trials. You have to wonder if Lochte wold be the favorite in the IM if he weren't also swimming (as he should) the back. Food for thought.