Consider the talk of Phelps winning 8 gold, I wonder who everyone thinks will win the 400 Free Relay.
There are several countries that have the potiential to win this race.
Remember, he can still get one if he swims prelims or finals.....if I remember correctly!!
That's true, but I doubt he'll swim prelims. Usually the swimmers who placed 3-6 at Trials swim prelims--I think--then the fastest two from prelims swim finals along with the 1-2 finishers from Trials. In this case probably only one prelim swimmer will get to advance to finals because of Phelps.
A similar thing happened in Athens where Reese told the prelims swimmers they had to swim faster than a certain time (0.5 seconds faster than Phelps' best or something) to get to swim finals. You would think the same thing would apply this time, but the extra heat of Phelps' quest for eight golds would make it very interesting if he lost his spot on the team.
Remember, he can still get one if he swims prelims or finals.....if I remember correctly!!
That's true, but I doubt he'll swim prelims. Usually the swimmers who placed 3-6 at Trials swim prelims--I think--then the fastest two from prelims swim finals along with the 1-2 finishers from Trials. In this case probably only one prelim swimmer will get to advance to finals because of Phelps.
A similar thing happened in Athens where Reese told the prelims swimmers they had to swim faster than a certain time (0.5 seconds faster than Phelps' best or something) to get to swim finals. You would think the same thing would apply this time, but the extra heat of Phelps' quest for eight golds would make it very interesting if he lost his spot on the team.
