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.
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Someone brought this scenario up on collegeswimming.com: what about the possibility of Phelps not getting to swim the relay? It seems like a huge stretch, but it's certainly possible. What kind of swim would it take to knock Phelps out of his spot? For all intents and purposes Weber-Gale and Lezak are locks since they were 1-2 in the 100 free at Trials and they have the fastest two times in U.S. history. But if two prelims swimmers manage to swim a 47 low could Phelps' spot be in jeopardy?
You would need 3 46 low splits, an a WR leadoff to keep Phelps off the relay. Weber-Gale and Lezak will be taken off before Phelps. The 8 gold march is worth, I don't know $250,000,000 - $1,000,000,000 to NBC in future and current Olympics. They take him off the relay on the 2nd night? No WAY. Goodness, NBC got finals moved to the morning....
Someone brought this scenario up on collegeswimming.com: what about the possibility of Phelps not getting to swim the relay? It seems like a huge stretch, but it's certainly possible. What kind of swim would it take to knock Phelps out of his spot? For all intents and purposes Weber-Gale and Lezak are locks since they were 1-2 in the 100 free at Trials and they have the fastest two times in U.S. history. But if two prelims swimmers manage to swim a 47 low could Phelps' spot be in jeopardy?
You would need 3 46 low splits, an a WR leadoff to keep Phelps off the relay. Weber-Gale and Lezak will be taken off before Phelps. The 8 gold march is worth, I don't know $250,000,000 - $1,000,000,000 to NBC in future and current Olympics. They take him off the relay on the 2nd night? No WAY. Goodness, NBC got finals moved to the morning....
