Sure, at LC Nats, you will encounter USMS swimmers who can go a 57 in the 100m FR. A small sampling of the USMS swimmers out there. Very small.
I agree, no big fuss. My point was that USMS is not the Olympics and a 57 really isn't anything spectacular and certainly not Olympic calibre. A 57 is a AAA time for 17-18 boys.
Can you go a 57?
No, I cannot currently do a 57 but if I can get citizenship in East Bungaloria for the next Olympics, you will see me hit a 57. I do swim with three guys who can easily do 57s, late 30s/early 40s, which annoys me daily.
I would also be 5 years older than Dara currently is at the next Olympics. You could start a thread - Aquageek - My Amazing Idol Hero, jmiller can open the thread.
Ohhhhhh....a sell out huh????? LOL JK
You got that right. Having seen the 8 piece costume that US Olympians are forced to wear tonight, I'd happily trade that in for the traditional mumu of East Bungaloria.
Serioiusly, could the opening ceremonies be any stupider, more stupid, stupidest? I'd rather go on a bike ride in a glass shard lined sandpaper thong than suffer through 5 hours of that silliness.
Do you think the US team just went to the local sweatshop to pick up their costumes or were they sent from China to the US and then toted back to China?
Another thing, why the big deal about the smog? These are Olympians, the best of the best. I think they should have doubled up on the smog to really test their training. How would that be any different than going to Colorado and training in a space vacuum? Let's see what they really have.
"To get a personal best for them, that's what it's about. This is huge for us," he said.
Isn't this the only thing that is important? Doing your best? I repeatedly tell my daughter that the only requirements are a) have fun, b) do your best and c) listen to your coaches. You can not control how fast the other swimmers are, you can only control what happens in YOUR lane.
Maybe they should have a qualifying time?...with a minimum standard.
If it were the 1500, yeah get the hook.
But is was only a 100.
It wasn't like a Borat moment, with some obscure countryman trying to get a chuckle from a stadium full of on-lookers.
Ot was it??? Only Allen seems to know.:rolleyes:
I will admit Ali lighting the torch in Atlanta was a Hallmark moment. My wife woke me up at 3 am to see the lighting.
As to advice you give kids, I tell my daughters to win their event or they don't eat the next day. That is much better advice than "have fun."
As to advice you give kids, I tell my daughters to win their event or they don't eat the next day. That is much better advice than "have fun."
Hmm, I smell bait with this one. Nah.
IMHO, the only disgrace about that swim was the laughing in the background. The fans in the stands weren't laughing. It was disgraceful that the TV commentators mocked him.
-Rick
Eric the Eeel went on to cut his time in half in time for the 2004 Olympics (but didn't make it because of a Visa bungle.)
Would he have gotten the coaching, equipment, access to training facilities, and put in the effort to cut his time in half if he hadn't competed the first time in 2000? Can't say for sure, but probably not.
A disgrace? No.
A triumph for a man and a nation? Yes.
This.
I've tempered the agony of Costas and Lauer by watching badminton, fencing and a bit of weightlighting. Jeez, that Chinese woman is strong! (48kg class snatch - she lifted 95kg like it was nothing...)
S
