At first I thought the US girls would be fighting for a Bronze, now I think they may have a good chance to win this one.
Plenty of fast swimmers being rested, but most countries will do a swim-off for the 3 and 4 spot. Good swim by Kara Lynn Joyce - probably add Nymeyer + Coughlin and Torres. Not sure about the order though -- they usually like to lead off with Coughlin - maybe Torres as the anchor ?
The Dutch number 3 and 4 were off their WR times and the Aussie girls did not convince either. Have to watch out for the Chinese -- not sure if they have anybody else, but if they can replace the 55+ split with a 53+ split they are also in the running for Gold.
I noticed in the prelims that they are not doing the running start that I've seen college kids do, where they stand at the back of the block and step forward and dive, timing it just right. Is that not a legal Olympic start?
I noticed that too. I'm pretty confident it's legal. On rewatching I think some people were doing the step-up. There's no question it's a little more dicey in terms of false starting. Maybe that's the main reason teams don't use it. I'll be interested to see what the men do.
I noticed in the prelims that they are not doing the running start that I've seen college kids do, where they stand at the back of the block and step forward and dive, timing it just right. Is that not a legal Olympic start?
I noticed that too. I'm pretty confident it's legal. On rewatching I think some people were doing the step-up. There's no question it's a little more dicey in terms of false starting. Maybe that's the main reason teams don't use it. I'll be interested to see what the men do.
