What a race. Dara was running down Veldhuis. 5m more and she would have had her. 52.44??? Wow, what a swim.
Should Dara anchor the women's 4x100 Medley? I think this proves that she should.
Coughlin, Joyce, and Nymeyer had very poor swims -- this is the Olympics - you should at least come close to your best.
I agree about Coughlin... but I didn't realize KLJ and Nymeyer swam poorly. How far off of their bests were they? I thought they looked solid, but the clock is always the judge.
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Nymeyer's best (from Trials) is a 54.02. Her split was 53.91, so if you give 0.5 for the relay start she was about 0.4 off. Joyce's best is a 54.34 and her split was 53.98, so pretty much right on her best.
The swimmer they were really missing was Amanda Weir, who swam poorly at Trials, but has a best time of 53.5. Too bad she couldn't have been on form this year.
Thank you for those times... I'm with ya there about Weir not being at the games.
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Go Dara, you're awesome! You're my hero! As someone who's just getting serious about Master's swimming, I have somebody to look up to! YAY!
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I think Coughlin took it out too fast and died. Probably over excited and just lost steam. Joyce and Nymeyer had nice swims - and Dara topped it off with that crazy mid 52... she will defiintely be anchoring the medley relay. Was scared to see the Aussies have Trickett anchor... but I'm not surprised that the Netherlands won - very incredible freestylers!
Coughlin, Joyce, and Nymeyer had very poor swims -- this is the Olympics - you should at least come close to your best.
Coughlin was way off --- Joyce equalled her prelims time WITH a flying start and Nymeyer equalled her trials time WITH a flying start. They can thank Torres for saving the silver. If any of the 3 would have performed at their best they could challenged for Gold.
