What a great swim. Not the best start in the world but really turned it on at the end for the silver, nicely done.
My hat's off to Lethal Leisel. She looked sooooooo strong. Fantastic swim for the gold.
Man, that US Women's 4x100 Medley is looking stronger and stronger. Coughlin-Soni-Magnuson-Torres, whooooo that should be a fast one.
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Natalie's backstroke advantage is less than Leisel's advantage (over 1.5 secs). Schipper and Magnuson are very close. I assume Tricket and Torres are equal based on the 4x100 relay. One area that could make a difference is the starts. Leisel is very slow off the blocks on her flat starts. Her reaction time was never faster than .82 - visibly slow. Perhaps the Americans can gain a few tenths on their starts and make it close to even for the freestyle leg.
Historically Leisel has been hit or miss on relays; often times slower in the relay than the individual. (and) For the Ausies to win this relay Liesel needs to pass Soni. As was stated already, Liesel is clearly the best breaststoker in the world: So simply do what you are supposed to do and the relay is yours.
Natalie's backstroke advantage is less than Leisel's advantage (over 1.5 secs). Schipper and Magnuson are very close. I assume Tricket and Torres are equal based on the 4x100 relay. One area that could make a difference is the starts. Leisel is very slow off the blocks on her flat starts. Her reaction time was never faster than .82 - visibly slow. Perhaps the Americans can gain a few tenths on their starts and make it close to even for the freestyle leg.
Historically Leisel has been hit or miss on relays; often times slower in the relay than the individual. (and) For the Ausies to win this relay Liesel needs to pass Soni. As was stated already, Liesel is clearly the best breaststoker in the world: So simply do what you are supposed to do and the relay is yours.
