OK--I must not be understanding something. Last night on TV and then in an AP article I read (see below) it was mentioned that Grevers was adding the silver from the 100 back to the gold he got for the men's 4 X 100 free relay? He didn't swim in the final relay that won the gold. How does that work?
Thanks for the insight--it's driving me crazy!!!
BEIJING (AP) — (I cut most of this article out...)
Peirsol defended his Olympic title in the 100 backstroke with a world record of 52.54, and teammate Matt Grevers made it a 1-2 U.S. finish. Peirsol beat his own mark, 52.89, set at last month's national trials in Omaha, Neb., while Grevers added to the gold he won for swimming the preliminaries of the 400 free relay.
The part you put in bold answers your question: prelim swimmers are considered part of the relay team and, thus, get the same medals the swimmers who swam the relay in finals get.
who ever swims on the relay in the prelims or finals for a country
gets the medal won in the finals by their team
Shaun Jordan made the 88 & 92 olympicteams
both times he swam in the prelims but received the medal that was won in the finals
that's how ithe Olympics work
coaches are going to go with the fastest swimmers at the meet
they compare their meet times, work out times and present health / injury status to select swimmers
in the 4 x 100 free relay prelims
the US swimmers competed
who ever had the fastest split got to swim again at night
of grevers, wildman, jones, & Adrian
jones had it and got it
in todays 4 x 200 keller, berens, vendt and walters competed
berens was slightly faster than keller
If I was a coach I would subtract reaction time from the splits
in the upcoming 4 x 100 medley relay
we're going to see those with the 2nd fastest 100 times at the Olympics swim prelims and the fastest swim in finals
in question are:
1) 100 fr GWG & Lezak if GWG goes faster than Lezak in the 100 fr
they might put GWG in finals but GWG went 47.0 and Lezak went 46.0
so they are probably going to go with Lezak
2) 100 fly phelps or crocker, fastest 100 gets it, probably phelps
prelim swimmers need to have safe exchanges (NO DQ's) and make finals
when US swimmers break a WR they receive a bonus
but only those on the relay that breaks the record gets the bonus
If I was a coach I would subtract reaction time from the splits
I wouldn't. If you did you'd effectively penalize someone for having a good relay start. Reaction times can make or break a relay. You're right, though, that you need safe starts in prelims.
Berens should get the nod because he is from Swim City, USA, just like C. Jones. Berens' only mistake in life thus far has been going to Texas, where grown men are encouraged to get bovine tats in their late 50s.
I don't see how you put Keller in over Berens. It wasn't by much, but Berens outsplit Keller. Time should be the final arbiter in this case. Experience is overrated.
Really? I never knew that? Why is it that way?
I mean, they were on the team. That would be funny if they got a rainbow colored participation ribon like in summer league.
Really? I never knew that? Why is it that way?
Without their prelim swims the team, at least in theory, would not have made it to finals to compete for the gold.
