Doudtful...he cruised that prelim swim.
Cavic is the one that most likely will swim slower in the finals.
Phelps will be 49+
Crocker is done....still can't believe with it all on the line he doesn't wear a full suit in prelims.
Maybe Crocker is thinking he can pull a Peirsol. The problem is, it's a long ways from 51.9 to 50 point low.
Never say never. Phelps is capable of being beat in this event or the IM. Granted, I would say this event maybe his toughest to win.
If Lochte didn't have the 200 back and less than 25 minutes before the 200 IM, I would love to see him win both events. I just don't see it happening with him having that little time to recover.
So, I think phelps will probaly win the IM but could lose the 100 fly
if you watch what micheal is doing, he is conserving for finals, so anybody and everybody can have a faster time, he just needs to swim fast enough to make finals, I gaurantee that he's going to put the hammer down during finals.
Phelps 100 fly splits: 24.41/26.46.
That 2nd 50 was far faster than anyone which shows how much speed he has on demand. He'll go out a bit faster, and come back even stronger. No one will match him. I just don't think Cavic will continue to improve through semis and finals like Phelps will.
For GoodSmith - do you think Crocker is "on?" Is he doing a rope-a-dope?
I bet not. I just don't think his race management is as good as Peirsol. It is becoming more like Hansen's race management.
The difference though one is a final and one a semi-final. Even slightly off Phelps should still be good enough to make the top 8 of the fly.
Lochte definitly has his work cut out for him tonight. Hope he wins one of the 2.
Well, either way I think Phelps will edge out Crocker tonight - which should nearly lock him in for at least 7 golds.
Question: How big of a dissapointment will people consider Phelps only matching Spitz, and not beating his gold medal count?
Either way, Phelps has surpassed Spitz an every other way - performing at a 3rd Olympics, dominating the field at 2 of those games, and will most likely come back strong in 4 years at London.
