Michael Phelps pulled a Smith...
After getting out of the warm-up pool, he felt a small hole in the back of his jammer suit. That was a source of amusement as he headed for the starting block.
“I was hoping it wasn’t going to rip when I bent down at the start,” Phelps said, smiling. “But it was all good. We got that all straightened out and fixed.”
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Phelps was a good 8 seconds slower that the olympics in the 200, and 3 slower in the 100 fly. Interesting to see what he goes tonight in finals.
Does anyone know if the big guns are rested for this meet, or are they gearing solely for Nationals in July?
Phelps was a good 8 seconds slower that the olympics in the 200, and 3 slower in the 100 fly. Interesting to see what he goes tonight in finals.
Does anyone know if the big guns are rested for this meet, or are they gearing solely for Nationals in July?
Since this was the prelims of the Ultra swim and not the olympics, wouldn't expect him to be close to his lifetime bests or even really push the morning swims, since he doesn't have to do so.
Nice job of Rob. Why he didn't swim in Clovis? I saw him in Clovis, was wondering if he would swim.
He swam the 50 in clovis. He told me at zones that he would be in florida, at the new headquarters and for some other meetings. His travel plans, according to Rob, would make it difficult to clovis to swim before sunday.
Saw Ian Clark swim a great 400IM. I saw swim the 200 back in person two weeks ago. I think that he did a 4:34 in the 400 IM two weeks ago.
Someone needs to tell Rowdy not everyone swims well at Suburban. Maybe today they do, but when I was at Suburban, I didn't swim that well. I swam meagerly ok!!!
Since this was the prelims of the Ultra swim and not the olympics, wouldn't expect him to be close to his lifetime bests or even really push the morning swims, since he doesn't have to do so.
Right, I'm just curios to see how it turned out tonight. He went 1:46 which is pretty good all things considered.
in 200m free nearly all the swimmers swim "looping" not like michael but very close.
Michael surprise with his finish with straight arms... a preview for tomorrow.