Pellegrini's neck tattoo is awful.
I like it. It's a bit large, but I think it is simple and elegant - far from the obnoxious Tommy Lee/Travis Barker versions by comparison.
Luca Marin is apparently a fan of hot girls with tats - and I think he's upgraded. Federica's predecessor, Laure Manaudou, she's got that lizard at her hip... not exactly a welcoming-looking creature for that area...:banana::banana:
So too will be his swimsuit! Hopefully they'll be less chance of that happening in the 200! He did well given the circumstances.
I think the US should win it - but they also can not afford any letdowns -- Phelps has a little bit of a history to go slower in this one. Walters should be swimming fast - but he swam "slow" TWICE earlier in the week. He was still recovering on the back end of a tummy bug. It's why he was left completely out of 4x100 relay the first day. He didn't swim the heats or finals despite placing second at trials. But given how he rebounded for the 100 he could be a key guy for the relay.
I like it. It's a bit large, but I think it is simple and elegant - far from the obnoxious Tommy Lee/Travis Barker versions by comparison.
Luca Marin is apparently a fan of hot girls with tats - and I think he's upgraded. Federica's predecessor, Laure Manaudou, she's got that lizard at her hip... not exactly a welcoming-looking creature for that area...:banana::banana:
I think that I remember that hip tattoo from her pics on the net. Manaudou does have a 8 pack abs.
I am glad that Lochte showed Laslo and Thiago who is boss in the 200 IM. Shanteau has such an amazing backhalf of the IM. I would hate to be his competitors in the 200 ***. They are in the swimming beatdown.
high schoolers can do flips from back to ***. wish we could.
No they can't. That rule was changed. They have to follow usa/fina rules on back to *** now. This is done so that hs swims can be certified if a swimmers makes a usa meet cut.
Another complaint re Rowdy Gaines. I don't think he understands the track/grab start trade-off. He always reads the reaction times and says some swimmer or another has a "terrible start" when they are actually just using a grab start, sacrificing reaction time for power.
Other Rowdy cliches: "powerful kick" (always with telestrator), "crucial turns", direction of breathing, and "clear water."
Another complaint re Rowdy Gaines. I don't think he understands the track/grab start trade-off. He always reads the reaction times and says some swimmer or another has a "terrible start" when they are actually just using a grab start, sacrificing reaction time for power.
Is "reaction time" the time between the gun and when your feet leave the block?
If so, wouldn't tall swimmers tend to have slower reaction times? - their hands/body could be ahead of other swimmers while their feet are still on the blocks making their reaction time slower.
so who is in the final line up tonight for the mens 4x200?
Phelps, walters, Lochte and ??
Vanderkaay, Berens, someone else I am not thinking of????
I think the WR will go down tonight but I would love to see Phelps as leadoff swimmer and go under 1:42!!
swimming is between 18:00-19:30 my time, so I'll have to pick up something to keep my two girls happy for 90 minutes so I can watch all the fun races tonight!
It's Berens there in the waiting room.
