Phelps took 17 strokes down and 18 back. I take 19 or 20 on my first 50 and (guessing because I don't remember) 24 or 25 on the second... then again, I'm 8 inches shorter than him, and the word "wingspan" does not apply to me...
I watched the whole 2 hour broadcast on NBC, and don't recall seeing a single shot of Bowman, nor do I recall hearing mention of him.
Men's 100m Butterfly Final
13th FINA WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS
17 JULY - 2 AUGUST 2009
ROME (ITA)
Record Split Name NOC Code Location Date
WR 50.01 22.83 CAVIC Milorad SRB Roma (ITA) 31 JUL 2009
CR 50.01 22.83 CAVIC Milorad SRB Roma (ITA) 31 JUL 2009
1 5 PHELPS Michael USA 0.69 (4)
23.36 26.46 49.82 WR
2 4 CAVIC Milorad SRB 0.72 (1) 22.69 49.95 0.13
27.26
3 3 MUNOZ Rafael ESP 0.70 (2) 23.24 50.41 0.59
27.17
4 6 SUBIRATS Albert VEN 0.68 (6) 23.75 50.79 0.97
27.04
5 1 LAUTERSTEIN Andrew AUS 0.70 (3) 23.28 50.85 1.03
27.57
6 2 DUNFORD Jason KEN 0.72 (5) 23.41 51.07 1.25
27.66
7 8 MCGILL Tyler USA 0.68 (8) 24.14 51.42 1.60
27.28
8 7 MANGABEIRA Gabriel BRA 0.67 (7) 23.80 51.74 1.92
27.94
Something Cavic said after the race was interesting, he said that at the 50 he saw how close Phelps was to him and knew he was going to lose. He was almost .7 seconds in front of Phelps.
1. In a 100M race against the best swimmer in the world, how can anyone expect to have an insurmountable lead at the 50? You have to be able swim the whole race hard.
2. I think that Cavic's loss in the Olympics had to be on his mind every day since then, causing him to make some rash comments earlier this week.
3. If Cavic feels that he needs more than .7 seconds lead at the 50 to beat Phelps and swims the second 50 of the 100 fly waiting and expecting Phelps to sprint by him at the end, he is NEVER going to beat Phelps.
4. Cavic has better speed than Phelps but until he can hold that speed until the end, Phelps will have his number. :2cents:
Did the Brazilian guy get emotional again on the medal stands for the 50? Too lazy to find that clip. Brett Hawke did a good job with Cesar and Bousquet. From the clips I saw of Cesar on floswimming, it seems like Cesar busts his hump at practice.
Who is going to swim the free leg for the medley relay tomorrow?
Walters did better in the 100 free than Adrian. But Adrian had a great split in the freestyle relay.
Who is going to swim the free leg for the medley relay tomorrow?
Walters did better in the 100 free than Adrian. But Adrian had a great split in the freestyle relay.
I'd put Walters on it. He was only 0.54 off Adrian's split. Either one would do great, and it should be a solid win unless something goes wrong.
The Dutch girl, Veldhuis... is her name Marleen or Magdalena? Or are they two different people. I am confused. Marleen has the world record but Magdalena came fourth in the heats.:confused:
Our girls don't make final in the 400 medley relay swimming our second tier swimmers-that is just great. Man, Soni has got to be just pissed. Her meet sure turned upside down. The coaches have to feel awful. With the consistant level of the other teams I think we needed more fire power. Little bit of an ego trip for us. Those days in international swimming are gone. Carlson went a high 1:06 where as Soni alone would have picked us up 1 1/2 seconds which would have done the trick easily. To bad.
Phelps took 17 strokes down and 18 back. I take 19 or 20 on my first 50 and (guessing because I don't remember) 24 or 25 on the second... then again, I'm 8 inches shorter than him, and the word "wingspan" does not apply to me...
I watched the whole 2 hour broadcast on NBC, and don't recall seeing a single shot of Bowman, nor do I recall hearing mention of him.
Yep- no sign of Bowman
