20.30 used to be a good yards time

I know all this. I also know that at World Champs he got smoked by 14 other swimmers. Look for his name in the finals. You won't see it there. Maybe what I should have said was Schoeman was off at World Champs... Yes, you're right, he was off at Worlds. He said so himself: Schoeman said the Fina World Championships in Rome had been "disappointing" for him. "I just didn't have it going for me in Italy," he said. "I am very happy to have broken the record in front of a South African crowd, as people at home have high expectations of me and I wanted to please them." It is the tenth world record of Schoeman's career and he said the World Cup in Durban in ten weeks' time was a big focus for him. Here is the full article.

I know all this. I also know that at World Champs he got smoked by 14 other swimmers. Look for his name in the finals. You won't see it there. Maybe what I should have said was Schoeman was off at World Champs... Yes, you're right, he was off at Worlds. He said so himself: Schoeman said the Fina World Championships in Rome had been "disappointing" for him. "I just didn't have it going for me in Italy," he said. "I am very happy to have broken the record in front of a South African crowd, as people at home have high expectations of me and I wanted to please them." It is the tenth world record of Schoeman's career and he said the World Cup in Durban in ten weeks' time was a big focus for him. Here is the full article.