2012 Olympics: Swimming

Possibly late change to the "tv" schedule, I saw in the elevator TV on the way out today that the 400IM prelims will be broadcast live. According to their online listings, at 4:55 Eastern the men's 400IM prelims, women's 100m fly, and "more" will be streamed live. FYI... Skip

Swimming has surpassed Track & Field in stature www.washingtonpost.com/.../gJQAo2TVCX_story.html

To all of you West Coast Forumites out there: Even if you do not plan to watch the opening ceremonies, at least tune it at around the 50-minute mark. :D (Hint: It's about the Queen...)

2012 USA Olympic Swimmers Call Me Maybe Call Me Maybe - 2012 USA Olympic Swimming Team - YouTube It's gotten over 200,000 views in less than 24 hrs Definitely viral News has picked up on it, bet it crosses 1,000,000 in the next 48 hrs Olympic swimmers ask: 'Call Me Maybe?' By Nicole Auerbach, USA TODAY Huffington Post US Olympic swimming team show off dancing skills in spoof video Yahoo! Sports USA Olympic Swim Team's Aqua-Version of "Call Me Maybe" Video Goes ViralBy Erin Quinn(Contributor) on July 26, 2012 Google News

Hard to believe the DAY has finally arrived!!! Opening Ceremonies begin in 4 hours 30 minutes Swimming prelims begin in 17.5 hours!!! Set your Alarm clocks or TIVO 2012 Olympic: Swimming 2012 Olympic Swimming begins on Sat July 28th in London with: Prelims at 10 am 5:00 am Eastern 4:00 am Central 3:00 am Mountain 2:00 am Pacific Heat Sheets Day 1 Sat Jul 28 Men's 400m Individual Medley Women's 100m Butterfly Men's 400m Freestyle Women's 400m Individual Medley Men's 100m Breaststroke Women's 4x100m Freestyle Relay Day 2 Sun Jul 29 Women's 100m Backstroke Men's 200m Freestyle Women's 100m Breaststroke Men's 100m Backstroke Women's 400m Freestyle Men's 4x100m Freestyle Relay Day 3 Mon Jul 30 Women's 200m Freestyle Men's 200m Butterfly Women's 200m Individual Medley Day 4 Tue Jul 31 Men's 100m Freestyle Women's 200m Butterfly Men's 200m Breaststroke Men's 4x200m Freestyle Relay Day 5 Wed Aug 01 Women's 100m Freestyle Men's 200m Backstroke Women's 200m Breaststroke Men's 200m Individual Medley Women's 4x200m Freestyle Relay Day 6 Thu Aug 02 Men's 50m Freestyle Women's 800m Freestyle Men's 100m Butterfly Women's 200m Backstroke Day 7 Fri Aug 03 Women's 50m Freestyle Men's 1500m Freestyle Women's 4x100m Medley Relay Men's 4x100m Medley Relay Day 8 Sat Aug 04 Olympic Pool Swimming ends Thu Aug 09th Womens' 10k Fri Aug 10th Men's 10k 2012 Olympics website 2012 Olympic Swimming Schedule & Results Swimming Schedule and Ticket Info Tickets Aquatics Centre NBC OLYMPICS NBC OLYMPICS SWIMMING Wonder who will be wearing what suit? Legally approved suits NEWS Swimming World's 2012 Olympic Swimming Sports Illustrated 2012 Olympics SI 2012 Olympic Swimming ESPN 2012 USA Olympic Trials USMS forum site

Day 8, Sat Aug 4th Olympic Swimming ends Not so. The women's and men's 10Ks are August 9 and 10, respectively.

Why Leisel Jones is no longer much of a medal threat: www.heraldsun.com.au/.../story-fn9dheyx-1226434277862

NBC sucks.

Therese Alshammar is injured. swimswam.com/.../

It's gotten over 200,000 views in less than 24 hrs Definitely viral News has picked up on it, bet it crosses 1,000,000 in the next 48 hrs Olympic swimmers ask: 'Call Me Maybe?' By Nicole Auerbach, USA TODAY Huffington Post US Olympic swimming team show off dancing skills in spoof video Yahoo! Sports USA Olympic Swim Team's Aqua-Version of "Call Me Maybe" Video Goes ViralBy Erin Quinn(Contributor) on July 26, 2012 Google News The youtube view counter is also delayed by about 12 hours as youtube verifies views for "click fraud" since some people make money from ads on their videos.