2012 Olympics: Swimming

A least they can't blame Phelps for this one. Lochte gave his best - the french were just better in the end. Viva la france !

a great race for Hansen, that should get the " scream" out of his head!

Phelps looked O K with the results. It will bring phelps up & Lochte down a bit , so look for them to have good results from here on out

The 4x100m Relay was very bizarre. Adding up 100m times this season put Australia way ahead with the US actually in 4th. None of the Australian swimmers looked like they had good swims. The end was also very similar to 2008 but with France and the US reversed. Yannick Angel's split was 46.74.

It's weird, in 2008 I would rather have lost an arm than have France win due to Their ridiculous trash talking. This year they win and I'm cool with it but even happier that we beat Australia and that they didn't medal bc of THEIR trash talking and stupid nicknames.

Relays are a combination of ability and team voodoo. Always have been, Lezaks leg 4 years ago was an outstanding example, but you see at every level from local to international- magic happens. Stories on the sports websites suggest that Lochte swimming his 200 meter semi before meant that he was tired and that coaches perhaps made a bad decision, but hey- Agnel was in the 200 free semi after Lochte and we know what happened- his coaches showed genius? No, they made their decision based upon their best judgement, just as the American coaches did. A great, entertaining race ensued- nuff said. +1

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So who gets to swim the men's 400 free relay tonight? Presumably Jones and Adrian are locks due to being 1-2 at Trials. Grevers had a great prelim split, but the relay will be only 30 minutes after his 100 back semi. Still, I think he earned it based on his prelim swim. That leaves a decision between Phelps and Lochte. I think we'll end up seeing Phelps get the nod and have a relay order something like Phelps, Grevers, Jones, Adrian.

Garrett and Braden make a good point in this video: swimswam.com/.../ Basically saying that putting Lochte on the relay is the US's only chance at winning but it could also blow up in their faces. I don't know, it's a tough call and will be second guessed no matter what choice is made.

I think Lochte wil get the spot.