2012 Olympics: Swimming

:bow: AWESOME SWIM MISSY FRANKLIN :bow: P.S. "Rhett Butler doesn't give a damn." - Jim Matysek

Womens 2 BK FINAL 1 05 FRANKLIN Missy 2:04.06 WR Time Rank Split 50 m 29.53 1 29.53 100 m 1:00.50 1 30.97 150 m 1:32.16 1 31.66 Finish 2:04.06 WR 1 31.90 2 06 ZUEVA Anastasia 2:05.92 +1.86 + Time Rank Split 50 m 29.93 4 29.93 100 m 1:01.89 3 31.96 150 m 1:34.21 2 32.32 Finish 2:05.92 2 31.71 3 04 BEISEL Elizabeth 2:06.55 +2.49 + Time Rank Split 50 m 30.12 6 30.12 100 m 1:02.04 4 31.92 150 m 1:34.40 4 32.36 Finish 2:06.55 3 32.15 4 01 SIMMONDS Elizabeth 2:07.26 +3.20 + Time Rank Split 50 m 29.74 2 29.74 100 m 1:01.77 2 32.03 150 m 1:34.34 3 32.57 Finish 2:07.26 4 32.92 5 03 NAY Meagen 2:07.43 +3.37 + Time Rank Split 50 m 30.23 8 30.23 100 m 1:02.45 6 32.22 150 m 1:34.93 5 32.48 Finish 2:07.43 5 32.50 6 07 COVENTRY Kirsty 2:08.18 +4.12 + Time Rank Split 50 m 30.06 5 30.06 100 m 1:02.16 5 32.10 150 m 1:34.99 6 32.83 Finish 2:08.18 6 33.19

right now the Medal counts for Swimming are: PL G + S + B = T 1. 13 07 06 26 United States of America 2. 04 02 03 09 People's Republic of China 3. 03 02 01 06 France

:banana:KATIE LEDECKY, I AM RUNNING OUT OF STUFF TO PUT IN HUGE TEXT :banana: Gold medal and American record! Amazing! P.S. Marty McFly is the main character in Back To The Future

NBC would be crazy not to show that whole 800 free. What a great swim, SO CLOSE to the WR.

If NBC does not show the whole 800 Free tonight they are insane. They should be able to show swimming for 9 to 10 minutes without interruption.

NBC would be crazy not to show that whole 800 free. What a great swim, SO CLOSE to the WR. And a great race overall. (Also, for those interested in technique, a nice opportunity to compare kicking strategies: one strict two-beat, one strict six-beat, one 3/1.)

1 03 LEDECKY Katie 8:14.63 AM - - 050 m 0:28.39 1 28.39 100 m 0:58.81 2 30.42 150 m 1:29.01 1 30.20 200 m 1:59.95 1 30.94 250 m 2:30.82 1 30.87 300 m 3:02.10 1 31.28 350 m 3:33.02 1 30.92 400 m 4:04.34 1 31.32 450 m 4:35.55 1 31.21 500 m 5:07.11 1 31.56 550 m 5:38.39 1 31.28 600 m 6:10.02 1 31.63 650 m 6:41.38 1 31.36 700 m 7:12.81 1 31.43 750 m 7:44.13 1 31.32 800 m 8:14.63 1 30.50

They didn't do it on the first day for some reason, but on every day since then NBC has been posting the full video from finals (link on "full replay"): www.nbcolympics.com/.../index.html No commentators, which can be a good or a bad thing. In past days when I couldn't watch streaming I would watch these, they were usually posted before the primetime broadcast.

I'm really hoping that Cullen Jones wins the 50 free so the US can make a clean sweep today in swimming gold medals!:banana: I fine with either Cullen or Anthony. Will Cesar be able to repeat?