2012 Olympics: Swimming
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Looks like there is still some swimming happening as part of the Modern Pentathlon. There was an Olympic record for the swim leg set today (1:55.70) by Amro El Geziry of Egypt. The women swim tomorrow.
Competition format:
Fencing: Athletes compete against all others, using the epée. The first athlete to score a hit wins the bout. If neither scores within one minute, both athletes register a defeat. An athlete scores 1,000 points for winning 70 per cent of his/her bouts. Each win above or below the 70 per cent mark scores +/- 24 points.
Swimming: Athletes are seeded into heats dependent on their personal best times over the previous 12 months. A time of 2:30 for the 200m freestyle race scores 1,000 points. Each 0.33 seconds above or below this time scores +/-four points.
Riding: Athletes start with 1,200 points. They lose 20 points for each jump they knock down, 40 points for a refusal to jump or disobedience, and 60 points for a fall. They lose four points for each second they are over the allotted time (which is determined by the course size). If an athlete takes twice the allowed time, his/her participation in the event is terminated.
Combined event: The athlete with the most points from the previous events starts first. Athletes after that start in order at handicapped time intervals of one second for every four points. They must run to the shooting range, hit five targets in a 70s time period, followed by a 1,000m run; three times over.
The first athlete to cross the finish line in the combined event is the winner of the gold medal.
Swimming almost every day of the games! :woot:
Hungary's Sarolta Kovacs broke the Olympic record for the swimming leg of the women's modern pentathlon on Sunday
OR for this leg in both pentathlon's this year! :applaud:
Missy Franklin is debating whether to turn pro. Don't know how much money is on the table, but she did say it would be "absurd" to turn down so much.
www.nbcnews.com/.../48688341
Missy Franklin is debating whether to turn pro. Don't know how much money is on the table, but she did say it would be "absurd" to turn down so much.
www.nbcnews.com/.../48688341
Well, isn't all her Grand Prix money, World Champs, Cup and Olympic money in a trust til she turns pro? I remember hearing a while back that Brendan Hansen got World Champ money from the previous year when he turned pro in 2004.
I say do it or the gymnasts girls will get all the endorsements. She could pay for college on her own and focus getting more Olympic hardware. Some analysts predicted 2 to 5 million. I am sure that she can get a cosmetic endorsements which would be big money.
