2011 14th Fina World Swimming Championships
Shanghai, China
Sat July 24 - Sun Aug 1st
Schedule
Results
Pretraining
there's Six pretraining venues has already prepared for the teams and athletics who arrive in shanghai ahead of the scheduled time. & the cheapest they charge the athletes to train is $20 per hour per swimmer.
The U.S. really seems to be falling behind the rest of the world in sprinting. I'm sure part of it is the fact we poo poo the 50 stroke events. Most of our superstars tend to be "well rounded" swimmers. We just don't have the true sprint specialists. Yes, there are exceptions, but I think as a general rule this is the case in the U.S.
And this is also why a certain 45 year old woman is going to have an excellent shot at making the Olympic team in the 50 meter freestyle...
The U.S. really seems to be falling behind the rest of the world in sprinting. I'm sure part of it is the fact we poo poo the 50 stroke events. Most of our superstars tend to be "well rounded" swimmers. We just don't have the true sprint specialists. Yes, there are exceptions, but I think as a general rule this is the case in the U.S.
And this is also why a certain 45 year old woman is going to have an excellent shot at making the Olympic team in the 50 meter freestyle...
