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.
in that case, my *** says Olympic silver medalist IS a star, even if he's a breaststroker.
Outside of phelps, perhaps lochte and lezak, most people wouldn't know the olympic medalists from 08.
Outside of phelps, perhaps lochte and lezak, most people wouldn't know the olympic medalists from 08.
Would YOU really like to leave critical decisions in the hands of those who don't even know who the Olympic gold medalists are?
I don't think this dog is done fighting.
He's amazing. If he's really been training about 30K per week for much of the last year it's even more impressive.
The men's 200fr was just amazing, Phelps swam the first 50 in 24.25, faster than his first 50 in Beijing but then slowed down. Lochte had his strategy, he just KNEW that Phelps wouldn't be watching him in the third 50 and accelerated. Phelps's third 50 was 27.20, so slow, he couldn't catch Lochte coming home.
My opinion is that Phelps could win but screwed up. Great times anyway, 1:44.44 and 1:44.79.
Would YOU really like to leave critical decisions in the hands of those who don't even know who the Olympic gold medalists are?
OEN DALE , outside of his country and a few devoted fans around the world, isn't one of swimming's big names. His decision not wear a tech suit at the 09 worlds was a dumb idea since he was racing for medals and money. His decision not to wear a tech suit didn't have any influence on the swimming's governing body whatsoever because he hasn't been a star for the sport world wide
I doubt a lot of the FINA bureau knows who most of the swimming medalist at worlds or the olympics are. Outside of a name like Phelps or Thorpe, people outside swimming don't know the names of minor medalist.
FINA is a political organization, who a lot members are appointed by their home countries because of someone they know.
The members of the bureau are most interested in being wined and dined by sponsors than following swimming. That's how those dumb rubber suits got into the sport in the first place, sponsors talked about how much money could be made and how much could be passed back the the FINA politicans.
People that don't know the medal winners are already making decisions for the sport.
Actually, Wook knows whereof he speaks. It is time to 'out' him from his hillbilly identity, to reveal him as actually... Jean-Jacques-Pierre de Fromage, member of the FINA world council, IOC member-at-large and active contributor to all dumb decisions made in the international sporting community for the last decade. If he has a vote, it is not for sale, non, but a reasonable accommodation regarding leasing, well, zut alors, we can do that...
The men's 200fr was just amazing, Phelps swam the first 50 in 24.25, faster than his first 50 in Beijing but then slowed down. Lochte had his strategy, he just KNEW that Phelps wouldn't be watching him in the third 50 and accelerated. Phelps's third 50 was 27.20, so slow, he couldn't catch Lochte coming home.
My opinion is that Phelps could win but screwed up. Great times anyway, 1:44.44 and 1:44.79.
Phelps' 3rd 50 of the 200 free had been his strength the last few years but lack of training has made it a weakness for now. If he is motivated like he has said recently, then the 3rd 50 over the next year should improve substantially between now and the trials.
