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.
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wow...so true about the MR...I wonder what Lochte could do in the 100 BK right now! I've never seen him or Phleps swim 100 BR but I have a hard time believing they could beat Shantau...The French and Aussies will put up a good fight for the MR but I think the Americans will take the 800Fr Relay. :bliss:
They were briefs, Yuck.
Of course they were. That's what these guys wear except for racing. Only kids and old guys wear something other than briefs to warmup or train in. That's been my experience, anyway.
Did anyone watch the women's 200m Free?
‪Federica Pellegrini - Mondiali Shanghai, Oro 200 mt. stile libero‬ - YouTube
That was one of the worst pianos I've ever seen! Damn!
Did anyone watch the women's 200m Free?
‪Federica Pellegrini - Mondiali Shanghai, Oro 200 mt. stile libero‬ - YouTube
That was one of the worst pianos I've ever seen! Damn!
7 4 HEEMSKERK Femke NED 0.81 (1) 26.63 (1) 55.61 (1) 1:25.51 1:57.63 2.05
28.98 29.90 32.12
She split her 100's 6.41 seconds apart. Certainly not a good swim, but you'll see worse splitting than that in pretty much any Masters 200 heat.
US women looked surprisingly good in their 4 x 200 free relay heat. It looks as though Katie and Missy (who swam a PB of 1:56.98 on the lead off leg) will join Allison and Dana in the finals.
Did anyone watch the women's 200m Free?
Everybody on tv was congratulating with Pellegrini but I honestly thought that her time was poor, she had swum faster last year at the European championships. Heemskerk went 1:55.54 in the semi but screwed up the final, Federica won the gold with 1:55.58. I didn't like it.
That was egregious.
Notice how we don't seem to have anyone medal in the stroke 50s.Maybe it's because we don't send people to worlds based on performance in 50s.
That will change in the women's 50 ***. We will get at least one and hopefully two medals.
Vollmer could maybe sneak something out in women's 50 fly as well...
I only saw the the men's 800 on TV today. Man, Sun Yang has a beautiful stroke. So effortless. He and Cochrane were out at the 200 faster than Pellegrini won the 200 free in!
