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.
He didn't earn his spot based on the morning swim. Weber-Gale's flat start is better than Lochte's relay start. Walters had a better relay swim that Lochte as well.
Exactly. If anyone has a gripe it's Dave Walters, but even he doesn't. I'm sure those prelim guys all knew if they didn't throw down a 47 they wouldn't be swimming finals. Hindsight is always 20/20. It's not like any of those guys that swam finals had a bad swim, it's just that they all could have been faster--other than Adrian who had a nice split.
Here were the splits from the prelims. Eddie Reese has already been asked why Ryan Lochte was not placed in the final.
48.49 (Weber-Gale)
48.28 (Lochte)
48.62 (Robison)
48.11 (Walters)
He didn't earn his spot based on the morning swim. Weber-Gale's flat start is better than Lochte's relay start. Walters had a better relay swim that Lochte as well.
The relay team lost by almost 1 second. I doubt Lochte or Walters would have been able to split :46+ in the final to close the cap.
I was watching highlights of the open water swimming from the worlds. I noticed the men get to wear suits from shoulders to ankles for open water. Why doesn't USMS allow men to wear similar suits in their open water national championship races?
He didn't earn his spot based on the morning swim. Weber-Gale's flat start is better than Lochte's relay start. Walters had a better relay swim that Lochte as well.
The relay team lost by almost 1 second. I doubt Lochte or Walters would have been able to split :46+ in the final to close the cap.
That's a good point, you're right. Phelps and Adrian are really neck and neck, with Adrian probably a touch faster. Things just don't look good for the U.S. men in the 100 or relay.
Exactly. If anyone has a gripe it's Dave Walters, but even he doesn't. I'm sure those prelim guys all knew if they didn't throw down a 47 they wouldn't be swimming finals. Hindsight is always 20/20. It's not like any of those guys that swam finals had a bad swim, it's just that they all could have been faster--other than Adrian who had a nice split.
Phelps went 48.08, that's a pretty dang good swim. He went 47.51 leading off in Beijing.
So slightly more than .5 slower, with a reduced training load is pretty good.
So slightly more than .5 slower, with a reduced training load is pretty good.
You're right, it is. The bottom line is at events like these you need all four guys to be "on" to pick up the gold.
