Park Tae Hwan is out, for now. Michael Phelps is in, barely. And Dana Vollmer had a record breaking first swim.
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Phelps has only swum the 400im a handful of times since Beijing so maybe he was just lacking the feel of his pace in this particular race, if you know what i mean
I don’t know…
It could be just a misjudment of the competition. He’s got a lane… and that is what is important! (Even though it was a close call!) Prelims are over and can’t do anything about it! Let’s move on to the “BIG” race and make it happen! Go Phelps and Lochte!
I think that must be part of it. Looking at past year’s…swimmers haven’t stepped-up in this 400 IM in prelims. This year, everyone did.
Couldn’t have done anything more really. He won his heat while staying relaxed. He or Bob couldn’t have predicted the times in the other heat. It would have been a shame if he hadn’t gotten in, but it wouldn’t have really been his fault. Those prelim times are completely unprecedented.
Well yes it would have been his fault.
But not a tragedy -
These video recaps are great, guys. I have kids to raise…these will really help!
I still predict Lochte/Phelps 1, 2; and Phelps could even take it all if he’s angry/motivated enough… This is a second or two faster than his prelims at Trials, I think. And I’ll bet he really wants to beat Kitajima to first man to triple.
ugh… I am sooooooooooooooooo upset that Chesh didnt make it. I have a feeling he has a 4.06 in him….. stupid swim this morning and PHelps almost bit it hard bcuz of it…
Has there ever been an african american US female swimmer in an olympics swimming final before?
I’m looking up Maritza Correia, and wikipedia says she was prelims only in Athens.
Honestly, Cseh looked almost as easy as Phelps did at the very end. Cseh probably pushed it a bit harder in the breaststroke, but Cseh, I think definitely could’ve been 4:10 if not under it. Real shame
This is yet another evidence of more parity in the swimming world among the nation.
I think some of theese swimmers are just plain dumb. There’s no point in saving up for finals if you don’t even make it
Not dumb, but a little too cocky I think. They’re used to being far and away the best with no one to really challenge them. Hopefully that scared them into making sure they qualify for finals.