How to Update Your SwimSwam Pick ‘Em Entries in Light of Recent News Developments

So you’re regretting your picks for the SwimSwam Pick ’em Contest.

Has recent news got you down about your picks? Were you premature for your prognostications, only to find out about last minute changes-of-plan this week?

Did you know: you can update your Pick ‘Em Entry!

Here’s how:

1. Go back to this page, where the contest was announced
2. Click Here to Enter again
3. Presuming you are logged in to the same Google account as you were to make the original entry, you will see the option to edit your response, like below.

And that’s all it takes!

Things to consider when evaluating your Pick ’em entry:

• France’s Leon Marchand is dropping the 200 breaststroke and 200 fly from his schedule to focus on the medleys – including a World Record hunt in the 200 IM. Drop him from your 200 breast and 200 fly picks, and consider upgrading him in the IMs (if you didn’t already have him to win). Seems like there’s now a spot wide open for an improbable podium pick for both races that Marchand dropped – the men’s 200 breast field drops off a long way from Qin Haiyang of China.
• Australia’s Zach Stubblety-Cook and Hong Kong’s Siobhan Haughey have both withdrawn from the meet altogether.
• A huge portion of Team USA (and possibly a portion of Team GB) have been struck with food poisoning at their training camp in Thailand. It’s hard to know what impact this will have on their performance (especially since we don’t know exactly who was impacted), but there may be an opportunity to hedge your bets with the Americans’ performance.
• The men’s distance freestyle races could get interesting after some of the biggest crossover names got beat-up pretty good last week. That includes Italy’s Gregorio Paltrinieri withdrawing from the pool events, and quadruple open water champion Florian Wellbrock receiving medical attention after one of his races. Wellbrock says he’ll be fine and ready to go in the pool.

(And if you still haven’t entered, there’s still time! Click here to learn more about the contest and join the nearly 300 who have placed their metaphorical chips for the meet).

The meet begins on Sunday in Singapore, which means late Saturday in much of the world.