2022 FINA WORLD AQUATICS CHAMPIONSHIPS
- June 18-25, 2022 (pool swimming)
- Budapest, Hungary
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The lineups for the prelims of the 4×100 mixed medley relay have been released, with most of the top countries not sending in their full-strength teams.
The United States is notably going with their best male backstroker, Ryan Murphy, in this session. This means that they will most likely be going with a female backstroker in finals, so presumably Regan Smith or Claire Curzan. They are also using Lily King on breaststroke, being one of the five teams in their heat using a female breaststroker. King has also been off form recently in this meet, having finished fourth in the 100 breast in a time well slower than her season-best. Michael Andrew is notably swimming fly instead of his stronger stroke of fly, and Erika Brown will be anchoring on free.
Australia’s lineup is male-male-female-female with Isaac Cooper on back, Matthew Wilson on breast, Brianna Throssell on fly, and Meg Harris on free. They most likely will use top female 100 freestyler Mollie O’Callaghan in the finals, and notably are not using Shayna Jack, their #2 freestyler in terms of time, in the prelims.
Great Britain seems to have a lineup that is very similar to what their projected strongest finals lineup, with the only exception being that Jacob Peters is swimming fly. He will likely be replaced by James Guy in the finals.
Canada seems to not have put any of their stars in the prelims of this heat, meaning that they are likely not going all-in on this relay.
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Looks like they are paying King some respect. Likely her last international meet. Seems like she’s done. Give the Captain her Gold
Yayy Lilly King will get a gold medal (probably 2: MMR and Women’s MR)
No way they are leaving dressel out of a relay. Is it curzan fink dressel husker tonite?
It should be. But knowing the US coaches, they’ll probably put King on breaststroke just to mess with us.
Hope they don’t use Huske. She dropped the ball on relay’s at Olympics.
name checks out
Australia not using Jack so to not lose legitimacy for their medal haha
Australia used Jack in winning 4×100 free gold
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Grow up lets have some sensible mature comments. Don’t waste space with immature rubbish.
So they’ll probably go Smith-Fink-Dressel-Huske/Curzan in the final, they’re maximizing the number of people who get medals
Smith is already swimming the 50 Back and 200 Fly tonight. I doubt they have her doing a triple. I’d do Armstrong, Fink, Huske, Curzan.
NBC will cry if there’s no Dressel
Good 😈
If Smith is tired, they’ll go Curzan, Fink, Dressel, Huske — and still win gold.
I think ur on the money
Three letters:
WTF!
So Lilly win Gold. Yayy
TEAM USA make logical mixed medley relay decisions challenge (impossible difficulty)