JasoninHalifax wrote:
ripple wrote:
gary p wrote:
The shocks keep coming. Lilly King DQ'd in the 200 breast prelim for "non-simultaneous touch" at the 50 turn. Also, reigning Olympic Gold Medalist Penny Oleksiak is a healthy scratch from the 100 free.Hope there were no children within earshot of her when she learned of her DQ. Sheesh, woman has a mouth that would make a truck driver blush.
ETA: Dressel.. so close! Fastest "unassisted" swim ever. And Chalmers right behind him, hopefully they both stay on form through to next summer, it will be the race of the Games.
Yup, and don’t forget Blake Pieroni who went 47.8 in the final, just off the podium. The way he’s improving his 100 gives him a good shot at a medal next year.
The USA coaching staff have an interesting decision to make on the 4x1 medley, who to swim on the free leg? Do you give the finals spot to an on-fire Pieroni, or to Mr. Consistent, even though he has limited training time due to illness?
If you look at the 4x1 splits, it should be Apple or Pieroni if you really want to start looking forward (and win now). Apple is young, and he dropped an incredible split. Pieroni should split faster based on his flat start performance in the 100m final. I wouldn't argue with giving it to Adrian though, he's earned the right to swim it and himself had a 47-flat split. It's a tough call. If they're all going to be within .1 or .2 of each other at day's end you play the political game and let Adrian have it. It could be a whole different picture by Tokyo.