Phelps was quoted in the Baltimore paper as saying he was exhausted from swimming 15,000 meters a day for the last six weeks. So, if anything, he can hang with folks while swimming 105,000 meters a week. Imagine what he could do if tapered?
Bob
Phelps is definately a 100 free guy. It is not his best event, but he is so good that he leads off the 4X100 relay usually. It’s just that he is so much more dominant in other events, that it appears sometimes that he is not a great sprinter too. As others have said, the 100 is a sprint, and some 50 guys can swim up, and some 200 guys can swim down. Phelps is in that swim down category. And don’t let the 400IM fool you into thinking he is a distance swimmer. That is also a sprint, even though it is a 400. You have to be able to sprint each 100 within the race, and changing strokes allowes you to do that, vs swimming 400m free…Flanagan is right too in that Phelps is not tapered yet, and to be so close to a gut that is on the best form in the world right now is a great sign for him. IF his 100free is on, the rest of his events will be looking good because that is where he has the toughest comp…There is no doubt about his endurance, it will follow whatever speed he has…
OOPS!
I guess I meant that it is one of very few events that he isn’t NUMBER 1 in the U.S., if not the world.
I agree that anyone going 48+ is a 100 free guy. He just happens to be a better fly/IM/200-400 guy.
" So, he got nudged out (.07) by someone that is peaking, and they both finished almost a second ahead of third place. I think Phelps will be stronger come Oly time. "
I will pull for Phelps this summer. For now, I am happy for my Auburn Tigers.
" So, he got nudged out (.07) by someone that is peaking, and they both finished almost a second ahead of third place. I think Phelps will be stronger come Oly time. "
I will pull for Phelps this summer. For now, I am happy for my Auburn Tigers.
Nudged out by a injured Cielo that wasn´t even using LZR. Cielo have much more than what he showed.
A rested Cielo barely beats an unrested Phelps in his 8th best event… thats a great victory for Cielo how? Personally, I think it shows that Phelps will smoke Cielo this summer when it matters in Cielo’s best (or maybe marginally second best) event. I think they’ll both be in the 47’s at that point.
Cielo have much more than what he showed.