Olympic Swimming

[PenelopeWitherspoon 19101]

Australia gave the USA some bulletin. board material. 

[Captain Ron 12876]

 

[Shut up Lou Holtz 2034]

6 hours ago, PenelopeWitherspoon said:

Australia gave the USA some bulletin. board material. 

Swimswam gave Australia the edge for gold medal count. We will see how it plays out 

[MNLonghornFUKM 8817]

Swimswam gave Australia the edge for gold medal count. We will see how it plays out 

When’s the important shit with swimming? I care about swimming every 4 years, usually the intense shit is in the first couple of days right?

[Shut up Lou Holtz 2034]

5 minutes ago, MNLonghornFUKM said:

When’s the important shit with swimming? I care about swimming every 4 years, usually the intense shit is in the first couple of days right?

https://swimswam.com/wp-content/uploads/securepdfs/2024/07/OG2024_SWM_C08_SWM-.pdf

 

This link will give you all the info on events and days. 
 

Tomorrow the big one is men’s 4x100. Should be a good final!

Sunday men’s 400 IM and 100 breast finals should be great. 
 

I’ll look ahead and find some good races and when to watch 

Edited July 27 by Shut up Lou Holtz

[TrashMaster G 17557]

1 hour ago, Shut up Lou Holtz said:

https://swimswam.com/wp-content/uploads/securepdfs/2024/07/OG2024_SWM_C08_SWM-.pdf

 

This link will give you all the info on events and days. 
 

Tomorrow the big one is men’s 4x100. Should be a good final!

Sunday men’s 400 IM and 100 breast finals should be great. 
 

I’ll look ahead and find some good races and when to watch 

Isn't the Men's 4x100 usually one of the very last events in the pool?

[Hugo Stiglitz 23367]

Remember when they found out Micheal Phelps smoked weed and it was like a huge scandal but then in 2024 America chooses Snoop Dogg as the torch bearer? 

Seems fucked up. 

[Underdog 28633]

#TeamLedecky 

[Hugo Stiglitz 23367]

Has Luana Alonso, the 20 year old Paraguayan swimmer that attends SMU been discussed?

[Blotto 23509]

I'll be in  my red white and blue adorned  bunk.

[Hook1997 5354]

Walsh for US just missed breaking her WR in the 100 butterfly in her qualifying round.  Only one guy in 400m freestyle final and he go smoked. 

Edited July 27 by Hook1997

[kingkoopa6 8350]

Titmus huh

[MNLonghornFUKM 8817]

Guys swimming kinda has gone down hill since Phelps?

[Hook1997 5354]

Ledecky gets bronze in the 400m freestyle, she wasn’t close to the top two. 

[MNLonghornFUKM 8817]

Wow. Wasn’t even on the screen for the majority of it

[kingkoopa6 8350]

She almost fell to 4th. 

[randomhorn 1739]

Yeah, she looked gassed. Is this not her best event?

[PenelopeWitherspoon 19101]

2 minutes ago, randomhorn said:

Yeah, she looked gassed. Is this not her best event?

No. 800 and 1500 are her key events.

[PenelopeWitherspoon 19101]

Relays are up.

[WBT 20572]

Meh, we're supposed to be offended that the Australians don't like the cowbells?  Because they're right.

[Hugo Stiglitz 23367]

Australia is entirely peopled with criminals, as everyone knows. 

[PenelopeWitherspoon 19101]

Good relay. 

[Hook1997 5354]

The doped up Chinese swimmers almost beat them for silver.  

[WBT 20572]

Damn, that was an ass kicking

[BurntEyes 5990]

1 minute ago, WBT said:

Damn, that was an ass kicking

Australia's final swimmer was a BEAST though.

[PenelopeWitherspoon 19101]

Just now, BurntEyes said:

Australia's final swimmer was a BEAST though.

Chalmers is very good. Armstrong in leg 3 was amazing for the USA.

[WBT 20572]

Just now, BurntEyes said:

Australia's final swimmer was a BEAST though.

Yeah, he did cut into the lead.  Armstrong as the 3rd leg was awesome.

[PenelopeWitherspoon 19101]

Medals ceremony for the men is outstanding. I might have teared up a bit. 

Edited July 27 by PenelopeWitherspoon

[BurntEyes 5990]

29 minutes ago, WBT said:

Yeah, he did cut into the lead.  Armstrong as the 3rd leg was awesome.

Yeah Armstrong pulled really far ahead which made Chalmers effort that much more impressive.

[The Dog 44051]

Armstrong’s leg was epic. He won the race.

[Shut up Lou Holtz 2034]

Let’s fucking go with some finals!

While not in our “team” Leon Marchand in the 400IM is going to be the guy to watch. He broke Phelps record last summer and is damn good. 
 

Women’s 100 fly. Gretchen Walsh is our best bet here. Fairly stacked final 

 

My personal favorite, men’s 100 breaststroke. Peaty is the historic power here but honestly this race could bring some surprises as no one is clearly dominant coming into finals 

 

Semifinals should be fun as well

Edited July 28 by Shut up Lou Holtz

[Shut up Lou Holtz 2034]

This crowd is fucking nuts with Marchand swimming. Can’t imagine the electricity on deck right now 

[PenelopeWitherspoon 19101]

400 IM to go. Leon Marchand is the hometown hero.

Carson Foster, a Longhorn, is in lane 6 and sitting in 3rd.

[Shut up Lou Holtz 2034]

1 minute ago, PenelopeWitherspoon said:

400 IM to go. Leon Marchand is the hometown hero.

Carson Foster, a Longhorn, is in lane 6 and sitting in 3rd.

Foster has a shot at silver. But has to bring it home fast in free

[PenelopeWitherspoon 19101]

No one is going to touch Marchand. What a great swim so far.

[Shut up Lou Holtz 2034]

Holy shit the battle for silver is nuts!

[Mez2 4023]

He killed that, amazing

[Shut up Lou Holtz 2034]

Foster with the bronze! Hook em Foster!

[PenelopeWitherspoon 19101]

Foster finishes 3rd. Marchand sets the Olympic record, but was just out of range of his own WR.

[Buzzrock 14920]

🤘🏼

[MNLonghornFUKM 8817]

Frenchie cooked everybody. Wow

[PenelopeWitherspoon 19101]

Marchand is honestly very, very good at all four strokes. That was a great underwater.

[Shut up Lou Holtz 2034]

Marchand’s underwaters are fucking nuts. To go 12+ meters on the freestyle in a 400IM is so hard 

[PenelopeWitherspoon 19101]

Foster just got out touched at the end. He definitely could not see Lane 2 from Lane 6.

[PenelopeWitherspoon 19101]

Just now, Shut up Lou Holtz said:

Marchand’s underwaters are fucking nuts. To go 12+ meters on the freestyle in a 400IM is so hard 

Yep.

[Shut up Lou Holtz 2034]

This is going to be fast yall. 

[Shut up Lou Holtz 2034]

Holy fuck!!!!!

[PenelopeWitherspoon 19101]

Damn. Huske and Walsh 1-2. Amazing race. Huske ran Walsh down.

[Shut up Lou Holtz 2034]

Fucking awesome finish for Huske! USA goes 1 2!!!!!

[kingkoopa6 8350]

Wow. Huske