Saturday 2 June 2012

This Week in Swimming


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It's a bumper week in swimming as the countdown to the start of London 2012 gets ever nearer.

Mare Nostrum - Canet, June 6 - 7
(feat. Fran Halsall, Fred Bousquet, Yannick Agnel, Fabien Gilot, Camille Lacourt, Cameron van der Burgh, Jeremy Stravius, Chad Le Clos, Inge Dekker, Femke Heemskerk, Camille Muffat, Ophelie Cyrielle Etienne, Jo Jackson, Caitlin McClatchey, Lizzie Simmonds, Sinead Russell, Marieke Guehrer)

Results
Entry List


Mare Nostrum - Barcelona, June 2 - 3
(feat. Rebecca Adlington, Mireia Belmonte, Hannah Miley, Nikita Lobintsev, Hanser Garcia, Brent Hayden, Sinead Russell, Cameron van der Burgh, Felipe Silva, Craig Benson, Therese Alshammar, Jemma Lowe)

Results
List of Participants
Competition Schedule
Live Video


Santa Clara Grand Prix, May 31 - June 3
(feat. Stephanie Rice, Kosuke Kitajima, Libby Trickett, Park Tae-Hwan, Natalie Coughlin, Emily Seebohm, Ryan Cochrane, Jessica Hardy, Caitlin Leverenz, Kylie Palmer, Bronte Barratt, Tyler Clary, Dana Vollmer, Ellen Gandy, Natsumi Hoshi, Takeshi Matsuda)

Results
Psych Sheet
Live Video


Longhorn Aquatics Elite Invite, June 1 - 3
(feat. Michael Phelps, Missy Franklin, Allison Schmitt, Brendan Hansen, Camille Adams, Wu Peng)

Results
Psych Sheet


Mare Nostrum - Monaco, June 9 - 10
(feat. Camille Muffat, Yannick Agnel, Clement Lefert, Therese Alshammar, Fran Halsall, Luca Dotto, Sinead Russell, Lizzie Simmonds, Liam Tancock, Craig Gibbons, Joe Roebuck, Ross Davenport, Ruta Meiluyte, Cameron van der Burgh, Chad Le Clos, Kathryn Meaklim)

Results
Start List

6 comments:

  1. wow. very impressive swims by Adrian and Feigen this morning!

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    1. But very disappointing performances from Phelps, Coughlin & Franklin - considering Phelps had just come down from altitude training in Colorado (which is when he typically swims fast), and they've all started their taper.

      Can the American sprint team be in big trouble come this summer??

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  2. Some solid unrested swims from the Brits in Barcelona - especially Becky's 4.10 second half, not at all shabby compared to her 4.11 return at (tapered) Trials. And apparently she's even been working on her turns! If she's sorted those out then maybe we'll get a textile world record in the 800 after all...

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    1. I noticed at trials Becky's start is woeful, however her turns (particularly in the early stages of the both races before she tired) were much improved. She was getting a few good dolphin kicks in before she surfaced, real ones not what she did until last year, that weird rushy almost child-like flap. Really impressed by her this year, I am beginning to think with Muffat, Pellegrini and Schmitt (I have a feeling about her 400 free) all excellent 200 freestylers might Becky be able to repeat Beijing on the 400FR pulling them all in? I certainly feel she got her trials 400FR wrong....when has Becky ever been the kind of swimmer to go out sub 2mins on a 400FR? That is a good tactic for London so she hangs with the likes of Muffat then it is times to fight, but not when swimming virtually alone at nationals.

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    2. Everyone is going to have to race their own race. You can see who is where when maybe only 2 others are contenders but this 400 will have 4-5 . From lane 4 in a busy pool you just can't see lane 1 or 8.

      The winner will be the one who paces best 300 , can make a move lap 7 & hang on for a 29 final lap.

      Brutal.

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  3. I expect great things from Nathan Adrian at Trials!

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