Swimming, Glorious Swimming

[Wrestleknownothing]

Third greatest day of the Olympics today. Breakfast with men's 1500 heats. My happy place.

[ionel]

  On 8/3/2024 at 12:56 PM, Wrestleknownothing said:

Third greatest day of the Olympics today. Breakfast with men's 1500 heats. My happy place.

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... but surely you have a second TV for the soccer?  ️ 

[ionel]

Why do we need a mixed medley swimming event and if so why not mixed tag team wrestling? 

[Wrestleknownothing]

  On 8/3/2024 at 11:36 PM, ionel said:

Why do we need a mixed medley swimming event and if so why not mixed tag team wrestling? 

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Need has nothing to do with it.

[ionel]

  On 8/3/2024 at 11:53 PM, Wrestleknownothing said:

Need has nothing to do with it.

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I'd like to change my word to have.  

[Wrestleknownothing]

  On 8/4/2024 at 12:11 AM, ionel said:

I'd like to change my word to have.  

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More swimming is better swimming.

You are catching me at a very melancholy time. No heats in the morning. Only finals in the afternoon. Sure, I get the 1500 final. And what then? How will I make it four more years? 

[ionel]

  On 8/4/2024 at 12:21 AM, Wrestleknownothing said:

More swimming is better swimming.

You are catching me at a very melancholy time. No heats in the morning. Only finals in the afternoon. Sure, I get the 1500 final. And what then? How will I make it four more years? 

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Is the 1500 like cycling in that you can get a stupid song stuck in your head?  I found the heats interesting but can see how boredom might wreck some.  

[Wrestleknownothing]

  On 8/4/2024 at 12:28 AM, ionel said:

Is the 1500 like cycling in that you can get a stupid song stuck in your head?  I found the heats interesting but can see how boredom might wreck some.  

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I did a lot of work on fractions when I swam 1500. I am 1/2 done.  Now I am 751/1500ths done...

[ionel]

  On 8/4/2024 at 12:42 AM, Wrestleknownothing said:

I did a lot of work on fractions when I swam 1500. I am 1/2 done.  Now I am 751/1500ths done...

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I've found math becomes difficult when my brain goes into oxygen deprivation.  Extreme Vo2 max athletic push kind've like the feeling in altitude chamber going up to 14k.  

[Wrestleknownothing]

  On 8/4/2024 at 12:54 AM, ionel said:

I've found math becomes difficult when my brain goes into oxygen deprivation.  Extreme Vo2 max athletic push kind've like the feeling in altitude chamber going up to 14k.  

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Did you do 170 sympathy miles today?

[ionel]

  On 8/4/2024 at 2:46 AM, Wrestleknownothing said:

Did you do 170 sympathy miles today?

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Only 50 but at 9k. 

[Wrestleknownothing]

Holy shit. My heart is pounding from watching the 1500. Bobby Freakin Finke wire to wire (the complete opposite of his normal strategy) absolutely blitzes and burns out the field. New world record in the process. Wow. Wow. Wow.

[Wrestleknownothing]

[Paul158]

  On 8/4/2024 at 5:01 PM, Wrestleknownothing said:

Holy shit. My heart is pounding from watching the 1500. Bobby Freakin Finke wire to wire (the complete opposite of his normal strategy) absolutely blitzes and burns out the field. New world record in the process. Wow. Wow. Wow.

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Awesome race. 8th gold medal for team tied with Australia. Swim coach was a very moved emotionally. 

[Paul158]

Men lose 4x400 for the first time. Women come through and dominate the 4x400. 9th Gold medal to 8 for Australia.  

[ionel]

  On 8/4/2024 at 5:01 PM, Wrestleknownothing said:

Holy shit. My heart is pounding from watching the 1500. Bobby Freakin Finke wire to wire (the complete opposite of his normal strategy) absolutely blitzes and burns out the field. New world record in the process. Wow. Wow. Wow.

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Bobby F. Finke for President! 

[Le duke]

  On 8/4/2024 at 9:12 PM, ionel said:

Bobby F. Finke for President! 

K. Faulkner for vice.


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[ionel]

Hungary vs USA in Water Polo coming up!  Is this more of a bourbon or beer viewing event?  There's gonna be swimming so it should be glorious. 

[Wrestleknownothing]

  On 8/6/2024 at 8:39 PM, ionel said:

Hungary vs USA in Water Polo coming up!  Is this more of a bourbon or beer viewing event?  There's gonna be swimming so it should be glorious. 

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Or?

And.

[ionel]

But how about that 1500!   

[Wrestleknownothing]

  On 8/7/2024 at 2:00 AM, ionel said:

But how about that 1500!   

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That was pretty sweet.

[ionel]

  On 8/6/2024 at 9:15 PM, Wrestleknownothing said:

Or?

And.

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I see Artistic Swimming: Acrobatic Routine is on 3pm this afternoon.  Is that more of a white wine event?    

[Wrestleknownothing]

  On 8/7/2024 at 3:35 PM, ionel said:

I see Artistic Swimming: Acrobatic Routine is on 3pm this afternoon.  Is that more of a white wine event?    

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oof

[Wrestleknownothing]

Somewhere someone asked something about US swimmers swimming for other countries. The bigger trend in swimming is foreign swimmers coming to the US to train, mainly through NCAA swimming.

Six foreign athletes training in the US won 8 golds, 2 silver, and 4 bronze for 14 total medals (2.33 per swimmer). That is 5% of actual medals awarded. Relays bump actual medals up above what gets counted in a medals table. But the only foreign swimmer training in the US to win a relay medal was Marchand. So in this case, only the denominator is increased.

The denominator is 219 (awarded to 125 swimmers, or 1.752 per swimmer). The US earned 69 total medals (again, actual medals) by 34 swimmers, or 2.03 per swimmer.

[Wrestleknownothing]

Rowdy, we hardly knew ye.

https://swimswam.com/rowdy-gaines-announces-he-will-retire-after-the-2028-la-olympics/