mspart Posted July 29 Posted July 29 Watched a little swimming. I like swimming. Not as much as wrestling. mspart
Wrestleknownothing Posted July 30 Author Posted July 30 Watching Katie Ledecky swim a 1500 is amazing. She won her heat by something like 30 meters. 1 Drowning in data, but thirsting for knowledge
Wrestleknownothing Posted July 30 Author Posted July 30 And the announcer brought up wrestling during swimming. I had to wipe away a tear. 1 Drowning in data, but thirsting for knowledge
mspart Posted July 30 Posted July 30 Poor guy. That would be embarrassing. He knew it was bad the moment he left the board. mspart
Wrestleknownothing Posted July 31 Author Posted July 31 After a very quiet morning session (three sets of heats) we get a jam packed evening session with five finals and three semifinals. Finals Women's 111 free Men's 200 fly Women's 1500 free Men's 200 breast Men's 100 free Semis Women's 200 fly Men's 200 back Women's 200 breast While all of the races are important (it is swimming after all, the highest form of sport) the Women's 1500 is the biggest deal with Katie Ledecky the prohibitive favorite, though she swam a slowish prelim and was only 4 seconds better than the second best time. 2 Drowning in data, but thirsting for knowledge
Wrestleknownothing Posted July 31 Author Posted July 31 Katie Freakin Ledecky 1 Drowning in data, but thirsting for knowledge
Paul158 Posted July 31 Posted July 31 1 minute ago, Wrestleknownothing said: Katie Freakin Ledecky She has the top 20 times in the 1500. Thats amazing. She has 2 more events to go. WKN, how does her chances look in the 800 and then in the relay?
Wrestleknownothing Posted July 31 Author Posted July 31 3 minutes ago, Paul158 said: She has the top 20 times in the 1500. Thats amazing. She has 2 more events to go. WKN, how does her chances look in the 800 and then in the relay? The 800 is pretty close to a lock also. The only person to beat her in the last decade plus, Summer McIntosh, is not swimming it in this Olympics. The 4x200 is always competitive. It will be a dogfight with the Australians and Chinese. The Aussies are favored followed by the Chinese. 1 Drowning in data, but thirsting for knowledge
Wrestleknownothing Posted July 31 Author Posted July 31 Can we get the men's college wrestlers to go to the women's swimmers for media training? Sarah Sjostrom and Katie Ledecky gave two of the best post race interviews ever. Drowning in data, but thirsting for knowledge
ionel Posted July 31 Posted July 31 1 hour ago, Wrestleknownothing said: Katie Freakin Ledecky Is she related to Spencer Freakin Lee? 1 .
Paul158 Posted July 31 Posted July 31 1 hour ago, Wrestleknownothing said: Can we get the men's college wrestlers to go to the women's swimmers for media training? Sarah Sjostrom and Katie Ledecky gave two of the best post race interviews ever. Good idea . It would also be a good idea to give the wrestler 10 to 15 minutes to catch their breath and gather their thoughts. They usually stick a mic in their face right away.
Wrestleknownothing Posted August 1 Author Posted August 1 Yowza. The Australian women's 4x200 free team had the fastest prelim time by almost 7 seconds. And they did it without the two fastest 200 free swimmers ever, who also happen to be the gold and silver medalists in these games. They could conceivably go 8 seconds faster in the final. 1 Drowning in data, but thirsting for knowledge
Wrestleknownothing Posted August 1 Author Posted August 1 Another interesting story is COVID. A lot of COVID going through the aquatics events....and it is fine. The latest to announce a positive test is 200 breaststroke silver medalist Zac Stubblety-Cook. ZSC is at least the eighth swimmer to test positive. And five Aussie women's water polo players tested positive. It is nice to see this being a marginal story at most. Drowning in data, but thirsting for knowledge
Bigbrog Posted August 1 Posted August 1 I see the US won gold in the coxless four final...so many jokes to be said...
Wrestleknownothing Posted August 1 Author Posted August 1 36 minutes ago, Bigbrog said: I see the US won gold in the coxless four final...so many jokes to be said... 1 Drowning in data, but thirsting for knowledge
Bigbrog Posted August 1 Posted August 1 Just watched Simone Biles do her floor routine and win the all-around...UNBELIEVABLE!!! So lucky to have been able to see such an athlete compete. 1
Wrestleknownothing Posted August 1 Author Posted August 1 40 minutes ago, ionel said: If there's a tie in the finals what do they do? two medals, I believe Drowning in data, but thirsting for knowledge
Wrestleknownothing Posted August 2 Author Posted August 2 1 hour ago, ionel said: Ledecky got em back in it in the relay. Yeah, Australia is just so loaded in the 200 that it was only ending one way. For the US to stay within 3 seconds was a surprise. Now we still have a Ledecky 800 and Finke 1500 to look forward to. Drowning in data, but thirsting for knowledge
Wrestleknownothing Posted August 2 Author Posted August 2 Ledecky takes care of business this morning by earning the top seed for the 800 final with a relatively pedestrian time. While she is a big favorite this will still be a tough final. The men continue to under-perform. Josh Heilman goes over a second slower than his trials time in the 100 fly and doesn't even make the semis. Oof. Drowning in data, but thirsting for knowledge
mspart Posted August 2 Posted August 2 6 hours ago, Wrestleknownothing said: The men continue to under-perform. Josh Heilman goes over a second slower than his trials time in the 100 fly and doesn't even make the semis. Oof. Sounds like OK State wrestling lately!!! ha ha mspart
Wrestleknownothing Posted August 2 Author Posted August 2 10 minutes ago, ionel said: But how bout that glorious 10k? By land or by sea? I am interested in the e-colympics. Drowning in data, but thirsting for knowledge
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