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Re: This makes things easier - golds per capita etc

By: Down And Out Man in ALEA | Recommend this post (0)
Mon, 06 Aug 12 11:54 PM | 46 view(s)
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We always laugh about all the swimming events and how folks can win more medals in one year than other athletes can in a lifetime.

Let's see, we have the 100 meter in butterfly, breast stroke, freestyle, back stroke. Then we do a medley. And relay. Then do it all again for 101 meters, and 102 meters, and so on. (Yes, slight exaggeration.)

I've always thought they ought to say, swim from here to there the fastest way you know how, whatever style or stroke you want, and the first one to the finish wins.

Or maybe we should give runners more chances. 100 meter. 100 meter high stepping, 100 meter no arm swinging. 100 meter barefooted. 100 meter with 2 pound ankle weights. 100 meter hands above head.

Oh well. All us non-swimmers laugh about how big a deal is made of the multi multi medals won in swimming. Yep, he's the most decorated Olympian of all time, and is the most awesome swimmer ever seen. But why all the different strokes? Who would ever swim the butterfly stroke but a competitive swimmer? I've yet to see someone swimming back to the boat doing the butterfly.

Thirty or forty more days like this, and Wave will be back to ATM beginning prices.


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Re: This makes things easier - golds per capita etc
By: DigSpace in ALEA
Mon, 06 Aug 12 11:38 PM 		Msg. 09158 of 54959

GB is having a bumper year at home that's for sure.

AUS definitely had a bad pool year and with all the medals in swimming they suffer. There is a reason swimmers tend to occupy the biggest individual hauls: lots of events, all pretty much the same, so no real specialization ...e.g. marathoners simply do not run the 100m dash. So if a country happens to have a couple of that years standout swimmers, they are going to make a real haul.

USA usually fairs pretty well in track as well as swimming, but their mens mid-distance seems to be having a very off year (no qualifiers for Men's 400 e.g. an event they swept 4 years ago).

The breadth of GB's competitiveness is the remarkable thing this year.


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