Summer Tokyo 2021 - Swimming

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Gammalite said:
The NEW MIXED relay. No one knew what would happen exactly. (especially USA it seems lol) so was very exciting.
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That was awesome. Peaty being such a good breaststroker winning GB so many medals in these medleys.
 
Forward Press said:
And that's the end of that.

Been a pleasure posting with you all. What a performance overall, what's everyone's highlight from the pool?

Recency bias but hard to go past the 4 x 100m medley relay, a stunning finish.
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1 vote - Kaylee Mc 100m Back ft F-Bomb
2 votes - Titmus 400m Free over Ledecky ft Dean Boxall celebration
3 votes - 4x100m medley (was always going to be an epic match race with the yanks, The Mc's did what was expected as champs, Hodges dug deep for a big swim, and Campbell with the perfect changeover and gutsy finish after looking to have lost the lead. Fitting finish for the women's team).
 

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Couldn't be happier for our swimmers. Blew the pressure away to record 9 GOLD!! I was a negative Nelly early, but have just been celebrating since. I think that sets us up incredibly well for the future with the belief we can perform when it matters and leading into Brisbane with a renewed rush to the pool from Aussie kids.
 
LukeParkerno1 said:
Goes in circles in the Thorpe era we’d struggle to win 1 in the women. Next era might be the men there’s plenty of young swimmers coming through
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O’Neill, Henry, thomas All won individual golds during thorpes 2 olympics. we won two women’s relay golds in Athens as well. So that’s 5 swimming women’s golds from two games.
 

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All bodes well for Paris 2024.

Titmus still young and should get stronger.

McKeown could add the IM's if she builds a bigger tank - those races seem relatively weak. Hope she tries the Backs + IM at the next two World Championships. A Kirsty Coventry/Hoszsu schedule.

Mollie Callaghan seems set to keep up the 100/200 Free domination. Swimming incredible times for an 17 year old. Is also a very handy backstroker.
 
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Emma McKeon's 7 Medal Haul Ties Most Ever Won by a Woman in a Single Olympics Emma McKeon's 7 Medal Haul Ties Most Ever Won by a Woman in a Single Olympics

Australian Emma McKeon won 7 medals at the Tokyo Olympic Games, making her just the second woman ever to win 7 medals of any color in a single Games.
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Australian Emma McKeon finished the 2020 Tokyo Olympics with a gold medal in the 400 medley relay, her 4th gold of the Games and 7th medal overall. With 7 medals in Tokyo, McKeon distinguishes herself as just the second woman ever to win 7 medals of any color in a single Games.

Soviet gymnast Maria Gorokhovskaya won 7 medals–2 golds and 5 silvers–at the 1952 Olympic Games in Helsinki. Another female Olympian synonymous with Olympic gold is Larisa Latynina, a Soviet gymnast who, over the course of 3 Olympic Games (1956, 1960, & 1964), won 18 Olympic medals, 9 of which were gold.

McKeon contributed a 55.91 on the butterfly leg of the medley relay Sunday morning in Tokyo after winning gold in the 50 freestyle at the start of the session with a 23.81, a new Olympic Record. The Australian foursome of Kaylee McKeown, Chelsea Hodges, McKeon, and Cate Campbell broke the Olympic Record in their gold-medal effort in the 400 medley relay with a total time of 3:51.60, just 0.13 ahead of the American team.

McKeon is now the most decorated Australian Olympian ever with a total of 11 medals total between Tokyo and the 2016 Rio Games. Entering the session, McKeon was already tied with Aussie legends Ian Thorpe and Leisel Jones for the most Olympic medals ever won by an Australian athlete with a career total of 9–she has now surpassed them by 2 medals.

EMMA MCKEON‘S TOKYO 2020 MEDAL HAUL
  1. 4 x 100 Freestyle Relay – GOLD (3:29.69 WR)
  2. 100 Butterfly – BRONZE (55.72 OC)
  3. 4 x 200 Freestyle Relay – BRONZE (7:41.29 OC)
  4. 100 Freestyle – GOLD (51.96 OR)
  5. 4 x 100 Mixed Medley Relay – BRONZE (3:38.95)
  6. 50 Freestyle – GOLD (23.81 OR)
  7. 4 x 100 Medley Relay – GOLD (3:51.60 OR)



Athletes Tied For 2nd Most Olympic Medals Won At A Single Olympic Games (7)
  • Mark Spitz (USA) – Swimming (1972)
  • Matt Biondi (USA) – Swimming (1988)
  • Willis A. Lee (USA) – Shooting (1920)
  • Boris Shakhlin (Soviet Union) – Gymnastics (1960)
  • Nikolay Andrianov (Soviet Union) – Gymnastics (1976)
  • Lloyd Spooner (USA) – Shooting (1920)
  • Maria Gorokhovskaya (Soviet Union) – Gymnastics (1952)
  • Mikhail Voronin (Soviet Union) – Gymnastics (1968)
 
Bugz said:
All bodes well for Paris 2024.

Titmus still young and should get stronger.

McKeown could add the IM's if she builds a bigger tank - those races seem relatively weak. Hope she tries the Backs + IM at the next two World Championships. A Kirsty Coventry/Hoszsu schedule.

Mollie Callaghan seems set to keep up the 100/200 Free domination. Swimming incredible times for an 17 year old. Is also a very handy backstroker.
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Yep but also can’t control what other countries have, particularly the US. Just take it for what it is one games at a time as alot changes in between.
 
Bugz said:
All bodes well for Paris 2024.

Titmus still young and should get stronger.

McKeown could add the IM's if she builds a bigger tank - those races seem relatively weak. Hope she tries the Backs + IM at the next two World Championships. A Kirsty Coventry/Hoszsu schedule.

Mollie Callaghan seems set to keep up the 100/200 Free domination. Swimming incredible times for an 17 year old. Is also a very handy backstroker.
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Add Issac Cooper to that list too. He made the team at 17.
 
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