Summer Tokyo 2021 - Swimming

[Bungeye]

It was kind of a choke, considering the Aussies were finishing the last 25 quickest in previous races. Why did that change in the relay?

 

[Mr Meeseeks]

Sure. But maybe don't get obliterated by a nobody in the second round.

Haha how did you go?

 

[FRUMPY]

If it is deemed a choke, this is like the past few olympics - up until now, we had been performing like we did back in 2000, 2004 and 2008 etc.

 

[theyellowsash]

so this is where the racists hang out.....

There used to be a thread about how bigfooty is a haven't for racist trolls. Pretty sure words like s**t are censored, but abo isn't.

Edit: it appears im correct. Thats all you need to know.

 

[pepsi]

Barty wasn't a choke jeez, people expect her to win all the time. That was a tough matchup.

People forget Barty went from playing the clay court season, got injured, was touch and go for Wimbledon, wins that and a few days later is playing on the hard courts in Tokyo with no match preparation on the surface. And her opponent basically did not miss a shot in the final set. But lots of people love to throw out the choke tag.

 

[lewdogs]

Thorpey knew what was up saying the order was off. You had to close with Titmus.

 

[myblueroan]

I don't blame the swimmers who swam that final.

I blame the selections of the swimmers we chose. Just pick the 4 fastest swimmers and don't try and be cute. This is the Olympics ffs.

Best for the occassion not 2 who did well weeks ago and not days ago.
Gigantic stuff up.

 

[danielnajdek]

Every Single Chinese swimmer beat there previous PB for the 200m 2 of them by over 2 seconds, flying start gets you about half a second.

Seems legit....

 

[Roobs321]

I actually was thrilled Barty lost early (in those conditions against that opponent) as I’m more into doubles at the Olympics and it released her to focus there instead with Storm and now Peers

Getting shocked at Olympics tennis is a noob move. Historically full of upsets and if you don’t know that then quiet down

 

[jod23]

The order was all wrong. Stupid. It should have been the other way around. Neale first, Wilson, McKeon and then Titmus to bring us home. Weirdly they flipped it which was all time dumb.

 

[FRUMPY]

Barty wasn't a choke jeez, people expect her to win all the time. That was a tough matchup.

Yeah you're right, number 1 in the world always loses to the number 47 in the world. Especially in the first round - happens all the time

 

[theyellowsash]

Haha how did you go?

oh hey its that tired old meaningless argument. well done on contributing nothing.

 

[dogs105]

I don't blame the swimmers who swam that final.

I blame the selections of the swimmers we chose. Just pick the 4 fastest swimmers and don't try and be cute. This is the Olympics ffs.

Who came 4th at the trials?

 

[theyellowsash]

Yep test them, I'll call a spade a spade.

and ill call a racist a racist. racist.

 

[Donakebab]

NEWSFLASH: EVERYONE GETS TESTED. SHUT THE * UP ABOUT IT.

 

[TubbsFarquhar]

I wouldn't call that a choke, just poor selection. Maybe a touch of arrogance there (from the selectors, not the swimmers).

 

[Bungeye]

What happened to the fast finishing Aussies in the relay? China were motoring us down every time!

 

[JackNah_8]

Yeah you're right, number 1 in the world always loses to the number 47 in the world. Especially in the first round - happens all the time

It happens in women's tennis. Osaka also lost to a lower ranked player on her best surface.

 

[Wallaby]

Titmus swam 1.01 seconds slower than in the indivdual 200m.And Titmus did have someone to chase - she was behind the Chinese girl the whole way.

Ledecky (despite swimming a 1500 in between) swam 1.45 faster.

Wislon swam .78 faster.

If Titmus swam her 200 individual time, we win.

 

[theyellowsash]

NEWSFLASH: EVERYONE GETS TESTED. SHUT THE fu** UP ABOUT IT.

good luck. half this forum probably thinks all chinese languages are just "ping pong ching chow" over and over again

 

[Kram]

Missed the race but not surprised to see the thread full of MM QBs.

 

[dogs105]

Missed the race but not surprised to see the thread full of MM QBs.

some people need briking

 

[Richard Cranium]

There used to be a thread about how bigfooty is a haven't for racist trolls. Pretty sure words like sh*t are censored, but abo isn't.

Edit: it appears im correct. Thats all you need to know.

In fairness, censoring that would mean that common words like about and above would be changed, which wouldn't work.

 

[TubbsFarquhar]

Missed the race but not surprised to see the thread full of MM QBs.

I googled that and all it came up with was Monday Morning Quarterback.

 

[RussellEbertHandball]

200m Final individual times

1	4	TITMUS Ariarne	0.71	1:53.50	OR
2	5	HAUGHEY Siobhan Bernadette	0.72	1:53.92	AS	0.42
3	7	OLEKSIAK Penny	0.69	1:54.70		1.20
4	6	YANG Junxuan	0.66	1:55.01		1.51
5	3	LEDECKY Kathleen	0.62	1:55.21		1.71
6	2	SEEMANOVA Barbora	0.63	1:55.45		1.95
7	1	PELLEGRINI Federica	0.71	1:55.91		2.41
8	8	WILSON Madison	0.75	1:56.39		2.89

Best times in 2021

1:53.09 TITMUS Ariarne AUS
1:53.92 HAUGHEY Siobhan Bernadette HKG
1:54.37 YANG Junxuan CHN
1:54.40 LEDECKY Kathleen USA
1:54.51 TITMUS Ariarne AUS
1:54.57 YANG Junxuan CHN
1:54.70 OLEKSIAK Penny CAN
1:54.74 McKEON Emma AUS
1:54.89 HAUGHEY Siobhan Bernadette HKG
1:55.11 O'CALLAGHAN Mollie AUS


Yang didn't swim a PB in the 200m final but did in the relay and set it up.

Name	Reaction Time	50m	100m	150m	200m	Total Time
YANG Junxuan	0.65	26.99 (1)	56.02 (1)	1:25.15 (1)	1:54.37 (1)	1:54.37

TITMUS Ariarne

0.72

27.05 (=2)

56.18 (3)

1:25.65 (2)

1:54.51 (2)

1:54.51

Standing starts above, but Ledecky's reaction time and the other 2 anchors was slow and didn't want to break so its comparable

LEDECKY Kathleen

0.71

26.30 (3)

55.00 (3)

1:24.40 (2)

1:53.76 (2)

7:40.73

Was Emma McKeown saving something for the 100m tomorrow??

Apart from Ledecky, the other 8 swimmers of the medalists who had a flying start did a 1.55.xx

Times were CHN 7.40.33 USA 7.40.73 AUS 7.41.29

McKEON Emma	0.36	26.62 (1)	56.20 (1)	1:25.83 (1)	1:55.31 (2)	3:49.82
WILSON Madison	0.19	26.48 (2)	56.09 (1)	1:25.80 (1)	1:55.62 (2)	5:45.44
NEALE Leah	0.72	26.71 (2)	56.36 (2)	1:26.31 (3)	1:55.85 (3)	7:41.29