Watershed Moments: Olympic Swimming

alebi · Aug 7, 2016

karne said:
By all accounts Horton beating Sun was an extremely popular victory.

According to the Australian coaches, Sun had been deliberately splashing Horton in the practice pool the day before, which did not ruffle Horton one bit.

Horton had this to say after the race: "It's a win for the good guys against those who've tested positive."

Australia is going to do better in the pool than in London primarily because we cut the boneheads from the squad...a repeat of London's behaviour would have gone down among the Aussie public here like a lead balloon.

Sun's attitude has always been very deplorable, plus we have that hidden doping case.... :disapp:
Horton seems a very good guy and he's even close friend to Paltrinieri. I hope the two will do a great 1500 finals and leave Sun with no satisfaction at all.

adelia · Aug 7, 2016

I was pleased with Hagino's win.

karne · Aug 7, 2016

adelia said:
I was pleased with Hagino's win.

I was too! I don't really pay much attention outside the Olympics, so imagine my surprise to learn that Japan has now got really good at this swimming gig! They will be my second team in the pool, mostly because they look so happy

gmyers · Aug 7, 2016

Interspectator said:
History has been made.

But that was women. No country other than US can win men's.

snowflake · Aug 7, 2016

Best wishes to Sarah Sjöström tonight going for gold and the 100 m butterfly world's record. Memories of this nice down-to-earth girl winning Europeans 100 m butterfly gold, 14 years old in 2008; stealing Swedish media attention from figure skating WC in Göteborg :eek:

hwell:

cathlen said:
I'm so happy for Katinka Hosszu! She's my fav current female swimmer I'm so jelly of Hungary and their swimmers.

I’m happy for her too. She and her funny husband seems like such a good team. If he was allowed he’d jumped into the pool and swum beside me, she said in an interview :laugh:

TheGrandSophy · Aug 8, 2016

So pumped that Adam Peaty won gold with a new WR! He was amazing!

And also that Jazz Carlin got a silver against the extraordinary Katy Ledecky in gold. So great!

cathlen · Aug 8, 2016

snowflake said:
Best wishes to Sarah Sjöström tonight going for gold and the 100 m butterfly world's record. Memories of this nice down-to-earth girl winning Europeans 100 m butterfly gold, 14 years old in 2008; stealing Swedish media attention from figure skating WC in Göteborg hwell:

Your wish was granted

Win ad WR for Sarah Sjostrom!

adelia · Aug 8, 2016

karne said:
I was too! I don't really pay much attention outside the Olympics, so imagine my surprise to learn that Japan has now got really good at this swimming gig! They will be my second team in the pool, mostly because they look so happy

Well, there was Kitajima, so there is precedent. The best Japanese swimmers have great technique, to compensate for the height disadvantage.

el henry · Aug 8, 2016

Lily Flippin' King! You don't wag that finger number one before your time, girl, not when you still have to race against Lily.

YESSSS! :yahoo:

koatcue · Aug 9, 2016

Lilly King and her compatriot showed ugly sportsmanship:disagree:. Wish Yulia luck in 200m.

el henry · Aug 9, 2016

Lily King: "We can compete clean, and that's how it should be."

If that's bad sportsmanship, I'll take bad sportsmanship any day of the week. And you *don't* raise your finger as number one until you are in fact number one. Which Yulia, tonight, was not.

For future races, we shall see.

And belated woot to Mack Horton for beating Sun as well :clap:

treeloving · Aug 9, 2016

I am so gladdddddd for Sarah, she really truly swim like butterfly.

koatcue · Aug 9, 2016

Remember Ashley and Anna on a podium and people cries. In that case Anna did that move unintentionally. This time it was to mock Yulia. Disgrace in sport.

cathlen · Aug 9, 2016

Another Gold for Katinka! :yahoo:

This time suprising!

karne · Aug 9, 2016

koatcue said:
Remember Ashley and Anna on a podium and people cries. In that case Anna did that move unintentionally. This time it was to mock Yulia. Disgrace in sport.

The difference is that Anna is not a drug cheat.

koatcue · Aug 9, 2016

karne said:
The difference is that Anna is not a drug cheat.

Does it mean that Efimova in your eyes is untermensch?

koatcue · Aug 9, 2016

Karne, would you boo Gaitlin?

karne · Aug 9, 2016

koatcue said:
Karne, would you boo Gaitlin?

Without hestiation.

koatcue · Aug 9, 2016

karne said:
Without hestiation.

Okay, then.

cathlen · Aug 9, 2016

Karne made it known that she detests all dopers equally. She's very fair in that aspect. :thumbsup: Julia Efimova isn't the only swimmer winning medal having controversial past. The rules allow that, so I guess athletes have to deal with it, at least unless they will change the rules. But Lilly King also isn't the first to mock athletes with cheating past, both sides need to suck it up. We'll have more situations like this at Olympics, not only in swimming.

Watershed Moments: Olympic Swimming

alebi

adelia

karne

in Emergency Backup Mode

gmyers

snowflake

I enjoy what I like

TheGrandSophy

cathlen

Team Gorgeous Cacti!

adelia

el henry

Go have some cake. And come back with jollity.

koatcue

el henry

Go have some cake. And come back with jollity.

treeloving

koatcue

cathlen

Team Gorgeous Cacti!

karne

in Emergency Backup Mode

koatcue

koatcue

karne

in Emergency Backup Mode

koatcue

cathlen

Team Gorgeous Cacti!

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