Swimming

[smi962]

Have you ever seen anyone faster over the last 25m than Chalmers

 

[DiegoNT]

23 for Super Gunja Dolphin!

 

[Bazal]

Jeez Chalmers is a talent

 

[Pete Cash]

Well done phelps

23 golds is ludicrous

 

[Tommy Smith]

Adam Peaty - AMAZING.

 

[hineyrulz]

Chalmers what a beast, one of the few swimmers who shouldn't have swim home.

 

[Shorty]

Phelps says goodbye.
Champion.

 

[Frankus]

Murphy 51.85 world record in the 100 back lead off leg.

 

[alien]

Phelps: 23 gold medals (and I think 28 medals overall). Easily the best Olympian of all time.

 

[smi962]

No she wouldn't have - she is notoriously slow off the blocks. Add 0.4-0.5 to her split and she was right with the winners.

She would have won it

 

[Frankus]

She would have won it

We will never know.

 

[alien]

Definitely needs investigating, a problem with almost all our swimmers.

I wonder if they are getting enough sleep, eating right, staying off the booze, etc. They are not there to party.

 

[Shorty]

I wonder if they are getting enough sleep, eating right, staying off the booze, etc. They are not there to party.

I think lack of sleep has been a factor.
But the other top swimmers had no issues.

 

[smi962]

Swimming medal tally:

G S B
US 16 8 9
Aus 3 4 3
Hun 3 2 2
Jap 2 3 3

Few countries dominate a major sport in the Olympics like USA in the swimming.

 

[Shorty]

Rooney saying what we are thinking.
At least this must be rock bottom they'll HAVE to address the pressure issues.

 

[alien]

I'm starting to get a bit sus on them lol probably for nothing but they're everywhere and their finish is PERFECT.

the yanks just have the killer instinct which means they are great under pressure. many of our athletes seem happy with silver or bronze (which is a great achievement) but it's compared to yanks who are disappointed if they are not number 1

 

[alien]

Horton disappointing but he was never beating the Italian tonight...

i thought he would have gotten the silver though

 

[Shorty]

the yanks just have the killer instinct which means they are great under pressure. many of our athletes seem happy with silver or bronze (which is a great achievement) but it's compared to yanks who are disappointed if they are not number 1

They aren't though, their reactions to silver and bronze make us Aussies look like brats.

 

[alien]

Swimming medal tally:

G S B
US 16 8 9
Aus 3 4 3
Hun 3 2 2
Jap 2 3 3

Few countries dominate a major sport in the Olympics like USA in the swimming.

at one stage we were very close to the yanks

 

[Pommy]

Phelps: 23 gold medals (and I think 28 medals overall). Easily the best Olympian of all time.

I'm not saying he isn't but that statistic can be misleading.
Plenty of sports your very limited in medal totals whereas swimming there's loads of opportunities.
Sir Steve Redgrave won gold in 5 consecutive olympics which is also a great achievement.