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Post by Carl LaFong on Jul 25, 2017 16:40:40 GMT
Adam Peaty is a beast. Broke the 50m breast stroke world record twice today.
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Post by Carl LaFong on Jul 26, 2017 16:17:57 GMT
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Post by Jep Gambardella on Jul 26, 2017 19:21:59 GMT
Hmmm, I was going to correct you on the name of the competition (I was pretty sure that it was the Aquatic World Championship, not just "swimming") but the CBC is also calling it the "Swimming World Championships". Strange, as I was pretty sure that it involved diving as well.
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Post by Carl LaFong on Jul 26, 2017 19:35:35 GMT
Yeah, it is Aquatic but the diving finished before the swimming started. Not really a diving fan - though Tom Daley was very impressive (after ballsing up in Rio.)
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Post by hamsterman11 on Jul 26, 2017 20:06:20 GMT
I would be if they had it on tv...bastards at sky didn't pick up the rights this time around. Really hard to find decent highlights online as well, live isn't much use as it's the early early morning. But quite a shock to see that the veteran Pelligrini beat Ledecky
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Post by marsexplorer on Jul 26, 2017 20:26:40 GMT
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Post by Carl LaFong on Jul 26, 2017 20:49:53 GMT
Yeah. I wonder if Sarah Sjostrom regrets not going for the 200m freestyle. That would have been interesting to watch. |
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Post by Carl LaFong on Jul 30, 2017 23:58:38 GMT
It's over. Final medal table (swimming only): en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Swimming_at_the_2017_World_Aquatics_Championships#Medal_tableYanks dominated. They've got a few superstars in the making - Chase Kalisz and Caeleb Dressel. The latter's starts are absolutely amazing - probably the stand-out thing from these games. He also became the first swimmer in the history of major swimming competitions to win three golds in one session! He won 7 golds in total (a WC record, though tied with Michael Phelps.) Bad games for Australia, France and Germany. Canada not great. Loved Adam Peaty's (breast stroke) leg of the 400m IM - he was miles behind when he took over but totally destroyed the field to hand the next British swimmer a lead. Team US still took the gold though, GB silver. |
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Post by marco26 on Jul 31, 2017 2:30:42 GMT
Dressel made our newspapers. Know him now and be the first on your block because in three years time EVERYBODY will know him. 2020 Tokyo Olympics, here he comes.
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