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[cutman1000]

Soni!!!

Loving the USA chant.

[Greg29fan]

Fantastic race by Soni.

[The Napkin]

I love seeing the rest of the team there cheering like that.

[DannyHeep]

Sweet race. Jones had the Hoff look going on.

[Deathofthebambino]

Gold and Silver for Lochte and Piersol. Man, this is fun to watch tonight.

[DannyHeep]

Gold & Silver bitches.

[DannyHeep]

Or is that Silver & Gold?

[Greg29fan]

USA re-establishing their dominance at the cube.

[shawnrbu]

Elizabeth Beisel could stand to get a little more love from NBC. She's only 15 and has fared very well in her two events (#1 in the semis of the 400m IM, #4 in the finals + #2 in the semis of the 200m backstroke to Coventry). Hopefully, she can earn a medal tomorrow night and garner a bit more pub. Go RI!

Edited by shawnrbu, 14 August 2008 - 09:37 PM.

[The Napkin]

Or is that Silver & Gold?

[Ahriman]

Phelps up next. (I think)

[DannyHeep]

Phelps up next. (I think)

Back to you Bob

[bsj]

Hate to say this...but watch out for Cseh.

He could be trouble.

[The Napkin]

Seriously, people thought he might lose? He's a machine.

[DJnVa]

GOLD

[cutman1000]

So awesome. What a badass.

[tims4wins]

And another WR

[Deathofthebambino]

Wow.



Just wow.

[Obscure Name]

That Phelps guy is pretty good.

[Sille Skrub]

12.

Greatest Olympian ever.

[bsj]

cseh medalled...but i dont think that counts as trouble

[Greg29fan]

Cseh wakes up at night in a cold sweat thinking about Michael Phelps-aka Aquaman

[tims4wins]

Hello Phelps sisters

[The Napkin]

10:10 tomorrow for the 100 fly final
just before 11 sat for the medley final

in case you missed that

[phrenile]

Morgan Freeman approves, brought to you by Visa.

[DannyHeep]

10:10 tomorrow for the 100 fly final
just before 11 sat for the medley final

in case you missed that

Where are we going to watch that?

[axx]

Where are we going to watch that?

I'm going to watch it in my house.

[DannyHeep]

I'm going to watch it in my house.

You ain't got no ice-cream.

[The Napkin]

Where are we going to watch that?

abc. nbc only paid for the first week of coverage. They're going to have zombie Jim McKay to call the races. It's going to be very exciting.

Edited by The Napkin, 14 August 2008 - 10:03 PM.

[Ahriman]

Why would we confuse Michael Phelps for Dara Torres?

[tims4wins]

Let's go Natalie!!!

[LateRally]

So what happened in the 100 free? We're on that goddamn tape delay out here.

[DJnVa]

If Lane 8 is so good, why does the top swimmer get Lane 4?

[tims4wins]

Well, it's a medal

[DannyHeep]

More metal!

[DannyHeep]

If Lane 8 is so good, why does the top swimmer get Lane 4?

Everyone knows 8 is 2 times 4.

[LateRally]

If Lane 8 is so good, why does the top swimmer get Lane 4?

Mentioned up-thread, but lane 8 is Libby Trickett, current WR holder and the one to beat coming into the Olympics. She initially didn't qualify for the final but snuck in due to another swimmer's DQ.

[shawnrbu]

Why would we confuse Michael Phelps for Dara Torres?

That's my pick for most bizarre statement of this Olympics.

[shawnrbu]

Mentioned up-thread, but lane 8 is Libby Trickett, current WR holder and the one to beat coming into the Olympics. She initially didn't qualify for the final but snuck in due to another swimmer's DQ.

Yeah, but the announcers were implying that Lane 8 has an advantage. If it's an advantage, why doesn't the top qualifier swim there? Or is the advantage of Lane 4 greater?

[LateRally]

Yeah, but the announcers were implying that Lane 8 has an advantage. If it's an advantage, why doesn't the top qualifier swim there? Or is the advantage of Lane 4 greater?

OK never mind. Obviously I'm not able to watch the coverage because of the MOTHERF'N tape delay.


Lane 4 is traditionally where the top seed swims. Similar to track, you get the best view of your opponents. The outer lanes usually suck because you have the wall which causes extra waves and the water gets rockier, but in this pool there's a lane line and a gutter so that effect is mitigated. Yeah but I have no idea why anyone would say the outer lanes are better. Maybe they meant there just happened to be an exceptionally good swimmer out there this time?

Edited by LateRally, 14 August 2008 - 10:22 PM.

[Deathofthebambino]

Phelps has gears that nobody else has...

[tims4wins]

beast

[Carmine Hose]

If Crocker beats him tomorrow,he will be persona non grata in the US. That's a stunning statement for a potential US Olympic gold medalist.

[DegenerateSoxFan]

If Crocker beats him tomorrow,he will be persona non grata in the US. That's a stunning statement for a potential US Olympic gold medalist.

Yeah but it's not happening. Phelps just cruised in at 50.97 less than half an hour after breaking his own world record in the IM. Rested up for the final tommorow, he will come close to the the fifty second mark and win it going away.

Book it.

Edited by Cuzittt, 14 August 2008 - 10:47 PM.

[Cuzittt]

The outer lanes usually suck because you have the wall which causes extra waves and the water gets rockier, but in this pool there's a lane line and a gutter so that effect is mitigated. Yeah but I have no idea why anyone would say the outer lanes are better. Maybe they meant there just happened to be an exceptionally good swimmer out there this time?

No, they have mentioned it a couple of times in different races. From what I can grok, your mitigated equals almost non-existence of rockiness from the wake... and the fact that they only have the wake from one swimmer rather than two makes it a better lane than usual.

That being said... it seems most of the races are being won from the middle of the pool.

[Monbo Jumbo]

In swimming, the highest seeds are always in the middle of the pool working outward.

[The Napkin]

[LateRally]

Just saw the Soni race, "live."

Wow, what an amazing job by her. Swam the race of her life. Beat her personal best by over 2 seconds. Peaked at the absolute perfect time.


my god, Phelps. That margin of victory in an event like the 200 IM is insane. He really is Secretariat in the water.

Edited by LateRally, 15 August 2008 - 12:55 AM.

[Ed Hillel]

Yeah but it's not happening. Phelps just cruised in at 50.97 less than half an hour after breaking his own world record in the IM. Rested up for the final tommorow, he will come close to the the fifty second mark and win it going away.

Book it.

No he won't. He's never been close to Crocker's record of 50.40. He will probably win, but no WR.

Crocker FTW!

If Crocker beats him tomorrow,he will be persona non grata in the US. That's a stunning statement for a potential US Olympic gold medalist.

And the nicest, most awesome, person you will ever meet. GO IAN GO!

Edited by Ed Hillel, 15 August 2008 - 12:36 AM.

[LahoudOrBillyC]

I am absolutely rooting for Crocker. I love Phelps, but what the hell is wrong with him winning seven golds and Crocker one?