French 50- meter butterfly champion, Frédérick Bousquet,
In the photo above Alain Bernard is walking on deck while Frédérick Bousquet accepts his accolades.
Bousquet swam a 22.06, followed by, Alain Bernard, who swam a 22.12, and finally a strong swim by, Amaury Leveaux in a time of, 22.32. All of the above have qualified for the European Championships in Budapest next August but normally the top-four-places would have made to Budapest but, Fabien Gilot, who swam a 22.41 missed the qualifying time for the European Championships by 400-hundredths-of-a-second.
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Think you might be ahead of yourself. Finals haven't gone yet. The results you've got are from heats.
You are right, what I misunderstood is that you can qualify for Euro Championships with a time rather than a win.
I was thinking like an American in that when they say you qualified, it means to won the final, not hit a set time demand.
this year to qualify for the europeen championship , the french swimmers must swim under a time in the prelim and swim under another one in the final or the semi final in some races and then finish in the 4 first of the final : for the 50 free the heat time was 22.65 .
the final result :
1. fred bousquet 21.71 his pb in a jammer
2.fabien gilot 21.97
3.alain bernard 22.08
4.amaury leveux 22.11 all 4 qualify of the europeen championship . i will be posting the race on you tube.
the link to the video
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uJyiIfcg0v4
21.71 is bookin'. That is, I think, the 3rd fastest - after Popov's 21.64 and Schoeman's 21.68 - 50-free in textile.
I still think you'll see 21.64 go this year.
Love that fact, too, that we're talking about the swims not the suits!
It is fred's personal best in a textile suit .
tomorow is the heat and the semi final of the 100 free men .
the time cut in the heat is 49.64 to qualify for the euros .
the 2 semi final of the 100 free were fast 4 men under 49.
the videos of the races :
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lbxJl29Dn8A
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BsgVmSsL4ys
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tzzmr02QE4k
I have a bunch of photos up at the new site send me an email and we will talk.
That 100 free was blazing, too. We may not see 46-high, 47-low this year but I think we'll see 47-high, maybe 47-mid.
That kid, Yannick Angel, is full-on rocket! Sub-49 speed at 17! Wow and wow again.
I think France has become the new United States & Australia in regards to the swim universe. This has been building since 2007.
They will be unstoppable in the relays. Michael Phelps nor Ryan Lochte will not get a gold medal on a freestyle relay team, especially the 4x100.
a translation of an interview of yannick agnel : http://dublincat.livejournal.com/14487.html
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