The photo above is an exterior shot of the Shanghai swimming stadium that will be used in July for the 2011 FINA World Championships. (Sort of looks like a pair of sharpened dentures.)At 35-years old Jason Lezak is still in the game with a 22.57 he set back in January and a 22.59 just this past weekend in Indiana.
While going over the top times in the 50/100/200-meter free, of course Michael Phelps' stands out as the number one swimmer in the 100/200-free but quite frankly the Australians and the French are the dominating flags in all three of those events.
In one event, the 100 free, the French own four positions while the Australians own five positions in the top-10! Only one American flag exists in that top-10 list and his name is the Michael Phelps.
In the 50-free again it is all about Australia and France who control six positions in the the top-10 while Jason Lezak carries the flag for America at number-9
We are still early in the year but the 2011 FINA World Championships in Shanghai are coming up in a mere 4-months-and-one week. Will we get spanked in those three events cumulatively? - [Link]
9 comments:
I just think it's cool that more and more swimmers are making a career out of professional swimming well past the "accepted" age. Go Lezak!
I agree but I wish it paid better.
Tony,
I have to disagree here. I wouldn't make too much of the current world rankings. Michael Phelps was I believe the 2nd ranked 100 freestyler in the world last year so I would say he ranks favorably no matter how you slice it. Judge how we are doing by the results at Worlds.
I would rather see a better distribution of wealth. A few coaches and swimmers get massive pay off and control, the rest don't get enough to cover the payment on a used Yugo and a shared apartment in South Gate.
I had a conversation about this morning. USA Swimming is populated by mostly 11&12-year-olds... What are they getting?
please don't get me started. All i am going to add here is i cant wait till i get to be a member of "the old boys club" ...so i can justify why i should get paid more than those earning it with performances in the pool.
i want to get you started and I want people like you in there.
"today's liberator is tomorrow's dictator" ;)
God point, when things fall apart, they do tend to jump to the right!
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