Here are the results for the men: 50free — Reply to lovetheburn 7 years ago. Reply to ChestRockwell 7 years ago. The depth of breaststroke performances over the past four years has improved tremendously.
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Want to take your swimfandom to the next level? How old does someone have to be to swim in the olympics, because I have a 12 year old swimmer who is incredibly fast and is very close to 29 seconds in 50 freestyle and is working hard. I think that she could qualify, and she is willing to work hard and all she ever does is swim.
He first got his feet wet by building The Swimmers' Circle beginning in January , and now comes to SwimSwam to use that experience and help build a new leader in the sport of swimming. Aside from his life on the InterWet, …. More from Braden Keith See All. Notify of. I allow to use my email address and send notification about new comments and replies you can unsubscribe at any time. Inline Feedbacks. A handful of relatively unknown competitors have made the cut thus far, but some veterans Natalie Coughlin, Dara Torres, Amanda Beard are in dangerous positions.
Rachel Bootsma may only be 18 years old, but she didn't race that way in her second-place finish in the meter backstroke. Bootsma's back performance bested legendary Natalie Coughlin and Bonnie Brandon. Upsetting Brandon is one thing, but Coughlin is the gold standard for women's Olympic swimming.
Defeating, arguably, America's greatest female swimming competitor is no small feat for a teenager. This will be Bootsma's first career Olympics.
She holds the national high school record in the back, and the Pan American Games' record as well, but this is the Olympic trials. The competition is completely different, and the moment can be too big for some. Claire Donahue qualified for the Olympic team with her second-place finish in the meter butterfly. That alone is an accomplishment. No one expected Donahue to finish higher than either of these established fly competitors.
In , Donahue qualified for the Olympic trials, but she had a very poor showing. She finished second in the National Championships in the fly, but this is a very different level of competition. Christine Magnuson isn't going to be a member of the U. Olympic team this year. She failed to qualify in every one of her freestyle and butterfly events.
Magnuson isn't a swimming legend, but she's been very good in her young career. The year-old has five career medals in international competition and earned a silver medal in the fly at the Olympics in Beijing. Losing in her main event is one thing, but her failure to qualify in any event is amazing. Prior to the trials, she was expected to be one of the team's best fly swimmers.
Instead, she will be watching the games from home. Scott Weltz finished first in the meter breaststroke final from an underdog position. Brendan Hansen and Eric Shanteau both didn't qualify were the final's favorites. Weltz has never qualified for an Olympic team. Shanteau and Hansen are both established performers, and this was their favorite race. Instead of backing down, Weltz delivered the best performance of his young professional career.
He finished third in this year's breast final, but this still comes as a shock. He's very unproven, and he defeated two decorated swimmers. The year-old will be one of the United States' most improbable team members in London.
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