2016 HANCOCK PROSPECTING AUSTRALIAN CHAMPIONSHIPS (AUSTRALIAN OLYMPIC TRIALS)
- Thursday April 7th-Thursday April 14th
- SA Aquatic and Leisure Centre – Adelaide
- Prelims – 11 am local (9:30 pm EDT previous evening); Finals – 7:45 pm local (6:15 am EDT)
- Australian Olympic Qualifying Criteria
- Psych Sheets
- Program of Events
- Live stream
- Live results
Aussie speedsters Cameron McEvoy and Kyle Chalmers went 1-2 in tonight’s 100m freestyle final in Adelaide while competing at the 2016 Australian National Championships/Olympic Trials.
In a highly-anticipated battle among McEvoy, Chalmers, 2012 Olympic silver medalist in the event, James Magnussen, as well as 2012 Olympian James Roberts, McEvoy and Chalmers prevailed in history-making fashion.
McEvoy clocked the fastest textile 100m freestyle in history (47.04), while Chalmers churned out a shiny new World Junior Record (48.03) for his efforts. Roberts and Magnussen wound up as 3rd and 4th, respectively, missing out on individual 100m freestyle appearances in Rio, but securing relay spots as consolation.
For McEvoy, his mark tonight is now the third-fastest time in history, as well as a new Australian and Commonwealth Record. With Chalmers’ swim, the 17-year-old obliterated his own previous personal best of 48.47.
Hear from both immediately after the swim in the interview below, courtesy of ‘7 Olympics.’
https://twitter.com/7olympics/status/719506048143392768
Kyle Chalmers is full-freaking grown!! Holy smokes!
That’s flanker big! No wonder the Aussie Rules guys were looking at him so hard!
What was Santo going on about at the Canadian Trials? Gold is Rio is going to take a lot more than a 47 high.
“I know I’m a lot better than that,” said Condorelli. “I’ve definitely gotten a lot stronger since last year and improved on my stroke way more than that reflects.”
http://swimswam.com/santo-condorelli-sets-gold-medal-goal-2016-rio-olympic-games/
The bravado sounds like Magnussen pre-London, except this one is without a World title and 47.10 or anything close to it.
I think we’re reading that quote very differently. I think Condorelli has high expectations for himself and he’s expressing that here, rather than saying he definitely will win. To me, it reads more like he’s saying that he should have been faster because he’s gotten stronger and worked on technique, but that he failed to execute. He is rejecting the “good enough, it got me to Rio” mentality and saying he’s got to get better, because he doesn’t intend to just go as a tourist.
Same, that’s how I interpreted Condorelli’s quote.
I know there has been speculation that McEvoy will follow the trajectory of Magnussen in 2012, but his comments right here, and other comments attributed to him before the race, put them miles apart in my mind. Pending Adrian or Dressel popping off big in Omaha, this little interview seals him as my pick for gold in Rio.
Magnussen in 2012 projected a lot more bravado, put a lot of emphasis on his place, and, to and extent, even acted as though he believed a gold medal would be given to him. McEvoy seems to have a much more mature, process-driven outlook that I think will serve him much better in an Olympic final. He knows that, while other swimmers… Read more »
When he was still NAG swimmer, there were articles that reported McEvoy as being a really smart student and having photographic memory.
I think calling him “student of the sport” is pretty apt; he seems to be aware of every little technical details/aspects that contributed to fast swimming.
Kyle looks like a giant standing next to McEvoy.
Nothing like answering questions after a 100m sprint… Always a crack up.
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