Braden Keith
Braden Keith is the Editor-in-Chief and a co-founder/co-owner of SwimSwam.com.
He first got his feet wet by building The Swimmers' Circle beginning in January 2010, 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, …
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…Muffat has the edge, I feel. France is on fire…
Look at how the finalist are doing so far:
01 PALMER Kylie 1:57.44 + AUS – Lifetime best 1:57.83 in 2011; 1:56.04 in March, 2012 at Aussie trials; 400 free did 4:07.23 – off her 4:03 from the Aussie trials; does not appear to be swimming in a manner to suggest she will better her best.
02 POPOVA Veronika 1:56.84 + Russia – Lifetime best in semi’s; did not swim the 400 free, led off Russia’s 4×100 relay with 54.3; may better her time, but nothing to suggest she’s a threat to do what’s necessary to win – 1:54+ or better.
03 MUFFAT Camille 1:56.18 + France – Lifetime best 1:54.66 in June 2012; one of 4 serious… Read more »
…..hard to argue with that analysis… As a US-man, I hope you’re right. We’ll see!
I’m not sure if I agree. Missy certainly has top end speed by going 53.5, but she also has great closing speed. In most of the races I’ve seen her swim, it’s her closing speed which gets her to win races, such as 200 free, 100 back (liek last night), and 200 back. She doesn’t seem to get the lead in her races despite her speed, but does seem to be able to bring home races in the last 25 meters whether it’s a 100 or 200.
From that perspective, I think if Missy can stay inside a bodylength at the last turn, then she has a good chance to win. I hope she goes 1:54. I don’t see… Read more »
she will do her best and what’s happens happens . She has a grt meet so far and happy .
…this was the hardest to call, especially with Missy in second gear in her 200 free semi. I think Missy could take-off in the lane 8 and win if no one’s watching…or get lost on the outside lane. Tough to call, and I only have 60 seconds for the video report. We’ll see!
You’re likely to be right about gold/silver but I do think that Franklin has a better shot than you think at the Bronze and other folks from the home team that may get inspired.