Even though Kyle Chalmers turned in last place at the halfway mark, that’s where he WANTED to be. The seasoned vet was so comfortable with his backend speed that his goal was to go out in 23.0, even though he had been experimenting with taking his 100 free out in under 23 throughout the season.
Full interview with Kyle coming tomorrow.
I think he should try and take it out 24.5 in Paris.
He has just announced that he will retire after Paris 🙁
https://www.smh.com.au/sport/swimming/the-last-olympics-definitely-for-me-swim-king-chalmers-eyes-a-paris-farewell-20230809-p5dv35.html
Nah, he just posted on Instagram. The quote was Paris will be his last Olympics, he says he still has short and long course titles to defend etc.
https://www.foxsports.com.au/more-sports/paris-olympics-sprint-king-kyle-chalmers-will-retire-after-2024-games/news-story/863cb111130ed790702d0c783fcc218d
Only expected him to drop 2 tenths from the semis and the fact that he was able to find a way to drop 4 tenths is impressive because he’s never come home as fast as 23.11 even in his fastest relay anchors. -2.0 at the start and -2.0 coming home
Lmao
What?
It’s a very hard balancing act to get right front v backed, I guess for Kyle that’s what has worked for him, Maybe it’s a mental thing going out too fast then dying in the end, How can he break the WR He is two tenths off it, You only have to look at Popovich to see how things can go wrong in a 100 or even 200, I think both Kyle and Caeleb are capable of breaking the WR probably by training together, (Which I can’t see happening) both have been very consistent at the top level since 2016, As for Paris no doubt there will be new faces there plus David and the other youngsters so it will… Read more »
Probably a bit speculative on Dressel, he doesn’t really seem to like the 100 free in long course and I’m not sure he’s going to prioritize defending his Olympic title there
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“…normally the person that has the fastest backend in the 100 freestyle is the guy that wins…”
Dressel who?
Nathan Adrian who?
Australians seem to love outlier examples, and are particularly clueless toward the long term bottom line.
Keep ceding ground at highest level and watch the golds change color
Idk, it seems to be working for Chalmers: Olympic champion, World champion, short course WR holder. He has it all.
Clueless?
Fukuoka called.
Your takes are getting worse and worse Awsi.
Didnt you say last week that Titmus was lucky to get the WR? I mean really, you need to take a long hard look at what you are typing.
It was fun watching him double down after he was proven wrong in every one of his predictions (except for the W 200 fly, go figure).
Like how it changed from gold to silver for America in Fukuoka this year?
Like how 9 golds at Tokyo changed to 13 golds at Fukuoka?
Take the L already.
You’ve been going on and on about how back ends don’t win championships and yet basically every Australian medal, including the relay legs, were all built on strong back ends where they swam down their competition.
The Double Cobras!
If it works for him, I suppose. But if he won’t be willing to go out faster, he is never going to break 47 seconds, which is something he seems perfectly capable of doing with just a bit more front half speed.
Couldn’t agree more
I mean, come on, Dressel was out in 22.8 when he first broke the 100 fly WR.
Why would he want to negative split the race? Where is dressel? Our new americans will replace dressel