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Simone Manuel, Gretchen Walsh, Torri Huske FULL 100 Freestyle Press Conference

2024 U.S. OLYMPIC TRIALS

Simone Manuel qualified for her 3rd Olympic Games tonight while Torri Huske and Gretchen Walsh added to their event schedules in Paris. Manuel receives the most questions here, speaking on her journey from questioning her reason for swimming to making the Paris team.

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TVI
5 months ago

Simone is an incredible ambassador for the sport and a class act. She’s an asset to the team both in and out of the water.

CavaDore
5 months ago

I’m just bummed that Claire Curzan is not still a 100 free swimmer with history of 53 lows individual and 52 high relay splits. I’m also bummed that Maxine Parker didn’t swim at or better than her trials time from last year. Both of them would’ve finished ahead of 6th place tonight with those times. Even more odd since they’re training with one of the best sprint coaches, if not THE best, for women in the entire country.

mS424
5 months ago

It’s a good relay but ain’t no way this group beating the Australia’s.

Robbos
Reply to  mS424
5 months ago

The US women’s 4×100 has as much chance of winning gold as the GB men’s 4×100 of winning gold.
The Aussie women & US men just too good.

hanqihao
Reply to  Robbos
5 months ago

My personal guess is that with the exception of the men’s 4× 100m freestyle relay winner becoming the United States, the other relay winners are exactly the same as Fukuoka

Genevieve Nnaji
Reply to  hanqihao
5 months ago

If there’s no upset, probably.

Robbos
Reply to  hanqihao
5 months ago

Yes that is a pretty good call.Really only the mixed Medley, with US really challenging China,

Swimz
Reply to  hanqihao
5 months ago

Mixed medley wins by USA ..Murphy Fink Walsh Douglas for the final while Armstrong Swanson Regan Huske / Regan Fallon Dressel Huske for the prelims they can assemble 3 teams which may Gold medal favourites

hanqihao
Reply to  Swimz
5 months ago

Yes, I agree. Men’s medley relay and mixed medley relay. China and the United States are very strong, who can finally win the championship depends on the field performance, the paper strength of the two sides is very small, of course, the mixed medley relay Australia is also very strong

U turn
Reply to  Swimz
5 months ago

Australia with kaylee Williamson Temple MOC also gold medal contention.

chickenlamp
5 months ago

No Kate? Pat Forde said on twitter that Dressel didn’t attend the men’s 100 free press conference either

HeatFan14
Reply to  chickenlamp
5 months ago

Pat just said none of the men ended up having an interview and it was possibly rescheduled for tomorrow

Yanyan Li
Reply to  HeatFan14
5 months ago

The press conference with Armstrong/Alexy/Guiliano was supposed to be tonight, but got rescheduled because tonight’s session ran too late, drug tests, etc.

kaz
Reply to  HeatFan14
5 months ago

Will dressel be there?

nonrevhoofan
Reply to  chickenlamp
5 months ago

She was swimming the 200 Breast.

chickenlamp
Reply to  nonrevhoofan
5 months ago

ah I thought they did these at the end of the night. But it makes more sense to do them throughout the session

Thomas Batte
Reply to  chickenlamp
5 months ago

Kate could not attend the conference because she had to swim in the 200m Breast semis shortly after this conference, so she was prepping for that event

Genevieve Nnaji
5 months ago

Can someone explain about Gretchen Walsh.

It’s baffling.

A few days ago she pulverized 100 fly and consistently went sub 56 in all three rounds.

Earlier in the year she declared she’s going to break 100 free AR.

Everyone including Swimswam writers and myself all convinced she would swim at least 52 in 100 free and maybe faster in this trials.

But she never went under 53 in prelims, semis, and final.

She has no such discrepancy between her 100 fly and 100 free SCY records.

Going 55.18 in 100 fly and not able to go under 53 in 100 free seems head scratching.

So, what happened?

swimmer
Reply to  Genevieve Nnaji
5 months ago

I think as someone has mentioned in a previous thread: her success in underwaters (i.e. fly kicks) translates to benefiting 100% of the race in fly (fly kicks are needed in fly) but only ~30% in free (assuming she gets to 15 m mark for both lengths). But in a short course race, there are more walls and therefore more underwaters in a freestyle race and she can benefit from those powerful fly kicks.

Genevieve Nnaji
Reply to  swimmer
5 months ago

This sounds plausible and I can subscribe to this theory.

CavaDore
Reply to  Genevieve Nnaji
5 months ago

It is baffling and frustrating. I don’t mean to keep moving the goalpost, but I could see her setting it at team trials for world championships next year. Or at least duplicate KD’s mid 52s.

Last edited 5 months ago by CavaDore
dg5301
Reply to  Genevieve Nnaji
5 months ago

She’s said that Todd DeSorbo has told her she can break the record, but I’ve never heard her make that prediction herself.

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