2023 WORLD AQUATICS CHAMPIONSHIPS
- July 23 to 30, 2023
- Fukuoka, Japan
- Marine Messe Fukuoka
- LCM (50m)
- WORLD CHAMPS WATCH PARTY – DAILY
- Meet Central
- SwimSwam Preview Index
- Entry Book
- Live Results (Omega)
- Day 1 Prelims Live Recap | Day 1 Finals Live Recap
- Day 2 Prelims Live Recap | Day 2 Finals Live Recap
- Day 3 Prelims Live Recap | Day 3 Finals Live Recap
- Day 4 Prelims Live Recap | Day 4 Finals Live Recap
- Day 5 Prelims Live Recap | Day 5 Finals Live Recap
- Day 6 Prelims Live Recap | Day 6 Finals Live Recap
After helping Team USA to a silver medal finish in the 800 free relay, Texas teammates Carson Foster and Luke Hobson gave perspective on their time in Fukuoka. Both athletes swam more races than they ever had at a senior international meet, with Foster swimming 3 individual events plus this relay and Hobson swimming the 200 free individually plus the relay.
I hope American fans don’t gloss over the fact that Foster is just the 5th guy post Phelps/Lochte in international competition to touch a 1:44 either flying or flat
Haas
Pieroni
Smith
Hobson
I think…..
Either way a fantastic swim and with 3 active swimmer who can go 1:44 on a relay they are in the hunt for the WR in Paris
Rowdy correctly notes that the US’ margin for error is close to zero given the Brit’s times. Can the US find another 1:44 split? Kibler and Mitchell are both close. Lots of young talent on the rise. Already looking forward to this race in Paris. GB the clear favorites to win and chase the… Read more »
Kibler was 1:45.0 last year, so you have to imagine he’s still got a 1:44 split in him. Mitchell was almost 1:44 as well.
Great Britain is the favorite as we head into Paris, but the U.S. team can actually very strongly challenge them at the Olympics as was shown last night.
Couple of points
1. Carson has a LOT to be proud of with that swim. He really bounced back after a couple of so so swims. And his split of 1:44.49 was 0.4 faster than Marchand’s 1:44.89, which has to feel good especially after how Marchand almost chased him down in their NCAA anchor legs of the 4×200
2. Just doing the math, if Luke managed to swim his 200 free semifinal time of 1:44.70, on paper they beat the Brits by 0.36 and win the gold. The race is dynamic so who knows how the other legs would play out… Read more »
I agree and it made me wonder if US Trials should mimic the heats, semis and finals concept so that the rookies aren’t learning on the fly on the big stage. It seemed like Carson was so used to heats and finals in typical meets that he left his best 200 fly and IM in the semis and spent too much emotional energy before even getting to the finals.
Nice get and a really thoughtful interview. I had the same thought watching Hobson swim, it looked like he got a bit caught up with everyone else in the middle 100 and faded at the end as a result.