Summer Tokyo 2021 - Swimming

[Kram]

Heres Basil!

Oh what I would do to have Dennis Cometti and Brooksy teamed up again to call the swimming.

 

[RussellEbertHandball]

Japan times so hour behind AEST Aussies on tonight

7.19pm 400m IM men heat 4 of 4 Brendon Smith

7.35pm 100m Fly women heat 5 of 5 Emma Mckeon and Brianna Throssell

8.00pm 400m Free men heat 5 of 5 Elijah Winnington and Jack McLoughlin

Women's 400m IM 3 heats between 8.12 and 8.25 no Aussies

8.37pm 100m Breast men heat 6 of 7 Matthew Wilson

8.48pm 4x100m Free women heat 2 OZ, Canada and Netherlands in this heat USA in heat 1.

 

[CakeEater]

Bad puns from Basil about swimmers names-1

 

[CakeEater]

Oh what I would do to have Dennis Cometti and Brooksy teamed up again to call the swimming.

Well We all know what happened to Brooksy

 

[catstorm]

How did lee make the team, I though we were only sending athletes that had a time fast enough to make finals.

 

[CakeEater]

The Nz swimmer obviously been practicing his breast stroke on the sheep.....

 

[GreyCrow]

The Nz swimmer obviously been practicing his breast stroke on the sheep.....

Didnt they take a plane?

 

[pepsi]

Fantastic swim by Smith!

 

[Clubs are trumps]

Wow Smith was never in front until the last 50m

 

[CakeEater]

The Japanese Wc stuffed it there

 

[damochandler]

Smiths 1st 50 in the free was brilliant

 

[RussellEbertHandball]

Well done Brendon - a PB fastest time and chance to win a medal.

 

[Kram]

Nailed the final turn and flew home.

 

[catstorm]

That’s a huge choke from the Japanese swimmer wow.

 

[CakeEater]

Well done Brendon - a PB fastest time and chance to win a medal.

How do you reckon he will go, he'll be in L4?

 

[gbear]

What a performance by Brendon Smith, fastest qualifier and all.

 

[RussellEbertHandball]

How do you reckon he will go, he'll be in L4?

He's a chance to medal and could do better. He's young so maybe no fear.

Tokyo 2020 Olympic Swimming Previews: Daiya Seto Seeks 400 IM Redemption

Japan's Daiya Seto is primed to make a statement in the men's 400m IM, making up for lost time with his 2020 ethics suspension.

swimswam.com

Dark Horse
Just last month Australia’s Brendon Smith dropped out of the sky as another potential podium-crasher. Before this year’s Aussie Olympic Trials the 20-year-old Nunawading athlete had barely broken the 4:15 barrier in the 4IM, owning a PB of 4:14.91 from 2 years ago. But he chose the right time to shine, qualifying for the Olympic Games in a new Aussie record of 4:10.04 and throwing his swim cap in the ring to at least make the final if not surprise the field for a minor medal.

Smith was 1 of only 2 Australians to compete in last year’s ISL season, though the Australians had more high level racing opportunities than most of the world’s elite swimmers in 2020.

 

[BGman]

How do you reckon he will go, he'll be in L4?

Room for improvement too..in the breast stroke.. both he and the young Asian Aussie in first heat.

 

[JackNah_8]

Carn COzzies

Great start

 

[Clubs are trumps]

Damn Australian record. Move over Susie O'Neil!

 

[RussellEbertHandball]

Another PB, Another Oz record - for McKeon this time. Hope they can transfer it to morning swims

 

[Nuggetz]

I swear on replay Emma hit the wall before the Chinese swimmer

 

[BGman]

I swear on replay Emma hit the wall before the Chinese swimmer

Me too. Still in prime position for the semi is Emma

 

[JackNah_8]

I swear on replay Emma hit the wall before the Chinese swimmer

Yes thought the same

 

[Clubs are trumps]

Unpopular opinion, Basil is not too bad commentating the swimming. Thorpe's a bit wet behind the ears but he will settle in with time.