After failing to make the U.S. Olympic Team Trials standard in his preliminary heat, Garcia knew the 200-meter backstroke final of the YCF Summer Solstice Invitational June 17 was his only remaining opportunity to qualify in the event. “I’m really looking forward to seeing the atmosphere and pool that I keep hearing about and experiencing what Olympic Trials is all about”. She says that she and her coach, Bruce Gemmell of Nation’s Capital, have yet to decide on the 400 IM, which swims Sunday.
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Finally, a blunt reply from the American.
“I feel very good about the U.S. Trials”. A steady stream of revelations – most notably, allegations that the Russians have been running a state-sponsored system of cheating – raises concerns among those who insist they’re doing everything by the book.
“The event has grown so much that they have to have it in big arenas now”, Bader said.
“It’s the biggest threat to who should win the medals, it’s the biggest threat to the integrity of the Games”.
Alexander said she trains eight to nine times each week in the pool for about two and a half hours at a time, plus weightlifting sessions throughout the week. WADA is conducting further research of the endurance-boosting drug meldonium, which was added to the list of banned substances at the start of the year.
“The months after I broke my finger up until now have been full of some really intense training, especially in the weight room and I can’t wait to see it pay off in Omaha”.
“Once I got here to college I realized I’m stacking up against these fast girls that go to NCAAs for swimming and go to (Olympic) trials”, said Van Lanen, who will fly to Omaha on Sunday. “It’s mostly the small things that matter just to make the Olympic team in general”.
“We got there and the lifeguards had no idea who we were”, Marsh said. He holds Olympic Trial qualifying times in five events: 100 m and 200 m Breaststroke, 200 m and 400 m Individual Medley, and 400 m Freestyle. Most notably: Ye went faster than Ryan Lochte, victor of the same event for the men, over the final freestyle lap.
China Swimming denied any cover-up, announcing in March that two of three swimmers who tested positive for clenbuterol had been let off with warnings, while three swimmers who tested positive for a banned diuretic were awaiting hearings. Some complained she was the victim of a racist-tinged smear campaign led by Western media organizations.
Only when she dived into the water did her skin begin to tingle.
She won both backstroke titles in London and five golds at the 2013 world championships. “I had a lot of fun and they knew I was going for it, so they were hooting and hollering”.
But both said anti-doping officials globally need more resources and scope for “investigative” procedures beyond testing of individual athletes, such as following up on allegations by whistle-blowers. ‘ ” said David Brown, president and CEO of the Greater Omaha Chamber of Commerce and a member of the Omaha Sports Commission board of directors.
“We always have to be better than each other and nothing hurts more than losing to him”, Hayden said.
“She’s done things that I’ve never seen”, Mitchel said. “I feel like last time I competed, it was just to say that I went and swam”.
Based on past performance, the best bets to make the team for this summer’s Games in Brazil are three of Collins’ 24-year-old swimmers from out of the area, Pittsburgh’s Lindsey Vrooman (swimming the 200, 400 and 800 free), Zane Grothe (200, 400 and 1,500 free) and Cody Miller (100 and 200 breaststroke).
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“I’ve met him before and standing next to him was like, ‘Wow, you’re huge, ‘ ” Hein said. “I played traditional sports in school and swimming wasn’t one of them”, Robbie teased.
