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Arrow Swimming Discussion Thread [World Championships: 23rd - 30th July]


Discuss all the action from the pool here

Heats will be taking place from 17:00 through 19:30 while the semis and finals will be from 02:00 till 4:00. All times BST
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Hosszu to be the star this time around, 4 Golds at least
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So perched.

Let's hope Team GB live up to their potential this time.
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Is it confirmed Phelps is returning?
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Yes, he's got a much shorter program though. 100 and 200 fly, the 200 medley and the 4x100 freestyle relay

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Just watching the 2012 Olympics, so weird seeing Siobhan Marie O'Connor participating as a 17 year old just there for the experience and now she is on for at least a silver
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Max Litchfield 2nd in the 400m medley heat #3
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Peaty with the world record
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The fact that they start and finish on the right instead of the left feels odd
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Anyway Peaty was glorious Miley and Willmott qualified for the 400 medley final too, which is at 2:49
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Hopefully by the time I wake up tomorrow we will have our first medal ^_^
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Here's tonight's events GB wise:

2:03 - Men's 400m IM final (feat. Max Litchfield)
2:30 - Men's 400m freestyle final (feat. James Guy)
2:49 - Women's 400m IM final (feat. Hannah Miley & Aimee Willmott)
3:08 - Men's 100m breaststroke semi-finals (feat. Adam Peaty & Ross Murdoch)
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Hopefully James was saving himself for the final and can medal
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Tough ask for anyone apart from Peaty medalling
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But Peaty is nearly 100% getting gold so that will do
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I have faith James Guy will someshow snatch a bronze
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I'm not just having one bloody gold medal all bloody games from swimming
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Don't think we got even 1 Gold at London in the swimming? I remember it took us til Day 5 to actually win a Gold so at least one tonight we will be ahead of where we were in London after Day 1
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Look at all these Japanese taking over the pool
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a Jap 1-2 coming up
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It's only the semis for Adam tonight you flop. He's on in the early hours of tomorrow, I'm going to miss it because I'm working early on Monday
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That Seto could have drowned and let us have bronze, so selfish.
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