Another good swimming day!
340 yd in free in 7:7.5 (37’06” per mile), 1,400 in mixed free and mostly breaststroke in 35:36.3 (44’45” per mile). I made a small change to my breaststroke by drifting a little longer, and generally with 11 strokes in the 20 yard pool – a little dolphin kick at the push off.
Watching Katie swam her 4th 800 meter to gold yesterday was inspiring: she led the entire way! I did 1,040 in 21 minutes (36’28” per mile): a pretty good record for me. Don’t know why the watch doesn’t show seconds any more, which is really annoying.
1. Katie Ledecky, United States, 8:11.04
2. Ariarne Titmus, Australia, 8:12.29
3. Paige Madden (1998-), US, 8:13.00
Katie’s four 800m results from 4 Olympics:
The 2012 London game, Great Britain’s Rebecca Adlington, was the fave but came in 3rd, 8:20.32. Mireia Belmonte García was the second at 8:18.76
The swimming part of 2024 Paris Olympics is over today, with Bobby Finke (1999-) clinched 1,500 meter event, setting a world record.
Here is USA swimming gold, silver and bronze medals summary / count since 1960:
About East German drug scandal:
Case Study From 1968 to the late 1980s, the GDR doped some 9,000 athletes and gained many successes in international athletic competitions, particularly the Olympics. The GDR women’s swim team in the 1968 Olympics enjoyed the most amazing (and suspicious) success.
Not sure it’s a typo, GDR’s 1968 Olympics came in third with 2, 3, 1 that totally 6, behind second place Australia’s (3, 2, 3) 8, while US had (21, 15, 16) 52.
GDR did well in 1980 when US and 66 other nations didn’t participate; and 1988, beating US to the first place finish.
We’ve been struggling with the tennis court line sweepers ever since. Thanks lord we’ve a new one now that looks fancy or so Disney, and it works.
Playing in the evening has one disadvantage: wine and food are weighing me down – I could only play one set, and lost 2-6.
I swam in the morning 1,260 yards in 30 minutes. Did a little more after tennis – 140 in 3 minutes = 1,400 in 33 min.
My August log
