Forget all that,you went to Oxford?
No, Cambridge for me.
I donât know why everyone seems so surprised by that 
Because I grew up Wells and didnât even go to Strode College. 
Does anyone know when the 1500m heat runs & if itâs televised?
Looks to be on the British swimming YouTube channel from 7pm
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Iâm surprised she has been allowed to swim, surely you had to be already known. Her last time was May 2019 where she went 17.24 which I doubt is even close to being competitive, almost lapped! Iâll add that her stroke is very choppy now, assume sheâs adapted more to higher cadence and strength for the Kona swirls so will tire as the swim builds. Suppose it depends on her training, if she has focused for a good few months who knows. Sheâs swum 16s 7 or 8 years back so if she has that form it may go better.
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Looks like menâs 1500 just starting and womenâs next.
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Interesting to watch this as Toby Robinson who just came second used to race triathlon in the Midlands as a tristar/junior.
Really impressive from LCB there.
Beat me to it. Impressive but I wonder if either of them will get another chance to meet the qualification time.
I had the sound off, what is the British swimming qualification times, theyâve met the IOCâs times havenât they?
Probably not the right thread, do we need a misc pro thread?
Anyway, looks like Skipper finished 9th in Florida 70.3 today, going on the splits he was up with the leaders out of T2 and had a decent swim.
But a 1:23 run would suggest something didnât go right? He should be comfortably quicker than that?
Given previous form, did it include a penalty?
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No looking at the splits he was just 30 secs/mile slower than most around him, more than that vs Aernouts and Hanson who ran to first and second.
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The commentator said they were outside the âconsiderationâ times
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The splits I saw following the race he was 3 mins off the front into T2?
Sorry, I canât add up and missed one, although he was only about 30s behind Aernauts who ran through to win.
2019 spring and summer champs only one women broke 17, and LCB 17:24 would have placed 6th is what had me questioning current strength. Watched her at the recent super league and agree her stroke was very choppy, clearly put a lot of focus on deliberately losing the pool technique to move to OW.
Impressive for LCB to place second with 16:46, and maybe I should stop there rather than be an armchair trollâŚbut context would be that British Swimming set consideration time of 16:04 so inclined to believe her/Reece when they say intention for entering trials was never to realistically qualify but just for chance to compete. Theyâll have known she would never break 16, but is exciting for her next Kona record if she holds that form.
Also as follow up to discussion above, Britain took 30 swimmers (inc synchro and OW) to Rio and 27 cyclists.
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Not even in the same continent, sub 16.04 iirc was required, so about 40 odd seconds and over a minute down on Ledeckyâs time this year.
I was impressed, hung in there during the tough 500m-1k section. I thought sheâd get it with 100 to go but her desiel engine v pure swimmer cost her in the end.
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