World Championship predictions are coming in thick and fast from around the swimming community. The various predictions differ on certain events and agree on others. What is becoming clear is that a lot of top swimmers are coming into this event under the radar. As a result, I decided to go through each event with David 'The Swim Geek' Rieder to come up with our own Underrated All Star rosters.
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. | MEN | Tom Willdridge | David Rieder |
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. | 50 Free | Adam Brown | Alain Bernard |
. | 100 Free | Marco DiCarli | Jason Lezak/Eamon Sullivan* |
. | 200 Free | Paul Biedermann | Danila Izotov |
. | 400 Free | Peter Vanderkaay | Paul Biedermann |
. | 800 Free | Pal Joensen | Chad LaTourette |
. | 1500 Free | Chad LaTourette | Ous Mellouli |
. | 50 Back | Liam Tancock | Liam Tancock |
. | 100 Back | David Plummer | David Plummer |
. | 200 Back | Benjamin Stasiulis | James Goddard |
. | 50 Breast | Damir Dugonjic | Fabio Scozolli |
. | 100 Breast | Christian Sprenger | Mark Gangloff |
. | 200 Breast | Eric Shanteau | Eric Shanteau |
. | 50 Fly | Milorad Cavic | Andrii Govorov |
. | 100 Fly | Jason Dunford | Tyler McGill |
. | 200 Fly | Michael Rock | Tyler Clary |
. | 200 IM | Markus Rogan | Markus Rogan |
. | 400 IM | Chengxiang Wang | David Verraszto |
. | 4 x 100 Free | Brazil | Germany |
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. | 4 x 200 Free | France | Australia |
. | 4 x 100 Medley | Japan | Russia |
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. | WOMEN | Tom Willdridge | David Rieder |
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. | 50 Free | Arianna Vanderpool-Wallace | Arianna Vanderpool-Wallace |
. | 100 Free | Arianna Vanderpool-Wallace | Britta Steffen |
. | 200 Free | Sarah Sjostrom | Allison Schmitt |
. | 400 Free | Chloe Sutton | Katie Hoff |
. | 800 Free | Kate Ziegler | Kate Ziegler |
. | 1500 Free | Grainne Murphy | Keri-Anne Payne |
. | 50 Back | Georgia Davies | Emily Seebohm |
. | 100 Back | Gemma Spofforth/Femke Heemskerk | Elizabeth Pelton |
. | 200 Back | Kirsty Coventry | Anastasia Zueva/Elizabeth Beisel |
. | 50 Breast | Leisel Jones | Rebecca Soni |
. | 100 Breast | Ji Liping | Jillian Tyler |
. | 200 Breast | Nadja Higl | Amanda Beard |
. | 50 Fly | Li Tao | Marieke Guehrer |
. | 100 Fly | Christine Magnuson | Christine Magnuson |
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. | 200 Fly | Jessica Schipper | Jessica Schipper |
. | 200 IM | Katinka Hosszu | Katinka Hosszu |
. | 400 IM | Caitlin Leverenz | Katinka Hosszu/Kirsty Coventry |
. | 4 x 100 Free | Sweden | Germany |
. | 4 x 200 Free | Great Britain | Great Britain |
. | 4 x 100 Medley | Netherlands | Sweden |
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great call with pvk on 400m free. He's been 343 in lzr and it shouldnt be a shock to see to return to that territory. However I think part of the reason we dont see many of these names is between we're only picking top 3. Many of these are solid finalists.ie. james goddard over the 'big 3' in the 200back?
ReplyDeleteHere's my pick for underrated (are we allowed only 1 swimmer per event?)
ReplyDelete50 Free Stefan Nystrand
100 Free James Magnussen
200 Free Paul Biedermann
400 Free Ryan Napoleon
800 Free Ryan Cochrane
1500 Free Chad LaTourette
50 Back Liam Tancock
100 Back Ryosuke Irie (well, if Tancock can be made underrated in 50 back..)
200 Back Tyler Clary
50 Breast Felippe Silva
100 Breast Ryo Tateishi
200 Breast Daniel Gyurta
50 Fly Steffen Deibler
100 Fly Tyler McGill
200 Fly Bence Biczo
200 IM Joseph Roebuck
400 IM David Verraszto
4 x 100 Free Germany
4 x 200 Free Australia
4 x 100 Medley Japan
Anyone doubting Peter VDK needs to watch this... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YijFWGe6czs&feature=channel_video_title
ReplyDeleteThat's some sick front-flip-touch-the-flags jump!!
ReplyDeleteMuch unfortunately, worlds does not give points for those :(
Katie Goldman 800.
ReplyDeleteNo 3 in 2010 . 8 22.9.
Reportedly in form .
I've wondered from the various pick lists that I've seen if that Alicia Coutts is underrated and that Chloe Sutton is overrated but we'll see..
ReplyDeleteDoes anyone else get the feeling that all of David Rieder's "underrated" picks aren't really underrated at all?
ReplyDeleteI think we need a tallest list.
ReplyDeleteJames Roberts .48.7 . Started training at 15 -broke 50 textile at 18.
ReplyDeleteGotta be some potential there.
I have a question about Arianna Vanderpool-Wallace.
ReplyDeleteI am trying to find her name in the 50/100 ranking lists. She's listed at #51 with 25.56 this year but nowhere listed in top 100 in 100 free.
Being a non american, maybe I am very ignorant of her? I guess she swims NCAA?
What make you guys so confident of her?
NCAA 50yards champ.
ReplyDeleteYARDS I tell you. They still exist somewhere on this earth.
Oh OK. Well I guess if she can successfully translate her yards accomplishments to LCM, she could be a potential medallist in Shanghai.
ReplyDeleteJust like Cielo.
But Cielo was already ranked world's #3 in 100 free in 2006, whereas Vanderpool-Wallace is ranked #51 in 50 free and #116 in 100 free this year.
Even if she finals, it will be a huge surprise.
She's a bit more than just the NCAA 50yds champ.
ReplyDeleteThis year she broke Natalie Coughlin's NCAA & US Open record in the 100yds Free and just missed Lara Jackson's US Open record in the 50 Free.
She also won bronze in Dubai last year at World SC, behind Kromowidjojo and Schreuder but ahead of Jessica Hardy.
And, oh yeah, she trains at Auburn with Brett Hawke and some of the world's best sprinters.
Still there are a number of girls ahead of her on the pecking order:
ReplyDeletekromowidjojo alshammar steffen velduis halsall herasemenia brandt hardy kukla.
Its fair to say that she hasnt been talked about for medal contention, but she'll have to do a lot to pass most of these women for even a spot in the finals. It might take a 24.7 or so just to get there.
Absolutely. I didn't pick Vanderpool-Wallace to medal, but as she hasn't been even close to being mentioned in any predictions so far, I say that makes her underrated. Robo-Kromo, Alshammar, Steffen, Veldhuis and Halsall have all been in various top 3's. Kukla and Brandt were both strong considerations of mine for the underrated tag, but Vanderpool-Wallace is the swimmer I would have more faith in stepping up to make a surprise podium finish.
ReplyDeletePS. I'm also a non-american, but when you take down a short course record set by arguably the greatest ever exponent of underwaters on the women's side, it's worth taking notice of.
where do we can watch live streaming? tnx in advance
ReplyDeletei think eurosport player online is one option (small fee for 1 month).
ReplyDeleteThank God I have eurosport channel in my cable. WOOHOOO!!
ReplyDeleteI cannot wait, bring on the WORLDS already!
BTw Aswim -you asked ? Aust swimmers at the LA Invitational.
ReplyDeleteIt was a o'seas trip & meet to give Olympic hopefuls a chance to compete in July. They did a similar one to Canada in 2010 & several of that team got onto the Worlds team.
NSW have a separate team as a little prezzie for some god performers.
Note the 14 year old Remy Fairweather -super talent & in a rare long distance squad. One of the club coaches is a 8.24 800 mtr swimmer herself!
Hope they get a Disneyland viiit!
Thank You for the explanation, anon!
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