[stefl14]

Why don't people understand that it's relatively normal for young athletes to succeed in swimming. It's not possible in other sports but for some reason it is in swimming - just accept it. With that said - massive under performance to not even get a silver.

[battycatlady]

Naww shame for Becky Adlington. I love her <3

And wooo! Liam Pitchford, who lives on the same street as me, is playing table tennis right now! He's behind at the moment, for fingers crossed he'll pull it back

[Peggles_*]

(Original post by TM94)
She's three years younger than me

I could probably do 100m in breast-stroke and have to stop because I'd be bloody knackered.

This.

Her, Gabby Douglas and Ye Shiwen are just a few youngsters who are bossing the Olympics, I'M 18 AND I'VE DONE **** ALL!

[the.cookie.monster]

Well I don't suppose her performance will be questioned even though she knocked 20 seconds off her personal best >__> Yeah I know its double the distance but still *sigh*

well done becky, felt so bad when she was trying to defend the fact she got bronze, you're still awesome ^^

[TM94]

mmm Ennis...

[Drewski]

(Original post by FuzzySheep)
I think they're hinting about suspicion already?

I think it's more pre-emptive this time. As if to say "see, it happens more than you'd think, it's not that crazy".


And Murray's still winning the tennis.

[madders94]

Victory is always harder when you lose.

Say what, Mark Foster??

[lilabs]

Kind of cool how all the youngsters are kicking ass, it's sort of the whole motto for London 2012 isn't it?

[FuzzySheep]

(Original post by Drewski)
I think it's more pre-emptive this time. As if to say "see, it happens more than you'd think, it's not that crazy".


And Murray's still winning the tennis.

Yeah, you're right. I guess they're just really amazing athletes!

[Xotol]

I wonder, with all these young swimmers coming out of nowhere and performing incredibly (Shiwen, Franklin and ledecky), it's more sensible to assume that 15/16/17 year olds can do this rather than stocking up on PED. It's unbelievable but it doesn't seem to be impossible.

[Hood_Man]

(Original post by lilabs)
Kind of cool how all the youngsters are kicking ass, it's sort of the whole motto for London 2012 isn't it?

I was just thinking the same thing, the next generation really has been inspired this year

[Casshern1456]

(Original post by Miracle Day)


FFS

I think we've all come to realise, the US swimming team is in actual fact Fishes.

[secretmessages]

Back into fourth on the medals table

[wenger16]

Jessica enis is bhum

[PGtips]

Wow Katie Ledecky's swim was absolutely dominant. Teenagers are really dominating at swimming.

[stefl14]

(Original post by lilabs)
Kind of cool how all the youngsters are kicking ass, it's sort of the whole motto for London 2012 isn't it?

Only in swimming really where young success isn't rare. You won't see 15 year olds winning athletic events let me tell you!

[lilabs]

(Original post by Hood_Man)
I was just thinking the same thing, the next generation really has been inspired this year

Really quite mad!

[Miracle Day]

(Original post by Casshern1456)
I think we've all come to realise, the US swimming team is in actual fact Fishes.

Hopefully after this we'll invest alot into swimming. If it wasn't for swimming we'd beat Team USA

[Malevolent]

As a few others have mentioned it's purely a mental thing.

People who've never done competitive swimming training don't realise what a mentally draining sport it is. The training is incredibly boring compared to most other sports and coupled with the early starts it takes a lot of willpower to keep yourself motivated. Once that starts to wane even a little you're finished. Don't underestimate how hard it is to get up on a freezing cold winter morning knowing you're about to jump in some water for two hours.

Combine that with the fact that you have to start at a really young age to get to Olympic level and it's not surprising many get burnt out by their early 20'
I did it for about 13 years until my late teens (much lower level obviously) and I'd put myself through 100 back-to-back footy preseasons before I'd ever get back in the pool.

Although Female swimmers should mature physically quicker then guys, same can be said for sports like Gymnastics and Tennis.

[Deshi]

(Original post by Casshern1456)
I think we've all come to realise, the US swimming team is in actual fact Fishes.

If only there were that many events in the cycling