08-07-2016, 01:02 PM
We have to watch for spoilers on here -- Ledecky's "morning" swim hasn't been shown on TV here.
One of the other Rio channels had a piece on Ledecky. In it is a shot of the record board at her girl's high school, with one column being the school records and the other being the pool records. Other than the diving & relays, and the pool record in the 50 Free, all records were Ledecky's. (Ledecky's 50Fr school record 23.19 was better than the pool record.) Here 200 IM was 4 seconds slower than the pool record for the 200 Medley Relay. Here 200 Free was 0.57 seconds slower than the 200 Free Relay (with her on it). There was no 400 Free record, but her 500 Free record averaged 53.3/100yd, while the 400 Free Relay (with her on it) averaged 55.0/100yd. Classic big fish in a small pond, but she's a big fish in the biggest pond as well.
I hadn't heard that Alexander Massialas went into the Olympics ranked #1.
One of the other Rio channels had a piece on Ledecky. In it is a shot of the record board at her girl's high school, with one column being the school records and the other being the pool records. Other than the diving & relays, and the pool record in the 50 Free, all records were Ledecky's. (Ledecky's 50Fr school record 23.19 was better than the pool record.) Here 200 IM was 4 seconds slower than the pool record for the 200 Medley Relay. Here 200 Free was 0.57 seconds slower than the 200 Free Relay (with her on it). There was no 400 Free record, but her 500 Free record averaged 53.3/100yd, while the 400 Free Relay (with her on it) averaged 55.0/100yd. Classic big fish in a small pond, but she's a big fish in the biggest pond as well.
I hadn't heard that Alexander Massialas went into the Olympics ranked #1.