[Sakibomb25]

Ugh, that sounds awful. I hope she can take a well-deserved break soon.

I hope Simone Manuel qualifies in the 50 Free and can't take a break for 6 weeks or so.

Being out 3 weeks in April would be a bigger effect on the longer races, but shouldn't be too bad an effect on a 100 and less on a 50.  However, she complains about not having speed.

"Overtraining syndrome" sounds like a diagnosis one gets when they can't find a physical problem, so the best guess is something that can't be tested.  I'm not saying she doesn't have a physical problem.  We've all heard of people that go through diagnosis after diagnosis as they search to find a doctor that can figure it out.  (And I'm not suggesting that the doctors are not good, just that the human body sometimes manifests symptoms in unexpected ways.  I don't know if she had COVID, but it has been blamed for a number of strange symptoms.)

From the article, and from her facial reaction to not making the 100 final, it seems she still wants to swim & do well.  I wish her well and hope that she is able to come back in 3 years for 2024.

Covid . . . again?  C'mon now.

I am not sure why you find this so hard to believe. Yes, some athletes are performing well… but a lot of people expected to do well have done terribly. Look at Leah Smith. Look at Nathan Adrian. And while she did qualify for four events, the times for Katie Ledecky be have been rather pedestrian. The ability to train has definitely hit the athletes harder than you or I could ever have imagined. Not to mention, the times are not as fast as you would imagine them to be at this juncture.

[Sakibomb25]

Ugh, that sounds awful. I hope she can take a well-deserved break soon.

I hope Simone Manuel qualifies in the 50 Free and can't take a break for 6 weeks or so.

Being out 3 weeks in April would be a bigger effect on the longer races, but shouldn't be too bad an effect on a 100 and less on a 50.  However, she complains about not having speed.

"Overtraining syndrome" sounds like a diagnosis one gets when they can't find a physical problem, so the best guess is something that can't be tested.  I'm not saying she doesn't have a physical problem.  We've all heard of people that go through diagnosis after diagnosis as they search to find a doctor that can figure it out.  (And I'm not suggesting that the doctors are not good, just that the human body sometimes manifests symptoms in unexpected ways.  I don't know if she had COVID, but it has been blamed for a number of strange symptoms.)

From the article, and from her facial reaction to not making the 100 final, it seems she still wants to swim & do well.  I wish her well and hope that she is able to come back in 3 years for 2024.

Covid . . . again?  C'mon now.

I am not sure why you find this so hard to believe. Yes, some athletes are performing well… but a lot of people expected to do well have done terribly. Look at Leah Smith. Look at Nathan Adrian. And while she did qualify for four events, the times for Katie Ledecky be have been rather pedestrian. The ability to train has definitely hit the athletes harder than you or I could ever have imagined. Not to mention, the times are not as fast as you would imagine them to be at this juncture.