In this video Gold Medal Mel Stewart predicts a US victory over France.
The big question for the U.S. is who will swim in the 800m free relay and in what order? Obviously Michael Phelps and Ryan Lochte will swim in the evening. The rest is up for grabs. Ricky Berens, who qualified third in the 200 free at Trials, may swim in the evening only, leaving the fourth spot to the guy who swims the fastest in prelims. The prelim swimmers are likely to be Conor Dwyer, Matt McLean and Charlie Houchin and possibly Peter Vanderkaay as well based on his bronze medal in the 400m free. Those four should be fast enough to put the USA in the finals in a good lane.
What will be the order for the finals? I think the coaches will stick with the historical order of Phelps first and Lochte last with Berens and the fourth swimmer swimming second and third. This likely will pit Lochte against Agnel again. Will the third time be a charm?
Edit: Oops I forgot about Davis Tarwater! Don't know how I could do that, especially since I was cheering for him to make the team at Trials. The US team of Houchin, McLean, Tarwater and Dwyer (in that order) did so well in prelims and placed the US in lane 4 for the finals. Dwyer had the best time, which should put him on tonight's relay with Lochte, Phelps and Berens. Here are the prelim times:
I got Houchin 1:48.22, McLean 1:46.68, Tarwater 1:46.33, Dwyer 1:45.52. RTEdit again to add this link:@joelwilson92@yahooforde What were the American splits?
— Pat Forde (@YahooForde) July 31, 2012
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