Melbourne 2006 - Day 5

[Chris]

23:00 - Men's 50m Freestyle
23:17 - Women's 200m Backstroke
23:33 - Men's 100m EAD Freestyle
23:44 - Men's 1500m Freestyle
00:23 - Women's 400m Freestyle
00:45 - Men's 200m Individual Medley

[june]

Caitlin M:) cclatchey to win gold in 400free in a new world record ???? possibility....

[Chris]

Caitlin M:) cclatchey to win gold in 400free in a new world record ???? possibility....

:fingers:

[Katie]

And hopefully Jo Jackson will medal as well, she really deserves it!

[Baker]

Foster to under perform. Or in my view, just perform to expectations (not very well)

[Katie]

Mel Marshall to have a good go at the 200 back?? I think she's got a good chance, although we don't know how Fargus is swimming, and Sophie Edington's doing really well so far.

[OutsideBurner]

Its a shame Burnett can't compete in the 50. I think he would have had a chacne at breaking the world record!

[Pink Paraffin]

Its a shame Burnett can't compete in the 50. I think he would have had a chacne at breaking the world record!

The Nigerians are quite good I believe here Mr Burner (he he he)

[Sush]

Foster to under perform. Or in my view, just perform to expectations (not very well)

Expect so

[OutsideBurner]

The Nigerians are quite good I believe here Mr Burner (he he he)

Yes they also like their Guiness as well i hear!!

[fastest1]

Foster to under perform. Or in my view, just perform to expectations (not very well)

I don't know about everyone else, but i'm hoping Foster swims well and puts in a good performance. Why? Because he's on Team England and they deserve and need our support. Negative comments like that probably don't help. Have a nice day.

:)

[Baker]

I do hope he does well... I just don't think he will

[Chris]

Mens 50m Freestyle

Heat 1 - Won by Onan Thom of Guyana in 24.31

Heat 2 - Jointly won by Ian Hubert in 25.13, Jeremy Osborne 3rd in 25.17, Ben Lowndes 4th in 25.33 :D

Heat 3 - Won by Christopher Vythoulkas of Bahamas in 24.84

Heat 4 - Won by Brent Hayden of Canada in 22.52, Alexis Militis 5th in 24.31

Heat 5 - Won by Brett Hawke of Australia in 22.72, Mark Foster 2nd in 22.91, Christopher Cozens 4th in 23.14, Owen Morgan 6th in 23.71

Heat 6 - Won by Roland Schoeman of South Africa in 22.47, Craig Houston 4th in 23.31

[Chris]

Womens 200m Backstroke

Heat 1 - Won by Tayliah Zimmer of Australia in 2.14.38, Katy Sexton 2nd in 2.14.69, Lorna Smith 3rd in 2.16.42, Melanie Nocher 4th in 2.18.00

Heat 2 - Won by Melanie Marshall in 2.12.43, Olivia Rawlinson 5th in 2.27.11

Heat 3 - Won by Jo Fargus (now) of Australia (!!!) in 2.10.84, Emily Crookall-Nixon 5th in 2.26.14

[Pete]

Phew! Very pleased Owen made the semis (just). Not his best but he has the chance to go faster.:flash: :cheers: Need to find a TV at work to watch semis.

[Chris]

Mens 100m Freestyle EAD

Heat 1 - Won by Daniel Sharp of New Zealand in 58.32, Matthew Walker 3rd in 1.05.33

Heat 2 - Won by Brian Hill of Canada in 59.58, David Roberts 3rd in 1.03.62

Heat 3 - Won by Benoit Huot of Canada in 54.42, Jonathan Cummings 7th in 1.18.99

[Chris]

Settle down with a good book .... we could be here for a long time with this 1500 free!

This speed could well play into Jonny Le Noury's hands ..... he's the 9th fastest of 9, and if this heat goes too slow they might open the door for him ...... perhaps!

Mingzhe Cheah ..... this is your chance to let Jonny swim a final!

[Chris]

Mens 1500m Freestyle

Heat 1 - Won by Andrew Hurd of Canada in 15.46.87

Heat 2 - Won by David Davies in 15.21.60, Jonny Le Noury 5th in 16.38.61

Whilst Jonny did a huge long course PB he unfortunately didn't make the final :cry:

[Chris]

Womens 400m Freestyle

Heat 1 - Won by Joanne Jackson in 4.11.77, Jazmin Carlin 3rd in 4.22.01

Heat 2 - Won by Rebecca Cooke in 4.13.13

Heat 3 - Won by Caitlin McClatchey in 4.12.35

[Chris]

Mens 200m I.M.

Heat 1 - Won by Brian Johns of Canada in 2.03.38, David Carry 2nd in 2.05.04, Tom Hollingsworth 4th in 2.10.88 :D, Jeremy Osborne 6th in 2.16.65 :D

Heat 2 - Won by Dean Kent of New Zealand in 2.02.65, Euan Dale 3rd in 2.04.35, Thomas Haffield 4th in 2.09.31, Ben Lowndes 7th in 2.17.65

Heat 3 - Won by Leith Brodie of Australia in 2.02.74, Gregor Tait 2nd in 2.02.79, Dan Halksworth 4th in 2.11.15

[Chris]

Another session over.

The womens 400m freesytle is gonna be a very exciting final. Womens 200m backstroke - can Mel Marshall win it? David Davies - what time can he do without serious competition? Mens 50 Free - Mark Foster, yes or no? Mens 200 I.M. .... More metal for Scotland??

[Sean Piper]

Not up to speed on this... but why isn't Simon Burnett swimming the 50m??

I would have loved to see how fast he could go. Judging by his 100m swim I would've thought a sub-22 was possible!

- Sean

[mad4it]

Simon Burnett flew back to the US today to represent his University at the NCAA Championships so unfortunately won't be racing in the 50m Freestyle or presumably the 4x100m Medley relay.

[Sean Piper]

Ok... bummer!

[Katie]

HOW many fly kicks did (I think it was) Darren Mew do??? About 6?? Still... excellent stuff :D

[Chris]

Mens 50m Breaststroke final ....

Chris Cook 1st
Darren Mew 2nd

James Gibson 4th (missed 3rd by 0.04!)

:thumb:

[Linny]

HOW many fly kicks did (I think it was) Darren Mew do??? About 6?? Still... excellent stuff :DIt was pretty shocking that one.

[Chris]

By the way .... Gold for Papua New Guinea!!!

How many gold's have they ever had? Well done to Ryan Pini in the 100m fly! Those medal placings were pretty tight.

And a shame the home nations couldn't get anyone into the womens 50m fresstyle final, but yet another 1/2/3 for Australia! And Alison Sheppard's Games Record has gone as well .....

[Chris]

200m Back

1st for Jo Fargus
2nd for Mel
3rd Hannah McLean

[Chris]

Strong swim for Owen Morgan in the first semi-final of the 50m freestyle, but it's not gonna be good enough for the final.

In fact, Chris Cozens is probably gonna struggle to get in ....

New Games Record for Breet Hawke, and not a bad swim for Mr. Foster ..... 22.61 ..... can he do anything in the final to go out with a bang?

[Chris]

Womens 100m Breaststroke

World Record for Leisel Jones!!!!

And a bronze (and must be a British/Scottish record) for Kirsty Balfour!!!!

[Pink Paraffin]

HOW many fly kicks did (I think it was) Darren Mew do??? About 6?? Still... excellent stuff :D


Cheating, nothing more, nothing less

[mad4it]

Excellent session!! Outstanding performances from the Home Nations tonight, in particular Caitlin in the 400m Freestyle, to come back so strong was awesome, great race from Jo Jackson and the 16-year-old Australian Bronte Barratt. Also Liam Tancock & Gregor Tait in the 100m Backstroke and then Gregor again in the 200m Individual Medley - 6 Golds for Scotland?! Who'd have thought!
World Record for Leisel Jones, amazing swim, completely dominates the rest of the world in Breaststroke and to win the 50, 100 & 200 is awesome. Great 1.07.83 for Kirsty to yes break both British & Scottish Record and Kate & Kerry finishing 6th & 8th.

Gutted that Todd didn't medal in the 100m Butterfly but an outstanding swim from the Papua New Guinea swimmer to take the gold.. do we reckon he was actually born there or he's got a relative?!

Great result for Mel to take the Silver in the 200m Backstroke, Sexton nowhere near finishing in 8th in 2:15.

Impressive Womens 4x100m Freestyle Relay with the Australians just missing the WR but finishing over 6 seconds ahead of Team England who took Silver with an amazing final leg for Fran Halsall, and bronze for Canada.

:D :D

[ringer]

Excellent session!! Outstanding performances from the Home Nations tonight...

...Impressive Womens 4x100m Freestyle Relay ...with Team England who took Silver with an amazing final leg for Fran Halsall

:D :D

Noted a 0.07 takeover on Fran Halsall's anchor leg....such a fine line between success and (the other) Fantastic swims from all 4.

[ruthcp]

I do hope he does well... I just don't think he will

Certainly seems to have proved you wrong, which is good!! :king:

[Phil Tanner]

I read the online versions of the Papua New Guinea papers every day and Ryan Pini's name has certainly featured there for a couple of years. I'd be amazed if he actually trains in PNG, but it's not a swimming nationality he acquired only recently.

[DAK]

Certainly seems to have proved you wrong, which is good!! :king:

He's not proven anything yet, making the final in 22.6 is no massive acheivment for Foster.

If he medals then that would be a good acheivment so heres hoping....

[Ivor]

I read the online versions of the Papua New Guinea papers every day and Ryan Pini's name has certainly featured there for a couple of years. I'd be amazed if he actually trains in PNG, but it's not a swimming nationality he acquired only recently.

According to Andy and Aidy he trains in Australia.

Maybe Claire Balding will be able to offer a detailed insight into his situation?

[ruthcp]

He's not proven anything yet, making the final in 22.6 is no massive acheivment for Foster.

If he medals then that would be a good acheivment so heres hoping....

Even if he does medal, someone somewhere (and I'm not saying it would necessarily be you or have any one in particular in mind) will have something negative to say about it! :confused:
People seem to love to hate him for some reason!!

[DAK]

Even if he does medal, someone somewhere (and I'm not saying it would necessarily be you or have any one in particular in mind) will have something negative to say about it! :confused:
People seem to love to hate him for some reason!!

True, I just think by his own high standards making a Commonwealth final is nothing special and should be expected.

I think the reason people don't like him is because he moaned a lot about not making the team for the last Olympics and Worlds as he wasn't good enough to make the time. He also makes some bold statements without backing them up.

Hope he gets a medal though.

[fastest1]

I think the reason people don't like him is because he moaned a lot about not making the team for the last Olympics and Worlds as he wasn't good enough to make the time. He also makes some bold statements without backing them up.


I'm a big Foster fan, and was gutted when i heard he was to retire (even though it was blatantly obvious the end was near). But i think what you've commented on here is pretty much spot on. I think he should have gone to the Olympics (but lets not get into that now!) and he has made some statements that have made me cringe, e.g declaring that no one would get near to his 50 free LC record, then having it broken three days later by Burnett. I just hope people look back on his career and remember him as one of the greats of the sport. I hope he does the magic in the final tomorrow.....

[otter cub]

They said yesterday that Ryan Pini, lives and trains in Australia however i'm guessing that he is almost certainly a true Papua New Guineaen as he was singing along to the National Anthem during the medal presentations!:rainbow:

It was an awesome swim to take Papua New Guinea's first ever Commonwealth swimming medal. I think its probably also the closest finish to a race we've since during these championships, as virtually anyone of the 8 finalists could have won going into the last 5m!

[lane4]

They said yesterday that Ryan Pini, lives and trains in Australia
I heard that he has been living and training in Brisbane for several years now.

[Haddock]

For those of you outwith Scotland and have Sky you may want to have a look at BBC1 Scotland at 7PM tonight.
A review of the first 5 days of the Scottish team.
Hopefully some interviews etc. with the swim team.

[mad4it]

Thanks for bringing that up Haddock, I'd seen it advertised ages ago and had completely forgotten about it. They'll have a lot more to talk about on the programme than they probably expected! :)

[Bogbloke]

HOW many fly kicks did (I think it was) Darren Mew do??? About 6?? Still... excellent stuff :D

I thought i was seeing things lol, are you allowed to do that many?

[Bogbloke]

sorry stupid me, i didnt read the other thread regarding this, please ignore me

[Phil Tanner]

If anyone wants to see how the Papua New Guinea press reacts to Pini's gold tomorrow, take a look at:

http://www.thenational.com.pg/
or
http://www.postcourier.com.pg/

I think they usually publish in the small hours UK time.

[Steve]

They said yesterday that Ryan Pini, lives and trains in Australia however i'm guessing that he is almost certainly a true Papua New Guineaen as he was singing along to the National Anthem during the medal presentations!:rainbow:

It was an awesome swim to take Papua New Guinea's first ever Commonwealth swimming medal. I think its probably also the closest finish to a race we've since during these championships, as virtually anyone of the 8 finalists could have won going into the last 5m!
According to the Aussie press, Ryan Pini was born in Port Moresby (PNG's capital I believe) and only moved to Brisbane when he was 18. His parents still live in PNG and Ryan returns there 3 or 4 times each year. Although he no doubt benefits from the facilities in Australia (PNG has one very old 50m pool apparently) and speaks with an Aussie accent, there's no question that he is anything onther than a true PNG swimmer - no flag of convenience for him!

[Phil Tanner]

He was on the frot and back pages of the Post-courier yesterday, and this is from today's:

"Gold medal winning swimming sensation Ryan Pini was speechless at the response of his fellow Papua New Guineans to his victory at the Commonwealth Games in Melbourne on Monday night. In an exclusive phone interview with the Post-Courier yesterday, Pini said he was: “Still trying to take in everything after Monday night’s absolute glory.” When Pini was told that thousands of Papua New Guineans who took time out to watch him race went berserk on the streets upon his victory, he was speechless for few seconds. After a pause, he said: “Oh really . . . that’s something amazing. “I’m a surprised . . . astounded. “Mate it’s an emotional time for me and I can’t wait to get back to PNG. “Oh . . . it’s unbelievable and I will see everyone when I get back on Monday.” Pini’s golden win has captured many hearts as thousands flooded the radio stations and media outlets with congratulatory messages."

[Chris]

(PNG has one very old 50m pool apparently) ...

At least they have one!!!

Can't see Guernsey ever getting one .... :cry:

[EssBee]

At least they have one!!!

Can't see Guernsey ever getting one .... :cry:

I'm sorry to say I agree with you there Chris. An opportunity lost when they refurbished Beau Sejour:banghead:

EssBee
:wave: