thorpe makes backstroke semis

[Steve]

Ian thorpe made teh backstorke semis at theri trials in 8th placed - how slow were these times though? 16th place swam 1:00.16 :eek: I suspect that they'll go a bit faster tonight....

full story (http://www.swimming.org.au/news/news_item.cfm?ObjectID=6631&tMeetID=754)

Results:

1 VIC Matt Welsh 57.01 -
2 VIC Ray Hass 57.29 -
3 NSW Andrew Burns 57.39 -
4 NSW Ethan Rolff 57.48 -
5 QLD Daniel Blackborrow 57.74 -
6 QLD Ashley Anderson 57.91 -
7 WA Matthew Spicer 57.93 -
8 NSW Ian Thorpe 58.20

[Bazza]

1 Matt Welsh 55.37
2 Leigh McBean 56.49
3 Ethan Rolff 56.58
4 Ian Thorpe 56.63
5 Ray Hass 56.98
6 Daniel Blackborrow 57.12
7 Andrew Burns 57.18
8 Matthew Spicer 57.35
9 Beau Mannix 57.51
10 Ashley Anderson 58.60
11 Adam Beaton 58.81
12 Ryan Pini 59.08
13 Liam Short 59.26
14 David Muller 59.91
15 Mark Bush 59.94
16 Rahmin De Kretser 59.95

Semi results above. Thorpe looking good? They did go faster, but not massively, and 59.9 came 14th. What was Swimbabe saying about depth....?:D

[Aussiebabe]

Just come back from tonights session. Bazzaroodoo's already pointed out Thorpe made the 100Bk final, but what impressed us was this came about 5mins after he won gold in the 100f/c!! (He literally walked back from this presentation straight to behind the blocks!!)

Leisel Jones qualified fastest (1.07.99) by nearly 2 1/2 seconds in the 100Br which was a stand out swim too.

[Chris]

Aussiebabe: Give Sean my regards for tomorrow. I'm sure he'll have no problems dealing with those big names he's lining up against :rolleyes:

Brette Hawke looks like the real challenger for his title!!!!

[Steve]

Well he made the team, but World champion Matt Welsh came out on top. Times were just a bit quicker than heats and semis!

100 backstroke final result (hot off the press!)

1 VIC Matt Welsh 54.96 -
2 NSW Ian Thorpe 55.74 -
3 VIC Ray Hass 56.13 -

[Chris]

And more importantly ..... my mate Sean was 44th in the heats of the 50 free - 24.64 :D

The results of the heats of the Men's 50 free (http://www.swimming.org.au/meets_and_results/results_details.cfm?ObjectID=754&RaceDay=5&RaceID=3915)

[violet]

i hope ian goes well in the backstroke and i also hope he's worked on his starts.