Men 4x100wisselslag medal in track (video)
With a final session to become like the chances of a gold medal to become quite small. Joeri Verlinden was there yesterday in the 100m butterfly very close (0.09), but it seems that the Dutch team will go home without gold . In the last final session, they still have a few chances to prevent this, starting with the 50m clearance. In 2008 ended Hinkelien Schreuder behind Marleen Veldhuis of the 2nd place at this distance in Eindhoven and now she is back in the finals. With 24.69 placed themselves yesterday as 3rd in the finals, behind Therese Alshammer and Dorothea Brandt (24.52 and 24.64) and just before Francesca Halsall (24.70. Probably the battle for the medals among these 4 ladies, whereby Aliaksandra Herasimenia in lane 2 a dangerous oudsider will be. Prediction: Bronze Schreuder, behind Alshammer and Halsall.
In the 50m breaststroke with the ladies makes Monique Nijhuis chance of a medal, but gold seems to forgive Yuliya Efimova. She was already in the 100m in a class and also in the series and 50m breaststroke semi-finals she had no doubt who the favorite is. Behind Efimova, there are opportunities for Monique on silver or bronze. Prediction: Efimova - Nijhuis - Johansson
And if the predictions are thus only the 4x100m medley men left to get gold. They place this morning in 3.36.00 and fastest for the final, so the review will not lie. Bastiaan 55.18 Lijessen did with his work nicely as a stand-in for Nick Driebergen . Lennart went on 1/1/07, after Yuri 51.84 with the fastest split of the entire field in the 100m butterfly at the clock set. That was then Sebastiaan Verschuren also in the 100m freestyle with 47.91 (over 0.09) and clinched the finish in just the French team (3.36.03).
They have, however, Camille Lacourt still on hand as a replacement for Jeremy Stravius (saves about 2 seconds) and William Meynard likely replaced by Alain Bernard. The butterfly swimmer will then determine the strength of the French team, which we expect Lefert the field will make room for Bousquet.
Of the remaining teams in the finals, only the Russians still make a solid change, probably starting in the final 4-a completely different number. This morning it was Borisov, Falke, and Skvortsov Grechin, probably tonight Donets Sludnov, Korotyshkin and Lagunov. With that team, they can dive below 3.35 and are about as strong as the Dutch team.
All in all, it can be a great battle, and we hope that Sebastian has good attention in the 4x100m freestyle final in Beijing. Surf the wave of Bernard and pick it up the last meter!
Prediction: France - Russia - Netherlands (although we run number 1 and 3 would like to ...)
