More poolside chat

[Glittertwins]

Just realised we’re a bit close to the end!

Pool of the day :)

Have got the HBO sub done this morning. Literally on your event from last night now on catch up

Yippee, so happy for Filip Nowacki on that 100 BR

Yeah just checked the results of the evening.

Some little upsets but pleased for the swimmers who pulled it out at the right time.

I remember Nowacki swimming at the counties when it was SC here when he was just 11/12 yo!

I was given amazing seats when I took that pic - courtesy of a really kind, lovely lady.

Had not expected a finals swim and was queuing at ticket office and she came up and offered hers for free ♥️♥️♥️

Some amazing swimming and the Scottish (& other home nations) supporters out in full force for their swimmers.

Is your DD competing? That’s amazing.

She’s done well. Has she enjoyed it so far?

She’s really enjoying it and it’s been a learning process too.

Learning to progress through the rounds and deal with the pressure. Really proud of her. ♥️

It’s quite an intensive program with heats and semis in quick succession. I was surprised to see the 100 and 200 backstrokes in successive days, they are usually a little more spread out than that

Yes it’s certainly probably different from how it would have been if more planning time had been involved.

I’m not sure how the scheduling works but this is an integrated para meet too so I guess they have to take into account all the different events and running times.

Amazing that your daughter is competing, and well done to her on getting through to the finals! Has she got any other events still to swim?

yeah “integrated para meet” is a stretch. There’s 7 events for males and females over all 14 classes of each sex, some classes have 2 events. Not even any relays.

Feels very tokenistic rather than fully integrated but I get the schedule is limited. So I’m on the fence with that one because I’ve seen much more progress with equality recently and this feels like a step backwards.

However I’m also very pleased for the swimmers who got the chance to represent their country and wouldn’t want that taken away.

it feels very no win tbh.

Heading to watch finals this evening. Thank-you for your well wishes.

She’s one more individual event tomorrow then relays on Wednesday.

Enjoy the finals tonight, and hope the other events go well for her too!

Best of luck to her. Hope you both have an amazing time ☺️

Good luck to her, I’ll have the tv on shortly to watch

Good luck to your DD.

I agree and many classes have no events, which is not unusual but doesn’t help with messaging on integration. If there aren’t the swimmers in each class at least points would allow some competition. I get they needed to scale back due to circumstances so also on the fence. It’s great to have some representation but a bit luck of the draw about which events included. But still an honour and spectacle for those who are there

Late post - pool of the day, wish I could post a video as the French crowd were wild everytime Léon turned up on deck.

Nice view porseb.

Our swimmers had a bit of a treat this morning. AP race are holding a clinic at our pool and Peaty arrived halfway through their session and warmed up in a lane. Made a 5 o’clock start more bareable!

Very envious @porseb,I was watching via the tv. Did she enjoy it as well? I think our 400m swimmers have been given an almighty shock by Marchand’s win and also by that first leg of the 4x200 free relay. If France had the depth for relays that the US has, he could seriously challenge Phelps’s golds in one Olympics.
I’m not a fan of Mr Peaty @itsgettingweirdso I’d probably ignore him. Sara Sjostrom and Ingeborg Loyning managed to come back from time out after having a baby and be successful without the attitude he showed.

I’ve not been a huge fan of all the public family stuff but I think as swimmers training in the pool with him it feels quite special.
I am a fan of what’s he’s trying to do with the sport though.

I agree Marchand is a phenomenal swimmer.

What Comp is this Porseb? Is Your DD swimming? She’s had quite a full on summer this year - will she get a break?!

Talking of coming back after babies. Bethany Firth is also on fire. Nice to see her and your girl giving some of the more mentioned names a run for their money!

Porseb’s DD was at Europeans