Ever since his two dramatic come-from-behind-with-a-blistering-last-lap gold-medal-winning swims at the Tokyo Olympics in the 800 and 1500 meter freestyle, I've been keeping track of Bobby Finke's swimming feats.
He had a less than fantastic 1650 at the NCAA championships a couple of weeks ago (even he said it wasn't that great, and he was recovering from a recent COVID-19 infection), so I was curious how he'd perform at the international trials last week.
He performed quite well. His 1500 meter freestyle was 14:45 and change, which is only six seconds slower than his winning time in Tokyo. So will he be able to go faster at the Worlds? I would think so. The question is whether he (presumably being pushed by Wellbrock and Paltrinieri) could challenge Sun Yang's somewhat amazing, and possibly questionable, world record of 14:31, set in 2012.
It'll be fun to find out.
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