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PHOENIX, Arizona, September 1. JOAO Gomes won the men’s 100 breast on the third day of finals at the Jose Finkel Trophy meet in Rio de Janeiro with a 1:01.40, but it wasn’t fast enough to become the second-fastest in Brazil in the event and boost his odds of competing at the Olympics.

Right now, the 1:00.47 he swam in prelims is .01 slower than the time Felipe Lima swam in May, which has Lima on the tentative Olympic roster. Brazil is allowing swimmers up to five pre-selected meets this year and next to swim under the Olympic qualifying times. Gomes is not part of the Pan American Games squad, so he’ll have to wait until the Brazil Open in December to take another shot at the Olympic team.
We have a full recap of today’s swimming in Brazil at swimmingworld.com.

Australian swimming just got a big boost in how athletes will be able to train Down Under. Earlier today in Sydney, Geoff Huegill, James Magnussen and others based at the Olympic Park pool tested out a new system designed to replicate the conditions of training at altitude. A plastic canopy will be placed over two 25-meter lanes at the Sydney Olympic pool, with the amount of air pumped into the tent reduced to the equivalent of being at 3,200 meters above sea level, or 10,000 feet. That’s higher than any pool in the United States, where the Aussies usually come for altitude training. It’s the first of its kind anywhere in the world. The new design won’t give swimmers the same constant exposure to rarified air that they get at altitude training, since they will return to the sea level air outside the tent when they are done with their workout.

Three coaches were just named to the USA Olympic swimming roster. Tim Murphy will be the open water head coach for both men and women, a small order considering only a maximum of three swimmers will swim the 10K at the Olympics for the USA, depending on whether one or two females make the cut. Bob Bowman, no surprise, will be an assistant coach for the men’s team, and Dave Salo will be an assistant coach for the women’s team. Salo will likely have two female swimmers on the Olympic team, along with a few hopefuls on the men’s side, as well as several on teams from other countries. So, Salo will likely be one of the busiest coaches in London.

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