Olympic Gold Medalist Ed Moses Qualifies For 4th Olympic Trials On Short Notice

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Ed Moses, who won an Olympic gold medal as part of the 2000 Sydney Games men’s 400-meter medley relay, decided to qualify for the 2016 U.S. Olympic Trials on a lark this weekend.

Swimming during prelims in Irvine, Moses, 35, clocked a 1:03.35 in the men’s 100-meter breast. That time cleared the 1:03.69 Trials cut, and qualified Moses for his fourth Olympic Trials.

As noted by Moses, he pulled off the time having had just two practices in the last four years

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Hah 1:03.3 100m breaststroke. Qualified for 2016 Olympic Trials on 2 practices in 4 years? 4th trials . Thanks @swimgoldenroad for setting it all up. Oh @speedousa thanks for the suit ?! Oldest qualifier ?? #lane8

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Moses first made serious noise as a swimmer with gold in the 100-meter breast at the 1999 Winnipeg Pan American Games. In Sydney in 2000, he then won silver in the 100-meter breast as well as his gold medal in the medley relay.

In 2001, he took bronze in the 100-meter breast at the World Championships in Fukuoka, before earning a world title in 2003 as part of the 400 medley relay.

His last serious competition took place at the 2012 U.S. Olympic Trials, although he did swim a 50-meter breast (29.81) at the 2014 Snowfox Independence meet.

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Jason

6 years ago

This is laughable, does anyone remember him saying that he was only a golfer and picked up swimming only years before Sydney? 2 practices in 4 years, ya right ED-your 15 minutes of fame are over, and you are now 6 seconds off the world record

Car

6 years ago

Reply to Jason

He said in his interview that making Rio is not his goal, swimming at OTs is. Goal met. Are you honestly disparaging his time after not training for 4 years? Sounds like you’re jealous. Or need to get a life.

Ronald Hehn

6 years ago

Does anyone remember the video he made about his “showdown” with Kitajima that resulted in a 200 Breast SCM WR? The soundtrack was the song “Showdown” by ELO. I can’t find it anywhere! Any help is appreciated. It’s a classic.

James Hooper

6 years ago

Reply to Ronald Hehn

A classic indeed. I have it on my computer. I thought it was in YouTube

Adam Kerpelman

6 years ago

Reply to Ronald Hehn

I actually cut that video together. It used to be up on my YouTube channel but I think I had to take it down because of the ELO copyright. I’ll see if I can find the original. I’ll put up a download link.

Nomoreedmoses

6 years ago

Unfortunately we are never going to hear the end of “I packed my swimsuit instead of my golf clubs by accident and look at make OT cuts!” story endlessly looped during trials. Amazing, yes. But please just go away.

Mindy Dougherty

6 years ago

Humm..training is highly overrated?

Mary Jo Pursley

6 years ago

Talent trumps everything

Tom White

6 years ago

Will Shepherd this is you when it comes to bfly haha

David

6 years ago

I would just call it proper taper….

Gian Alessandro

6 years ago

Seems very hard to believe. Especially that second 50

Calo Gv

6 years ago

2 practices????

Justin Karpinos

6 years ago

Whaaa….?! Amazing.

Ícaro CP

6 years ago

Marcinho Maes sem base kkk

Marcinho Maes

6 years ago

Reply to Ícaro CP

Caralho que animal! Mito da curta esse! Olha a lenda, Victor Avs

Janice Haramis

6 years ago

Kevin Lindgren

6 years ago

Reply to Janice Haramis

Only 2 workouts and he qualified.

Janice Haramis

6 years ago

Reply to Janice Haramis

Crazy. You in 15 years

Michael H. Kim

6 years ago

Jenny Hong

Reilly Turner Malpass

6 years ago

Steven Finley

Robert Giessel

6 years ago

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Laurie Bradley

6 years ago

James Bradley

Pearce Bennett

6 years ago

Reply to Laurie Bradley

Your hero!!

Cosima Kleine

6 years ago

Isabel Münchow hat er das nicht schon 2012 versucht!?

Isabel Münchow

6 years ago

Reply to Cosima Kleine

Ja stimmt !

Leander

6 years ago

So, his best flat start time in the 100 breast was a 1:00 plus, and he swam only three seconds slower fifteen years later on no training. I am more than little dubious that he’s only been in the water twice in the last four years.

Gil James Dean

6 years ago

Pablo Martinez de este pechista te hablaba…

Wayne McCauley

6 years ago

I have always said Ed was the most talented breaststroker EVER. The things he did SCM were and still are amazing. He was not just a couple seconds faster in the 200, he was many times 8 seconds faster.
He is part of the large community of swimmers with Asthma, 2004 the chemicals in the pool messed him up bad. He should have swam at the pools a couple of weeks before, he then would have known about the issues and done better at the trials. His times were pre- dolphin kick too.

He always had guts and speed, going out in 29.95. With some actual workouts he might go out sub 28 seconds and scare some people. Plus if he picked up some of the newer techniques and dolphin kicks off the start and turn, he would be at one minute.

Besides, who said golfers aren’t athlete’s

Lets see if he is still eating that cheeseburger before racing!

Wayne McCauley

6 years ago

Reply to Wayne McCauley

I just spent so time looking at that photo of the top 3 in the 100 brasse. Ed has a 12 pack going on, looks as in condition as any swimmer I have seen. Looks like a LOT of core strength.

Brandon Ortiz

6 years ago

Hope he makes it. Superb technique.

Jack McGarry

6 years ago

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6 years ago

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