BRISBANE (Sun.Dec,10): Swimming Australia has named a 43-strong Telstra Dolphins team for next year's 12th FINA World Swimming Championships in Melbourne.
A total of 22 men and 21 women were named tonight following the eight-day Telstra Australian Championships and Selection Trials in Brisbane.
The average age of the team is 22 with Adam Pine (30) and Tarnee White (25) the oldest members of the team with Emily Seebohm (14) and Kenrick Monk (18) the youngest.
Queensland, with big names Grant Hackett, Leisel Jones, Libby Lenton and Jodie Henry has supplied more than half the squad with 23, followed by NSW seven, Victoria and WA six each and South Australia one.
It is the most domination by any State in recent years with 12 of the 21 women from the Sunshine State.
Grant Britts, Nick D'Arcy, Ephraim Hannant and Emily Seebohm are the four rookies on the team with veterans Adam Pine, Matt Welsh and Grant Hackett all attending their fifth World Championships.
Pine made his World Championships debut in Rome in 1994 - while Welsh and Hackett went to their first World Championships in 1998.
TELSTRA DOLPHINS AUSTRALIAN SWIM TEAM
Men
1 Grant Brits 19 SAC Seals NSW
2 Leith Brodie 20 Albany Creek QLD
3 Ashley Callus 27 Southport Olympic QLD
4 Nick D'Arcy 19 Maroochydore QLD
5 Nick Ffrost 20 Southport Olympic QLD
6 Grant Hackett 26 Miami QLD
7 Ephraim Hannant 18 Miami QLD
8 Michael Klim 29 Klim Swim Trojans VIC
9 Andrew Lauterstein 19 Southport Olympic QLD
10 Adam Lucas 23 West Coast WA
11 Andrew Mewing 25 Yeronga Park QLD
12 Kenrick Monk 18 SAC Seals NSW
13 Patrick Murphy 22 Melbourne Vicentre VIC
14 Travis Nederpelt 21 City of Perth WA
15 Adam Pine 30 Yeronga Park QLD
16 Jim Piper 25 West Coast WA
17 Brenton Rickard 23 Carey Aquatic VIC
18 Nicholas Sprenger 21 St Peters Western QLD
19 Craig Stevens 26 SLC Aquadot NSW
20 Hayden Stoeckel 22 Kingscliff NSW
21 Eamon Sullivan 21 West Coast WA
22 Matt Welsh 30 Melbourne Vicentre VIC
Women
1 Frances Adcock 22 Norwood SA
2 Bronte Barratt 17 Albany Creek QLD
3 Lara Davenport 22 Kingscliff NSW
4 Joanna Fargus 24 Commercial QLD
5 Sally Foster 21 Central Aquatic WA
6 Felicity Galvez 21 Chandler QLD
7 Jodie Henry 23 Chandler QLD
8 Leisel Jones 21 Commercial QLD
9 Lisbeth Lenton 21 Commercial QLD
10 Linda Mackenzie 22 Mackay QLD
11 Danni Miatke 19 Carey Aquatic VIC
12 Kylie Palmer 16 Redcliffe Leagues Lawnton QLD
13 Shayne Reese 24 Carey Aquatic VIC
14 Jennifer Reilly 23 Rockingham WA
15 Stephanie Rice 18 St Peters Western QLD
16 Jessicah Schipper 20 Redcliffe Leagues Lawnton QLD
17 Melanie Schlanger 20 Commercial QLD
18 Emily Seebohm 14 Brothers QLD
19 Tarnee White 25 Chandler QLD
20 Stephanie Williams 17 Hunter NSW
21 Tayliah Zimmer 21 Kingscliff NSW
这次澳大利亚主场作战,加上近几年澳洲游泳的持续强势,几欲和多年来的霸主美国队分庭抗礼,05年蒙特利尔世锦赛已经创造了历史最好成绩,今年三月,东道主要的一定会更多。仅从参赛人数上就能看出,四十多人的队伍堪称庞大。
一些值得注意的点:
索普退役。其实索普并没有参加05年的世锦赛,澳洲人不一样也创造了历史么。有哈克特在,男子200、400自由泳这两块金牌,至少还能留住一块400的,200m的话现在菲尔普斯势头太猛,没有了索普,恐怕只有看霍根班德和他一较高下了。
哈克特、威尔士等老将,均已是第五次参加世锦赛,特别是哈克特,上届比赛就已经成为历史上在世锦赛上获奖牌总数最多的运动员,这一次男400、800、1500自这三块金牌,恐怕没什么悬念了。我一直喜欢哈克特多于索普,觉得前者就像他擅长的长距离自由泳一样,踏实,低调,不引人注意。这次巨星引退,独立支撑澳男游泳大旗的任务非他莫属。关于他,最大的看点是,是否能破纪录。
澳洲女子短距离自由泳,04、05,连续两年在奥运和世锦创造了辉煌,谁知紧接着就在06年夏天被打破,女子个人100m自由泳,集体的4X100自、4X200自接力,这三项世界纪录全部被德国选手打破。这届世锦赛,是第一次两边真刀真枪的对阵,到时候是亨利、莱顿这些成名已久的澳女借地利夺回奖牌和纪录,还是去年一鸣惊人的德女们用实力捍卫女飞鱼的王座,很有看头。
蛙女琼斯。从罗雪娟05年状态下滑开始,琼斯就不停的打破着100、200蛙的世界纪录,从她现在站的高度往下看,真的颇有不胜寒之感,她在06年的年度排名,100m和200m分别比第二名快了1秒多和3秒多。不过最近几次热身的成绩并没有接近历史最佳,专家指出她和其他队友一样,还处在超量训练阶段。蛙泳历来为国人关注,这次没有了罗雪娟的女蛙项目,琼斯会给人什么样的惊喜呢。
黑马。上届世锦赛澳洲的出色表现,很大程度上要归功于他们女将中的黑马们,50m蛙的埃德米斯通,50米蝶的米亚科,100m蝶的施佩尔,都是通过上次大赛被大家熟悉。这一次黑马们是否还能继续,埃德米斯通已经落选,可见澳洲女子游泳竞争的激烈。