Originally Posted by
wrp96
Fingers crossed for Natalie.
Seems to have worked as we're all going to London.
Just in from dinner at Crave with her sister, parents and grandparents to celebrate. I have award tickets in place from last August on AA as well as hotel nights with Priority Club. Ready to go!
Natalie placed 6th in 100 freestyle which qualifies her to be an alternate on the relay team for 4X100 freestyle relay. Very likely she would swim prelims unless needed to swim finals, but both prelim and final swimmers get Olympic medals and that gives her a shot at Olympic medal #12. Hopefully she'll be the team captain as she has the experience needed to guide younger swimmers going to their first Olympics. 17 year old Missy Franklin has been quoted a number of times this week as to how she could not imagine going to the Olympics without Natalie. See more in the article below:
Natalie Coughlin sneaks onto Olympic swimming roster
OMAHA -- It wasn't the way she wanted to make the U.S. Olympic roster by any means, but she'll take it.
Natalie Coughlin is headed to the Olympics for the third time. She'll be a part of the women's 4 x 100-meter freestyle relay team. She earned that spot with her sixth-place finish in Saturday night's 100 free final.
Had she swum 18 hundredths of a second slower and finished seventh, she wouldn't be going to London.