Yannick Agnel (FRA) Wins 200m Freestyle Gold - London 2012 Olympics

[@luispastor8089]

From time to time I come back here to watch the most perfect 200m freestyle ever swam.

[@seddikbitcoin7610]

now he stream on twitch xd

[@polskillz]

@@seddikbitcoin7610 fr?

[@seddikbitcoin7610]

@@polskillz Oui , j'ai les vues sur twitch fr avec gotaga

[@seddikbitcoin7610]

@@polskillz il a une video sur youtube avec littlebigwhale et gota

[@itayben-yoseph7957]

Same

[@ApatheticCritic]

This field was just so ridiculously loaded. Agnel swam one of the best 200m freestyles of all time to win it. Great race.

[@anesdj4282]

What a swim from Agnel, sadly retired at 24 but that's the best 200 swim I've ever seen

[@williamrithaler4051]

yea why did he retire so young ?

[@anesdj4282]

@@williamrithaler4051 in an interview, he said that he achieved what he wanted in the sport, and he had other interests in life than swimming.

[@chucku00]

This guy is making it effortless... what a blast !

[@theterminator308]

10 fastest men in 200 free in textile: #1: Yannick Agnel (FRA) 1.43.14 #2: Michael Phelps (USA) 1.43.86 #3: Ian Thorpe (AUS) 1.44.06 #4: Ryan Lochte (USA) 1.44.44 #5: Sun Yang (CHN) 1.44.47 #6: Park Tae Hwan (KOR) 1.44.80 #7: Danila Izotov (RUS) 1,44,87 #8: Paul Biedermann (GER) 1.44.88 #9: Pieter Van Den Hoogenband (NED) 1.44.89 #10: Conors Dwyer (USA) 1.45.32

[@mannyrivas3054]

Since when did Pieter van den Hoogenband go a 1:44? I don't think he ever went under 1:45.

[@theterminator308]

he ever got 1.44.89 at european championship in 2002 that's only one time I went under 1.45 in his career

[@mannyrivas3054]

Yeah I know I looked it up and that's when I realized that I was wrong. It's just that he never did it in the world championships or the Olympic which is why I didn't know about it.

[@theterminator308]

like what Magnussen did in 100free, he reached his PB with a time of 47.10, which is the fastest ever in textile at Olympic trials while his best at olympic and championship is 47.53 and 47.49

[@LOUISVICTORJC]

At the world championships Agnel swimmed 1.44.20

[@1pasupaty]

every winner celebrating his victory is really pumping adrenaline in anybodys heart

[@theterminator308]

the world record with hi-tech suits haha :)). In my opinion, Yannick Agnel really derserves to be the world record holder in this event.

[@yonggeun4222]

ok ill edit it to yannick agnel holding the world record

[@maiconracoes1212]

no more

[@elainekerslake6865]

Suits and Drugs not needed.

[@lightyearahead]

Agnel won by more than a body length lead!!! Amazing him.

[@cedericocosantorini8013]

Bravo Yannick!!! Tu as été le MEILLEUR de ces jeux de Londres!

[@SpecsJolteon]

200 Free at the olympics always has the best races 2004: van den Hoogenband, Thorpe, Phelps, Hackett, Keller 2008: Biedermann, Phelps, Vanderkaay, Tae-Hwan, Basson 2012: Sun, Tae-Hwan, Agnel, Lochte, Biedermann. (Phelps probably could've entered as he was still a good 200 freestyler) Some god like company right there. Heres to 2016 being just as good

[@hoangle2897]

best race in 2016 would be 100 free Magnussen, Mcevoy, Adrian, Morozov, Ning Zetao, Manaudou...or even Agnel, Feigen....

[@thebigseal1]

2016 will have lochte, hagino, agnel, McEvoy, guy, sun yang, maybe Phelps..

[@alexichouchouchou100]

stravius also?

[@marlingod]

looking back at the 100 NOBODY saw Chalmers coming

[@martinleborgne-peres9228]

@@hoangle2897 Also, nobody was expecting that Timmers will get the silver...

[@anesdj4282]

This swim is the reference of the 200m, just epic by Agnel

[@MrVpassenheim]

Both this and the women's 200 race winner were a display of perfectly executed races.

[@Knoxicutioner]

The Arena X- Glide tech suit he wore in 2009 increased his buoyancy due to it made of 100% polyurethane. Beidermann was a pretty big and bulky guy when he set that record. The transition from the body suits to jammers hurt big guys like him because now he has to work harder to keep that weight afloat, where the bodysuit+weight combo used to make people like him incredible. Bob Bowman said it himself though. it took Phelps 5-6 years to drop 4 seconds in the 200. Biedermann did it in 11 months.

[@verward]

I think 08 and 09 were too recent when this happened, so the commentators don't realise what an incredible feed 1:43.14 is. No one since has even come close, yet the announcers just shrug it off, like it's an ok time or something.

[@madafok]

And it should have been the true Olympic record !

[@propulsious7495]

Imagine if agnel had lochte & phelps' underwaters...

[@waterbender9939]

probably would have went 1 minute and 42.99 seconds

[@verward]

I think he would've gotten the olympic record, probably not the world record.

[@eldoug1589]

Would it really matter? He torched Lochte and his underwaters in this race.

[@shiftyboi8827]

@@eldoug1589 I think the OC was more referring to how fast Agnel could go, rather than whether or not he could win

[@mysteriousdalenkgu1559]

@@shiftyboi8827 I’m pretty sure eldoug knows that; I think his point is that yannick is probably faster over water than underwater since Lochte already has world class underwaters.

[@anastasiabeaudry3399]

I'm so proud for Agnel :)

[@thomasprice7621]

Despite being an American, expat living not in Trumpy-Town. Add this to your AWESOME BOX of moments in Olympic swimming history, Yannick was the man for 100-400 for about 30 mos. and it is here, Cheers. OUT. :)

[@Aakos94]

thats about as good of a meet as angel could have hoped for! just incredible

[@theoponchel2296]

Agnel also got three medals in the olympics last year, two of them were gold, he beat Sun Yang in the 200m. They're currently even in Barcelona, knowing that Agnel isn't swimming lots of events this time. You cannot say which of them is the best, so we'll see in Rio.

[@XDF745]

2012 Agnel is still the benchmark for the 200 free.

[@sarkaprokopova7726]

Most certainly. Best 200m free swim ever - such a smart, and well implemented swim. Agnel actually talked about it on Brett Hawke's podcast (available on KZbin).

[@theterminator308]

He deserves the world record in the 200m freestyle than Biedermann. 1m43.14s is real world record in this event

[@TheClashOfClansVidz]

FRANCE FTW YEAAHHHHHHHHHHHHH COME ON BABBBYYYYY

[@MickChickenn]

I'm so excited to see how they do. There has been controversy about Yannick being sick and adding events at the last second, and there has been stuff about Sun having coaching issues. I can't wait to see if they can overcome their difficulties.

[@fernandopardo4185]

The best 200 ever

[@contanrauc3535]

That last 50 was ridiculous

[@theterminator308]

Yannick Agnel have still had best record 1.45.48 in 2013 which is in front of 1.45.97 of Ryan Lochte. coaching issues could impact negatively sun yang in championships. anyway, I totally believe that he is invincible in 1500m at least

[@JMott76]

supatvshowuploader Yes Phelps' Beijing time was quicker.... because he wore a Speedo LZR. Not as fast as Biedermann's suit (Rome), but still quicker than those worn by the London field. Worth roughly a second over a textile, so without it the time would've been around what he did to win 07 Worlds (1.43.86). Good for silver here, but (probably) not enough to beat Agnel.

[@theterminator308]

phelps had been at his peak in 2007 not 2008 before supersuits was applied...I think that he would never get under 1.44 again without LZR suits. It is proven that phelps swam 1.44.79 in textile (off his PB by 0.93) in shanghai 2011 or 1.44.05 as anchor leg in london 2012.

[@iEssential]

you can't take his time in 2007 into comparison, he was still wearing a full body suit.

[@theterminator308]

full body suit but not super suit.... look at his 200 butterfly in 2007, he chased down former WR by 1.71s with only jammer and goggle

[@gnja2015]

It was the Fastskin FS II. That suit is fully textile.

[@theterminator308]

Last night, Agnel has come back with a time of 1.44.20. He didn't get the best but this record is good enough for him to get gold

[@fortitudo1409]

9 years later, NODOBY came close to 1.43.1 , nobody even got under 1.44 , what a legendary swim.

[@ccbgaming6994]

Except for Chlorine Daddy

[@adamroflll]

Excited for this race in barcelona 2013. Expecting him to kill it again.

[@fleetfoot86]

I guess I should be more specific. His over arm recovery looks similar but his pull is very unique. Straight down and back.

[@theterminator308]

and don't forget Park Tae Hwan. a little part may be Paul Biedermann. 200m freestyle is still the most interesting race in championships with 4 olympian gold medalists, 1 WR holder and potential new stars

[@dpoynterfletcher4816]

I think we can say France has the best new generation swimmer, look at Agnel, 20 years and this is a killer

[@massimomarchini5835]

AGNEL, IL + GRANDE NUOTATORE DEI 200 SL DI TUTTI I TEMPI .

[@dfisdjnjcsjsjn]

Sun Yang, wr 1500, .06 off 400 wr done in supersuit and still manages to be competitive in the 200m.

[@sarthakbhalerao1045]

After 200m freestyle in 2004 athens, i would say this was the one which had a lot of superstars and could have gone anywhere.....

[@lexsoft3969]

Yeah... the great Ian Thorpe, Peter Van den Hoogenband (defending champion) and the GOAT Michael Phelps raced for the gold in a thrilling race. I didn't watch live on TV, but I saw a video on it....Wow.

[@zisssssou]

"the long white shark" Agnel will certainly be one of the talent to watch in the following years USA, Australia, France and Russia have the best swimmers ressources

[@humanitylucy7114]

Tu disais ?

[@Ineddiblehulk]

Bruce is the greatest caller/commentator in Aus, and probe the World. You should hear him call his pet sport Athletics. He is just amazing, the Phelps/Usain of telecast sport.

[@madafok]

Agnel&Titmus perfect combo for this distance ! Nobody can beat them at the moment and in a fair way (I mean without polyurethan) ! We will see what Popovici will do in 2024 ! Maybe under 1:44 but it will be difficult !

[@madafok]

Gg Popovici, really impressive !

[@todanrg3]

@@madafok He just went under 1:43

[@marcusyakou2066]

French we are the best

[@arthurjoly4171]

Exactement

[@gtrinh1]

Marcus Yakou What if they had better swimmers from the USA? There are about 196 states around the world. But Taiwan Ins't officially named yet which brings it to 195 states. Others might swim better than France did like the Australian teammate Thomas-Fraser-Holmes Who won the 200m Freestyle at the Pan-Pacific In 2014.

[@everydaymusic1759]

Human Beings are the best, not just French, ok?

[@juliemolina5657]

thanks we are great champions 😉🇫🇷

[@poormansrose7754]

"We"? I only saw one swimmer that won the race and not all french people.

[@harip4911]

Superb technique, a little bit reminding me of Thorpe

[@andrewwright.]

9 years ago. What have you done lately?

[@lexsoft3969]

I remember I had been observing two French "tower" swimmers since 2010 European Championship : this guy and Camille Lacourt. I was impressed with their results there, esp Lacourt. When I knew their height, I was even more impressed : 2.02 m and 2.00 m, respectively. Wow. I was glad Agnel won here. I didn't want Sun Yang or Park Tae Hwan won; let them only take 400m and 1500m which belonged to them.

[@monajackson9377]

Sunyang win 200m freestyle champion in 2016 rio Olympics and 2017 Budapest world championships，what's a pity for Agnel

[@carmelopearman5721]

Welp, this hurts to watch now

[@measelcatches3202]

Yh so awkward

[@Anonymous-ox4gk]

Why? 🤔

[@carmelopearman5721]

@@Anonymous-ox4gk he’s a pedophile

[@ennediend2865]

No one could have beaten Yannick here ! Not even Phelps, the reason why he chose not to swim that distance .

[@sousss4911]

Agnel : a new star is born ! ;)

[@ashaniadrac]

is it me or does china always have the fastest reaction time on starts

[@theoponchel2296]

You'd better relax dude, you just cannot be saying Agnel isn't currently one of the best swimmers in the world.

[@goldmonkey77]

It would be interesting if Yannick Agnel and Sun Yang compete for "Fastest man in the water" in a 300m freestyle swimming, like the race of "Fastest man on the land" between Donovan Bailey and Michael Johnson in 1997.

[@MickChickenn]

I have never said Agnel isn't one of the best. He has a gold medal to prove that he is. I'm just saying that if we were betting on who has a brighter future in swimming, Sun Yang has more potential, due to his wider range of good events. Learn how to read.

[@MickChickenn]

Also, Sun is invincible in the 1500. Totally agree there. He could have skipped training for a week leading up to this WC and still win it.

[@adamroflll]

I dont think so. Agnels stroke looks like no stroke ive seen before. Park tae hwan's stroke looks like thorpe's, just like sun yang's looks like grant hackett's (gee i wonder why). But agnel's stroke is very original and its probably my favorite stroke aesthetically

[@ccbgaming6994]

My stroke is like Agnels but obviously not as fast

[@theoponchel2296]

Race start: 3:35

[@poliz6851]

Me who is watching this while eating cake wondering when we gonna swim

[@goldmonkey77]

When did Yannick swim 3:43? If he did, he should have swum 400m freestyle at London Olympic because he would be more competitive in 400m than 100m. They are both great swimmers. Hope they will have more competitions at more events together in the next few years.

[@theterminator308]

keep calm and waiting for their performances in World Championships 8 days from now

[@foquslab8229]

Paul Biedermann is still world class. I say they bring back the suits. Made the sport a lot more fun to watch.

[@liberalegypt]

Let's imagine a race between Agnel London vs Phelps Beijing WOW

[@cooldumpy7913]

phelps was only 0.18 faster and did it with a much better suit. even if phelps had a smaller program agnel would still win

[@ferencorosz9753]

2001 Thorpe vs Angel. Ian was in his own league as well, he would have been faster. But this Angel form was nearly unexpected. Noone has predicted a swim and dominance like this.

[@adamroflll]

agnel raced lochte 3 times. 200m free, 4x1 free, 4x2 free. out of those swims: agnel: 2 gold, 1 silver. lochte: 1 gold, 1 silver, 1 4th place finish. agnel whooped lochte by 1.9 seconds in the 2free, had the fastest split in the 4x1 and 4x2, and passed lochte in the 4x1. lochte had a higher medal count, but he also swam more and is more versatile. agnel swam less, but the quality of his swims were higher

[@laylashakinah4811]

Asian swimmers have swag they got the dbs going on

[@benjaminli3808]

Sun needed to go out faster, Agnel swam perfectly here.

[@林石謙]

super star ~ yannick agnel

[@XwD77]

Yeh that would be a good race, or also Yannick Agnel vs James Magnussen over 150m would be pretty cool IMO

[@JMott76]

Interesting. Didn't know Agnel was actually ahead of London pace at 150, presumed he was around 0.5-1 sec down..... what an absolute BEAST he was here! Rivalled only by Sun (relay) since. And even then, still more than a second off Biedermann's 'WR'.... Farcical ;(

[@unforgotable1]

that's the proof that biederman did 1:42 thanks to his suit.

[@hoangle2897]

I mean his best in textile....not super suit

[@mvnjuan]

with a banned super suit. His best real time was a 1:44 high.

[@jean-qz5gr]

Paul Biderman beat Pheps and Agnel in the first leg of 4 200 shangai 2011

[@frnzahnrt7044]

Emil Aliyev no its just because their are 3 years between and a lot happens in 3 years and a suit can’t give you 4 secs

[@edvinkarlsson3561]

@@frnzahnrt7044 They actually could. They were full body suits made out of polyurethane. They made you much more boyant and hydrophobic as the material wasn't absorbing any water at all.

[@MarineKingPride]

This is just awesome.

[@theterminator308]

47.84 for 100m freestyle. not bad to agnel. he can totally get a medal in this event if he increase his record a liitle bit more

[@2010Kylehardy]

6:17. Can someone explain this hand entry? I've never seen it before

[@warrp3226]

Teddy Tom He might be trying to make his hand as streamlined has possible as to minimize drag. I’m not sure if it’s that, or if he just does that out of habit haha.

[@verward]

I'm still stunned lochte didn't get a medal here.

[@Vomitoxx]

Agnel the futur phelps !

[@theterminator308]

he can't become phelps but may be thorpedo

[@Lukithunder]

theterminator308 well thorpe also reigned in the 400 for a long time so not exactly

[@peaces4me]

Vomitoxx Did he race in Rio? I can't remember lol.

[@Yourmom-dd3fh]

Phelps the endless trying to be Agnel

[@furoman1]

Michael Phelps made 1:42,96 in Beijing then made 1:42,00 in 2009 WCH Phelps decided not to swim in 200m freestyle in London because of the relays. Yannick Agnel came first with 1:43,14

[@jeanrillet1380]

he would’ve lost anyways

[@Polygone75]

C'est marrant, dans les commentaires la plupart des francophones se mettent à écrire en anglais, mais vous êtes cramé les gars xD

[@MrOP-jw1zp]

Personne ne s'en fous

[@태정수-y7f]

2024 Olympics paris France is home advantage The fencing and cycling events that you may want to try are of course swimming and judo at least gold medal three to four. Bonus game football.

[@MickChickenn]

However, Yang's coaching problems might be a serious issue. I've heard rumors of him dropping various events.

[@verward]

The crazy part is that he didn't swim the 400 because of the the 4x100 freestyle relay. The time he swam at the french qualifications was fast enough to get the bronze in London, he probably would've gone a lot faster if he had raced it.

[@MehmetOzturk-nw9cr]

Texture 200m freestly world record

[@dfisdjnjcsjsjn]

5 of the 8 men are over 6ft4. huge.

[@adamroflll]

btw im not criticizing lochte, my reply was in defense of agnel. locte is brilliant

[@netfischer]

exactly my thought xD ... "he cant even medal" you wont believe that he´s talking about an olympic finalist in one of the hardest sports out there like that on youtube...wtf

[@miranherceg2647]

Can someone explain me what happened to Agnel? He was just perfect back in some days and now he cant even qualify for semifinal and decide to retired. What happened?

[@rcmanization]

he is back, not retired. but he just lost his form i guess

[@miranherceg2647]

+rcmanization Last information like two days before he say that he would retired.

[@nanouklezaf4273]

He trusted the Americans for his training.

[@miranherceg2647]

That is true. But Agnel was not injured. I have feeling he just burned out.

[@Aka_daka]

4 years is a long time injuries and form slumps can happen just look at James Magnussen although not as shot as Agnel still a shadow of himself.

[@erickp.c4665]

Just look at Paul biederman his suit gave him that 1.42. He is 3 seconds off

[@CoDWiiPS3Gameplay]

I know right? All that was missing was Phelps Thorpe and VDH and it would have been the best field in history.

[@MickChickenn]

I don't think Park Tae Hwan is swimming in this WC. I'm not positive on it, but I've heard he is skipping it. I don't think Biedermann will do much, unless he goes back to his old stroke. Also, in regards to your earlier post about Agnel and Lochte, neither of them are top in the world. Izotov is. He whipped out a 1:44 a little while ago. I think the race will be Izotov, Agnel, and Lochte fighting for the finish.

[@sambeaumont4337]

Most cursed Olympic final in swimming history

[@parkerfleischman1852]

Ikr! You got Ryan and well he’s not as bad now with the way he acts but still not great. You got Park who got suspended for doping. Then you mister smashing the vials sun. And then you’ve got redacted agnel

[@MickChickenn]

Agnel got wrecked in the 100, so that means little. And just because he can swim the 400 and the 800 short course does not mean he can swim long course. There are plenty of people that never made the transition. Yang is the favorite in the 400, 800 and 1500, and a contender in the 200. Agnel is a slight contender in the 100, favorite in the 200, a heavy contender in the 400, and has no shot in the distance as of now. At the moment Yang is set to have a better meet. Coaching might hurt, though..

[@adamroflll]

Agnel did not choke. He is not in great shape as he switched coaches and moved to america. He was faster at the 150m in barcelona than here. Difference was here he came back in 25.98 and in barcelona only 27.20 due to not being in top notch shape

[@Greey16]

Yup, but Yannick Agnel is the best now ! c:

[@21O966]

yes FRANCE Have the Europe and one of best in the world Swimmers generation : AGNEL,FLORENT MANAUDOU,MUFFAT and u have Gilot,stravius....they have been best europe nation in barcelone summer 2013 world championship and 3 rd behind usa china a AGNEL again WORLD CHAMPION on this distance and world champion with the french 4X100m Relay...AGNEL is unbeatable !!!

[@dfisdjnjcsjsjn]

That would probably be pretty close. Yannick does 3:43 for 400, Sun does 4:40 and Yannick is the faster 200m swimmer.

[@madafok]

Popovici why did you beat Agnel !!!!!🤬🤬🤬

[@holdenmcgroin8917]

2016 200m there's no full video on the match...

[@jarradlawford7239]

Biedermann shouldn’t be the WR holder. Never even finished top 3 without the suit at an international meet.

[@TheCompleteWeirdo]

What happened between Sun Yang and Park Taiwan or however it's spelled, what happened since they tied?

[@Shinoda908]

They both get silver and no bronze medal is awarded to anyone.

[@TheCompleteWeirdo]

Shinoda908 oh ok

[@1966bluemax]

Park Taiwan Lol

[@DafterDarlin]

3:23 I think his jammer is to small lol

[@Theablatif]

ahah yes :D

[@superredlion123]

Why isnt michael swimming can someone please tell me?

[@daniel84203]

Yes i have none. But you also have none. you and your country don't have any gold medalists in swimming but we (america) does. That is something to be proud of.

[@theterminator308]

He did 1m47.2 after my comment :v. However, Magnussen is able to increase his record in 200m, agnel as well in 100m

[@notablesquid968]

5:32 dont glide into the wall kid

[@takioswad]

....just enjoy the video guys and leave all the debates behind!