If you want to know whether a swimmer can hit 55 seconds in the 100m freestyle, watch their 50m time. A repeatable 27.5-second 50m pace is the prerequisite for a 55-second 100m. The 25m sprint splits during training are an early warning system — if a swimmer is sitting at 29.3s on 25m sprints when the goal pace demands 27.5s, the 100m target is wishful thinking, not a plan.
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