Speaking of this, did anyone else want to throw a brick through their TV when NBC mentioned this incident before the 200 fly finals? They acted like winning the race with filled up goggles was the greatest achievement in sports history. Either Rowdy or Dan Hicks said something to the effect of "...anyone else would have just thrown in the towel, but not Michael!" Oh come on, you're going to just give up in the Olympic finals--in an event you've held the world record in for years because your goggles filled up? Please!
Not really. For someone who's used to racing others, not being able to see the field would be exasperating. And it seems like there would be a lot of potential for swimming crooked in a long course pool. I don't see how it couldn't interfere with the fine points of a race...
Speaking of this, did anyone else want to throw a brick through their TV when NBC mentioned this incident before the 200 fly finals? They acted like winning the race with filled up goggles was the greatest achievement in sports history. Either Rowdy or Dan Hicks said something to the effect of "...anyone else would have just thrown in the towel, but not Michael!" Oh come on, you're going to just give up in the Olympic finals--in an event you've held the world record in for years because your goggles filled up? Please!
Not really. For someone who's used to racing others, not being able to see the field would be exasperating. And it seems like there would be a lot of potential for swimming crooked in a long course pool. I don't see how it couldn't interfere with the fine points of a race...
