Swimming treated unfairly compared to Track & Field
Former Member
We have had this discussion before, but I've been watching US Trials in Track and getting indignant all over again over 3 competitors qualifying for Olys in Track compared to Swimming. Yes, I know the history of the limitation to 2 in Swimming, but the world has changed and there are certainly other countries that could send 3 world class competitors...anyway, compared to Track, we as a sport, are getting jobbed!
Then there is Gymnastics where you can do well & win events and the Queen & her henchwomen
Like I told my wife today: for gymnastics to compare with swimming, Phelps and Lochte would need to jump out of the pool after every 50 in the IM and do a little "I'm about to switch strokes" dance. And a judge would subtract .1 to .3 from their final time based on this performance.
Seriously, though... while those women are obviously amazing athletes - they have abs like bodybuilders and I swear I saw one do a no-foot pushup while balancing on the bars - the drama and theater and makeup, IMO, really undermine the amount of training they do. I can't watch it without going all MST3K on it, and then I feel bad because I know they work harder every day than I do all week.
I'll take a straight-up race for time any day.
/sidetrack
Then there is Gymnastics where you can do well & win events and the Queen & her henchwomen
Like I told my wife today: for gymnastics to compare with swimming, Phelps and Lochte would need to jump out of the pool after every 50 in the IM and do a little "I'm about to switch strokes" dance. And a judge would subtract .1 to .3 from their final time based on this performance.
Seriously, though... while those women are obviously amazing athletes - they have abs like bodybuilders and I swear I saw one do a no-foot pushup while balancing on the bars - the drama and theater and makeup, IMO, really undermine the amount of training they do. I can't watch it without going all MST3K on it, and then I feel bad because I know they work harder every day than I do all week.
I'll take a straight-up race for time any day.
/sidetrack
