pwb, your avatar is working! :applaud:
swimnews.com/.../9587
Back in 2009, USA Swimming shelved a campaign to replace the 800m with 1500m out of respect for Adlington and the 2012 hosts after the swimmer made it clear that she would want the chance to defend her 800m crown at home. But as the clock stops on August 3, Americans will press the IOC to call time on "gender inequality" in the pool in favour of bringing the race schedule for men and women in line for the first time since the fairer sex made its swimming debut at Stockholm in 1912.
This is good progress, but not exactly what I was looking for. I want both the women and the men to have BOTH the 800 and the 1500. They contest both at World Championships; they track World Records for both; why not race both at the Olympics?
Certainly, based upon NBC's coverage of Olympic Trials, the argument against both is not because it will take up valuable air time!
I really applaud the addition of the 10K open water and would applaud the equalization of event order that this would bring, but, if the sprinters get the 50 and the 100, the mid-distance folks get the 200 and the 400, why can't the d-folks get the 800 and the 1500?
I agree. Distance folks deserve both events, and they are certainly different enough to warrant two separate events.
This is good progress, but not exactly what I was looking for. I want both the women and the men to have BOTH the 800 and the 1500. They contest both at World Championships; they track World Records for both; why not race both at the Olympics?
Certainly, based upon NBC's coverage of Olympic Trials, the argument against both is not because it will take up valuable air time!
I really applaud the addition of the 10K open water and would applaud the equalization of event order that this would bring, but, if the sprinters get the 50 and the 100, the mid-distance folks get the 200 and the 400, why can't the d-folks get the 800 and the 1500?
I agree. Distance folks deserve both events, and they are certainly different enough to warrant two separate events.
