So in fairness to the Chinese 400IM winner-how do you explain Ledecky's win?I thought for sure-as did the announcers-that she was going to burn out by the 300,400,at the very least the 500 mark.
I'd love to see her splits compared to Adlington/Friis/Garcia.
I agree about the jumping to conclusions-however I did start my post with "in fairness"-I am defending Ye.If people question or excuse one teenage swimmers out of nowhere performance then all of them become suspect...and that is a slippery slope.Ye is the reigning world champion in the 400IM-whereas the Olympics are Ledecky's 1st international swimming competition.So why does Ye get so much scrutiny?
It's not the performance of Ye in comparison to other females that was being questioned, it was her performance at the end of what is THE most physically demanding pool event, the 400 IM compared to the men that raised the issue. She split a 100 free that was faster than three of the men's 400IM finalists, within .5 seconds of the remaining 3 and less than a second off the last 2.
For me, I'm in the 'innocent until proven guilty' camp but I do have concerns.
I agree about the jumping to conclusions-however I did start my post with "in fairness"-I am defending Ye.If people question or excuse one teenage swimmers out of nowhere performance then all of them become suspect...and that is a slippery slope.Ye is the reigning world champion in the 400IM-whereas the Olympics are Ledecky's 1st international swimming competition.So why does Ye get so much scrutiny?
It's not the performance of Ye in comparison to other females that was being questioned, it was her performance at the end of what is THE most physically demanding pool event, the 400 IM compared to the men that raised the issue. She split a 100 free that was faster than three of the men's 400IM finalists, within .5 seconds of the remaining 3 and less than a second off the last 2.
For me, I'm in the 'innocent until proven guilty' camp but I do have concerns.
