Hello, friends,
I've been wondering where to post this message, so I might as well start here.
There is a lot of talk about records broken in the tech suit era and some people want asterisks on those records.
But no one talks about the suit which Thorpe wore in the 2000 Olympics. It sure looks like a wetsuit to me:
media.olympics.com.au/.../20100707_101809625_ian_thorpe_wins_400m_20001.jpg
Why aren't his victories and records tainted by the use of this suit?
Does the rule change about suits help explain why he was unsuccessful in his comeback attempt?
Any thoughts?
5 or 6 seconds for a 100 meters! Wow!
I had a TYR tech suit which I think saved me 2 seconds in a 100 yard race. Of course, every one in my heat had a tech suit on, so the final results wouldn't have been much different if we all had been wearing plain old speedos.
This suit took me 45 minutes to put on. I wore it for all my races except for the distance ones at a four day meet (USMS short course championships 2009) and then it fell apart.
If you are at that meet, you might remember seeing me. My suit was bright yellow.
5 or 6 seconds for a 100 meters! Wow!
I had a TYR tech suit which I think saved me 2 seconds in a 100 yard race. Of course, every one in my heat had a tech suit on, so the final results wouldn't have been much different if we all had been wearing plain old speedos.
This suit took me 45 minutes to put on. I wore it for all my races except for the distance ones at a four day meet (USMS short course championships 2009) and then it fell apart.
If you are at that meet, you might remember seeing me. My suit was bright yellow.
