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?
At the 2010 Nats in Atlanta my goggles broke on the way to the blocks for the 50 BR.I used to carry a spare in my pocket but after years of no problems I got careless(never again.)With no time to get new ones I thought"it's OK,You swam in college without goggles." What I realized after the first stroke was in college I swam BR with my head up and now was swimming looking down.I could not see the target for the turn and finish and had to use the Braille method.That probably cost me .5 sec,in my last 50 in a tech suit.
At the 2010 Nats in Atlanta my goggles broke on the way to the blocks for the 50 BR.I used to carry a spare in my pocket but after years of no problems I got careless(never again.)With no time to get new ones I thought"it's OK,You swam in college without goggles." What I realized after the first stroke was in college I swam BR with my head up and now was swimming looking down.I could not see the target for the turn and finish and had to use the Braille method.That probably cost me .5 sec,in my last 50 in a tech suit.
