Best Video of
2012 Olympic Gold Medalist
Nathan Adrian's
41.13 100 Freestyle at the
2014 USMS Masters Nationals in Santa Clara CA on Sat May 3rd, 2014
http://youtu.be/igb1wg7phMs
No, but I imagine the 20 second delay is usually useful in masters competition. For one thing there are swimmers who start from the wall in the water. They are definitely going to be touching the pad at the start. Also there are relays and swimmers getting out or staying in the water after their leg. Because of this it's probably just easier to go with the 20 second delay.
These reasons make sense, especially the point about in-water starts. The article just confused me by saying that the delay was due to flyover starts and that flyover starts were the norm for USMS. Neither of those statements is true.
No, but I imagine the 20 second delay is usually useful in masters competition. For one thing there are swimmers who start from the wall in the water. They are definitely going to be touching the pad at the start. Also there are relays and swimmers getting out or staying in the water after their leg. Because of this it's probably just easier to go with the 20 second delay.
These reasons make sense, especially the point about in-water starts. The article just confused me by saying that the delay was due to flyover starts and that flyover starts were the norm for USMS. Neither of those statements is true.
