I was wondering if being tall gives you an advantage in swimming because alot of the olympic male swimmers today are over 6 feet.
What do you guys think?
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At the elite level I would say yes, in sprint freestyle never saw short people. But think of thise chinese women with steriods that are only 5'7" and 5'8" can defeat American and European and Aussie women that are at least 5'10" in 50 meter freestyle because the steriods gave them more upper-body strength. On the other hand, think of this, women in their 45 to 49 age group world records are not much faster than the top 10 year old girls in USA swimming. And these kids are mainly under 5'0" and don't have the same amount of upper-body strength as a middle age women does. So, maybe because 10 year old girls weigh a lot less there able to equal women that may be a foot taller than them and have more upper-body strength.
At the elite level I would say yes, in sprint freestyle never saw short people. But think of thise chinese women with steriods that are only 5'7" and 5'8" can defeat American and European and Aussie women that are at least 5'10" in 50 meter freestyle because the steriods gave them more upper-body strength. On the other hand, think of this, women in their 45 to 49 age group world records are not much faster than the top 10 year old girls in USA swimming. And these kids are mainly under 5'0" and don't have the same amount of upper-body strength as a middle age women does. So, maybe because 10 year old girls weigh a lot less there able to equal women that may be a foot taller than them and have more upper-body strength.
