At the U.S. Trials there was one official in every lane looking at the turns, so now that we're in Athens, how does Kitajima get away with that dolphin kick on his turn? It seemed clear to me from the above water shot, then was confirmed with the underwater. Other breaststrokers care to weigh in?
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I took a huge shot at the canadian team, but aquageek hit below the belt. Canada has great coaches and a very good sports science program. The engineer who came up with the first Speedo Fastskin was a jet engineer from Canada.
What they do not have is a great college program. They do well with a small program. They do lack the overall leadership such as Bill Sweatham has for England.
This is where the USA educates and trains half the great swimmers in the world. Three of the four from South Africa, Agnes Kovacs, the list is huge at this years Olympics. Stanford and Auborn have half a dozen swimmers swimming for other countries.
Japan, Russia and Australia all have great national programs, the rest of the world can send their swimmers to the USA for free education and Olympic glory.
I took a huge shot at the canadian team, but aquageek hit below the belt. Canada has great coaches and a very good sports science program. The engineer who came up with the first Speedo Fastskin was a jet engineer from Canada.
What they do not have is a great college program. They do well with a small program. They do lack the overall leadership such as Bill Sweatham has for England.
This is where the USA educates and trains half the great swimmers in the world. Three of the four from South Africa, Agnes Kovacs, the list is huge at this years Olympics. Stanford and Auborn have half a dozen swimmers swimming for other countries.
Japan, Russia and Australia all have great national programs, the rest of the world can send their swimmers to the USA for free education and Olympic glory.
