Fred Bousquet of Auburn just broke the 19 second barrier , first man to do so!!!
Splits were 9.26 and 9.48
That is some unbelievable time...
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Originally posted by jerry clark
how bout his straight arm recovery! I've not seen the results for the times of everyone in that heat, but in the 2nd video (from the side), it looked like the other 7 swimmers were all in line as they hit the end wall.
It doesn't look like a straight arm recovery to me - just a very fast arm recovery!
I agree that it looks neck and at the end of the first lap. He pulls ahead on the streamline out of the turn, but then his lead actually increases as the lap continues. He took 12 strokes during the first lap, but jumped to 17 on the second, which was partly because he didn't streamline as far after the turn as he did after the start.
Originally posted by jerry clark
how bout his straight arm recovery! I've not seen the results for the times of everyone in that heat, but in the 2nd video (from the side), it looked like the other 7 swimmers were all in line as they hit the end wall.
It doesn't look like a straight arm recovery to me - just a very fast arm recovery!
I agree that it looks neck and at the end of the first lap. He pulls ahead on the streamline out of the turn, but then his lead actually increases as the lap continues. He took 12 strokes during the first lap, but jumped to 17 on the second, which was partly because he didn't streamline as far after the turn as he did after the start.
