Can a woman beat a man in swimming?

Originally posted by TheGoodSmith With the advent of Libby Lenton's 51.91 WR in the 100m free. I propose a swim off and battle of the sexes. Paul "the evil" Smith (45) representing Bobby Riggs vs. Libby Lenton (20) as Billie Jean King. My money rests on the female. John Smith From the story over at Swim Info, it looks like Libby could beat any man over 40 in the 200 Free with the 1:53.29 and the 50 Free is rather impressive at :23.85 from the recent World Cup this past week. Two things that stuck out in the article was the wild pink fastskin suit that's shown in the picture and the first paragraph of the story. I think Stephen Thomas who wrote the article has never been over to these USMS threads. If some started a story like that here it would just be baiting for controversy.

Originally posted by TheGoodSmith With the advent of Libby Lenton's 51.91 WR in the 100m free. I propose a swim off and battle of the sexes. Paul "the evil" Smith (45) representing Bobby Riggs vs. Libby Lenton (20) as Billie Jean King. My money rests on the female. John Smith From the story over at Swim Info, it looks like Libby could beat any man over 40 in the 200 Free with the 1:53.29 and the 50 Free is rather impressive at :23.85 from the recent World Cup this past week. Two things that stuck out in the article was the wild pink fastskin suit that's shown in the picture and the first paragraph of the story. I think Stephen Thomas who wrote the article has never been over to these USMS threads. If some started a story like that here it would just be baiting for controversy.