Cant remember where I read it, but I heard that someone is petitioning to have Popov's 50 LCM Free world record expunged since it was done in a time trial.
I disagree. If it was done legally, it should stand as a WR.
Meets are there to crown champions and award medals etc under race circumstances, but the pool and the clock are there all the time, taking on all comers.
Steve
Thanks Patrick. I was unaware that Ian Crocker did that in a time trial. I wonder if there are others out there. Perhaps in the Short Course Meter format after World Cup competitions. With this swim taking place recently then I think it won't be changed.
By the way Peter Williams was from South Africia and they were not permitted in the Olympics for years and that is why people probably don't remember him back in 1984.
Thanks Patrick. I was unaware that Ian Crocker did that in a time trial. I wonder if there are others out there. Perhaps in the Short Course Meter format after World Cup competitions. With this swim taking place recently then I think it won't be changed.
By the way Peter Williams was from South Africia and they were not permitted in the Olympics for years and that is why people probably don't remember him back in 1984.
