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
Jeff:
I thought the same thing myself. I remember Matt Biondi saying that he thought that Tom Jager got hosed by having that time trial record replace his record because Peter Williams swam by himself with no competitors ideal for swimming conditions. When they both swam at Nashville, its was 1 on 1 so the conditions were a little different but more like a time trial then a championship race situation. I think at the time no one was thinking about that because it was the first time they ever had a race for cash on national TV. They had a couple with Mark Spitz the next year but it didn't have the excitement of the Nashville one. I don't believe there has ever been another national TV race like this since here in the USA.
Jeff:
I thought the same thing myself. I remember Matt Biondi saying that he thought that Tom Jager got hosed by having that time trial record replace his record because Peter Williams swam by himself with no competitors ideal for swimming conditions. When they both swam at Nashville, its was 1 on 1 so the conditions were a little different but more like a time trial then a championship race situation. I think at the time no one was thinking about that because it was the first time they ever had a race for cash on national TV. They had a couple with Mark Spitz the next year but it didn't have the excitement of the Nashville one. I don't believe there has ever been another national TV race like this since here in the USA.
