I wanted to make this a poll but couldn't figure out how to do it!
Do people think that the swimming finals should be moved ot the mornig so that they will be on during the evening prime time here inthe States? Many different swimming sites from other countries think that it is a lot of us in hteStates blowing & whinning.
Well, that's the problem, George. We don't really know who is and who isn't. So, because we prefer our heros to be clean, we are disappointed (you and Ben Johnson) when they are not. I think the swimmer who got screwed over the most, I remember watching it so clearly, was Shirley Babashoff. It was her and the roid monsters. She should have got gold instead of silver in every event. (I do remember she got gold in one relay.)
Fortress:
Again we are speculating as to who was using and who wasn't using plus there were other swimmers in the competition that were not using. Take 1972 for example, swimmers like Sandy Neilson, Shane Gould, and Keena Rothhammer defeated Shirly Babashoff in the 100, 200, and 400 Free events. These were not roid monsters at all so Shirley didn't and wouldn't have won a gold insead of the silver medals won in the 100 and 200 Free.
In 1976, there was a black women swimmer from Holland named Enith Brigitha that defeated Shirley in the 100 Free and was within .18 in the 200 Free. Without the East Germans there you never know what would have happened and all we can do is speculate. Again not all of the swimmers in the competition were roid monsters. But we will never know for sure and at this point all we do is speculate. The 400 and 800 are the events she got second to Petra Thumer by margins of 4 seconds over the 3rd place finisher, so yes I agree with that performance she would have won those two events, and only those two events judging from the margin of 4 seconds. But again its really pure speculation.
Well, that's the problem, George. We don't really know who is and who isn't. So, because we prefer our heros to be clean, we are disappointed (you and Ben Johnson) when they are not. I think the swimmer who got screwed over the most, I remember watching it so clearly, was Shirley Babashoff. It was her and the roid monsters. She should have got gold instead of silver in every event. (I do remember she got gold in one relay.)
Fortress:
Again we are speculating as to who was using and who wasn't using plus there were other swimmers in the competition that were not using. Take 1972 for example, swimmers like Sandy Neilson, Shane Gould, and Keena Rothhammer defeated Shirly Babashoff in the 100, 200, and 400 Free events. These were not roid monsters at all so Shirley didn't and wouldn't have won a gold insead of the silver medals won in the 100 and 200 Free.
In 1976, there was a black women swimmer from Holland named Enith Brigitha that defeated Shirley in the 100 Free and was within .18 in the 200 Free. Without the East Germans there you never know what would have happened and all we can do is speculate. Again not all of the swimmers in the competition were roid monsters. But we will never know for sure and at this point all we do is speculate. The 400 and 800 are the events she got second to Petra Thumer by margins of 4 seconds over the 3rd place finisher, so yes I agree with that performance she would have won those two events, and only those two events judging from the margin of 4 seconds. But again its really pure speculation.
