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1) Women get a 1500 in Olympics. 2) 25 km open water added to Olympics, not just the 10 km. 3) Addition of a swim "decathlon" - 10 events (including a 1500 free and the 50 free, BTW) done over 2 days with the overall winner determined by the average percentage of their time for each event as compared to the world record. 4) Just for sadistic kicks, add a 1500 fly. posted by Leonard Jansen I totally agree with #1 Leonard......The fact that women don't swim the 1500 in the Olympics is similar to other previous (and current) rules in women's sports like not playing more than 3 games in a WNBA finals??.....Women are tough enough to handle the same rules and events as men.....Try and keep up with Janet Evans or Katie Ziegler in a 1500! I really like #3 as well! Who can do it all? .....50 free, 1500 free, 200 fly, 200 back, 200 ***, 100 fly, 100 back, 100 ***, 200 IM, and 400 IM would make a good Decathalon. Newmastersswimmer

1) Women get a 1500 in Olympics. 2) 25 km open water added to Olympics, not just the 10 km. 3) Addition of a swim "decathlon" - 10 events (including a 1500 free and the 50 free, BTW) done over 2 days with the overall winner determined by the average percentage of their time for each event as compared to the world record. 4) Just for sadistic kicks, add a 1500 fly. posted by Leonard Jansen I totally agree with #1 Leonard......The fact that women don't swim the 1500 in the Olympics is similar to other previous (and current) rules in women's sports like not playing more than 3 games in a WNBA finals??.....Women are tough enough to handle the same rules and events as men.....Try and keep up with Janet Evans or Katie Ziegler in a 1500! I really like #3 as well! Who can do it all? .....50 free, 1500 free, 200 fly, 200 back, 200 ***, 100 fly, 100 back, 100 ***, 200 IM, and 400 IM would make a good Decathalon. Newmastersswimmer