I read somewhere that Jason Lezak only swims 4,000 yds/meters a day. Has anyone else heard this? I don't see how an athlete of his caliber can get by on such little yardage. It seems like if he bumped it up some he could be faster than he already is. I swim more than that and I'm nowhere near as fast as him lol.
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I have watched every race at these Olympics and there have been some amazing races, fantastic times, and records set. Michael Phelps, clearly the best swimmer, ever. Period. But still, after watching all of it, including Phelps amazing razor thin win in the 100 fly tonight, the most impressive swim of these Olympics is Jason Lezak's anchor leg on the 400 free relay. What he did, against the best 100 free swimmer in the world, and the split he swam, 46.06....well, we may never see anything like it again.
What Lezak did psychologically, emotionally, is incredible. No one expected him to catch a body length and pass Bernard. No one .... It would have been far easier to simply swim very fast and yet lose to the superlative French team. Much easier. A 46.06... come on! Phelps will be the star of these Olympics and he should be, but in my book Jason Lezak swam the best race, the most amazing swimming performance we have ever seen or probably will ever see.
Jason Lezak...he is the man of these Olympics. I hope he has a great anchor leg tomorrow and that it doesn't have to be as close!
I have watched every race at these Olympics and there have been some amazing races, fantastic times, and records set. Michael Phelps, clearly the best swimmer, ever. Period. But still, after watching all of it, including Phelps amazing razor thin win in the 100 fly tonight, the most impressive swim of these Olympics is Jason Lezak's anchor leg on the 400 free relay. What he did, against the best 100 free swimmer in the world, and the split he swam, 46.06....well, we may never see anything like it again.
What Lezak did psychologically, emotionally, is incredible. No one expected him to catch a body length and pass Bernard. No one .... It would have been far easier to simply swim very fast and yet lose to the superlative French team. Much easier. A 46.06... come on! Phelps will be the star of these Olympics and he should be, but in my book Jason Lezak swam the best race, the most amazing swimming performance we have ever seen or probably will ever see.
Jason Lezak...he is the man of these Olympics. I hope he has a great anchor leg tomorrow and that it doesn't have to be as close!
