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One event that's purely and simply R.T. (Reaction times).
Men' and Women's, of course, with nothing but a start
off the blocks. Not even a race to the 15m mark or the 10m
mark. Just the electronic R.T. And the start would not be
influenced by a competitor thinking about SDKs, entry or
anything else. Do you think we might get to see anything
below the 0.65s (that occasionally happened in Melbourne 2007)?
2-
An 8x200 IM-Relay
Yes it seems self-contradictory but here's how I see it:
4 Women and 4 Men on each (National or Club-depending on the
event) team. Each of the eight swimmers swims a 200 I.M.
i.e., Fly (off the blocks, of course), Back, ***, Free (so the
hand-offs are always Free to Fly).
The order in which the eight team-members go, would be left to the
coaches (i.e., not W/M/W/M/W/M/W/M or any such like all Women followed by all Men) but purely strategic.
It would be interesting to follow this 1600m as the lead(s) will change,
quite a few times I surmise, during the course of those 15 plus minutes,
especially if done in a World or Olympic event.
I think you'd see the 4x200 medley relay before the 8x200 co-ed medley relay. Mixing men and women in the same race seems like a big step/change. Adding a 4x200 medley relay though would be neat though.
I think you'd see the 4x200 medley relay before the 8x200 co-ed medley relay. Mixing men and women in the same race seems like a big step/change. Adding a 4x200 medley relay though would be neat though.
