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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)?
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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.
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what, no 800 IM? :)
Even though an 800 IM would be interesting, per se, in most cases you would have a "Phelps" just outracing everybody else.
When I said an 8x200 IM Relay, it's because I'd like to see how each coach would strategize this race: eight different swimmers, each doing four strokes. How would they start or finish (with which of their swimmers)? Some teams might be ahead by 50m at the 300m mark and might be finishing last (or next to) nearer the end or v.v. Do you start with the men to give your team the largest headstart possible? Or do you keep your men (supposedly faster than women, in general) for the four (or maybe only last three) anchor spots, to catch-up? But maybe team B has more fast women swimmers than fast men. I know that the expression "more fast" does not sound grammatically correct but I mean more -as in quantity- with a pause after "more" and "fast women" pronounced quickly together.
what, no 800 IM? :)
Even though an 800 IM would be interesting, per se, in most cases you would have a "Phelps" just outracing everybody else.
When I said an 8x200 IM Relay, it's because I'd like to see how each coach would strategize this race: eight different swimmers, each doing four strokes. How would they start or finish (with which of their swimmers)? Some teams might be ahead by 50m at the 300m mark and might be finishing last (or next to) nearer the end or v.v. Do you start with the men to give your team the largest headstart possible? Or do you keep your men (supposedly faster than women, in general) for the four (or maybe only last three) anchor spots, to catch-up? But maybe team B has more fast women swimmers than fast men. I know that the expression "more fast" does not sound grammatically correct but I mean more -as in quantity- with a pause after "more" and "fast women" pronounced quickly together.
