The FINA rules say no but not considering the rulebook, should Libby Lenton's 52.99 go in the record books. There has been alot of debate on this in the other thread. What do you think?
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Drafting is not illegal, so how could it possibly invalidate the swim?
because she wouldn't have gained the advatage that she did in a real race.
would this be fair: A woman wearing fins and a woman in the next lane drafting off of her and getting a world record. the woman with fins would obviosly get dqed and the other woman would get the wr. Is that fair? Well phelps was going about as fast as a woman with fins. The point is, its not natural to gain an advantage off a man or a woman with fins.
And down the road if someone goes a 53.02 in a regular race they are going to say i wish i had phelps to draft off of.
Drafting is not illegal, so how could it possibly invalidate the swim?
because she wouldn't have gained the advatage that she did in a real race.
would this be fair: A woman wearing fins and a woman in the next lane drafting off of her and getting a world record. the woman with fins would obviosly get dqed and the other woman would get the wr. Is that fair? Well phelps was going about as fast as a woman with fins. The point is, its not natural to gain an advantage off a man or a woman with fins.
And down the road if someone goes a 53.02 in a regular race they are going to say i wish i had phelps to draft off of.
