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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.... Especially as a woman accused (rightly or not) of drafting off of Phelps.
You (not you ensignada, so let me rephrase that):
One can only accuse someone of something illegal, or
not allowed.
As far as I know, drafting has yet to be outlawed.
(And if outlawed, the only way they can enforce it
is to have every swimmer swim all alone, since according
to the Laws of Physics, waves propagate (diminishing but propagate)
and if you take the calculation "ad infinitum", the wave created by somebody two lanes away from you is -I believe- equal to the square root
of the draft off the lane right next to you. So, theoretically
(on paper) lane 1 could feel the effect of the (draft) waves
from lane 8 (the difference would be measurable when they
have electronic timers capable of timing to the 1/1000000th
of a second).
Thus, I don't believe anyone was accusing her of drafting but explaining
why she did the time she did.
I think she's already demonstrated a boatload of class.
Amen to that!
.... Especially as a woman accused (rightly or not) of drafting off of Phelps.
You (not you ensignada, so let me rephrase that):
One can only accuse someone of something illegal, or
not allowed.
As far as I know, drafting has yet to be outlawed.
(And if outlawed, the only way they can enforce it
is to have every swimmer swim all alone, since according
to the Laws of Physics, waves propagate (diminishing but propagate)
and if you take the calculation "ad infinitum", the wave created by somebody two lanes away from you is -I believe- equal to the square root
of the draft off the lane right next to you. So, theoretically
(on paper) lane 1 could feel the effect of the (draft) waves
from lane 8 (the difference would be measurable when they
have electronic timers capable of timing to the 1/1000000th
of a second).
Thus, I don't believe anyone was accusing her of drafting but explaining
why she did the time she did.
I think she's already demonstrated a boatload of class.
Amen to that!
