It's absolutely insane how someone could dominate all disciplines like Phelps. Not only does he have the world record in both medleys,making him the best overall swimmer, but he came a third of a second from being able to claim the fastest 200 swimmer of three different strokes!
Just look at Phelps' best times against the best active competitor's times in each 200 discipline:
200FREE
Phelps 1:43.86
Hoogie 1:44.89
200BK
Phelps 1:54.65
Lochte 1:54.32
200BRST
Phelps 2:15.06
Hansen 2:08.50
200FLY
Phelps 1:52.09
Yamamoto 1:54.56
If you add up his times vs the best times of the specialists of each discipline, the specialists are only faster by 3.42 seconds-and the specialists only win because of Hansen's dominance in ***.
Wow.
It's absolutely insane how someone could dominate all disciplines like Phelps. Not only does he have the world record in both medleys,making him the best overall swimmer, but he came a third of a second from being able to claim the fastest 200 swimmer of three different strokes!
Just look at Phelps' best times against the best active competitor's times in each 200 discipline:
200FREE
Phelps 1:43.86
Hoogie 1:44.89
200BK
Phelps 1:54.65
Lochte 1:54.32
200BRST
Phelps 2:15.06
Hansen 2:08.50
200FLY
Phelps 1:52.09
Yamamoto 1:54.56
If you add up his times vs the best times of the specialists of each discipline, the specialists are only faster by 3.42 seconds-and the specialists only win because of Hansen's dominance in ***.
Wow.
