Eamon Sullivan breaks Popov's 50m record!

Gary Hall is apparently being sued by Eamon for comments he made questioning the performance: _______________________________________________________ Gary Hall Jr. Joined: 05 Oct 2005 Posts: 572 Location: Sunny Florida Posted: Sun Mar 16, 2008 7:27 pm Post subject: -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- So if you haven't seen or heard already here are some links that will bring you up to speed. www.timedfinals.com/.../ swimnews.com/.../displayStory.jhtml www.swimmingworldmagazine.com/.../17486.asp www.deckpass.com/.../ www.timedfinals.com/.../ www.timedfinals.com/.../ Everybody that swims fast is suspected of doping these days. I have pointed out very clearly that it has everything to do with the amount of cheating that has gone on in sports, and not the fault of the athletes performing well on their own. Having Grant Hackett and Alan Thompson run to your side screaming absurdities does not help Eamon in my opinion, or his argument. They absolutely freaked out. As well as I think I know everyone on the US team I can’t be 100% certain that every one of them is clean. I don’t think that it’s possible for Grant or Alan to know 100% either that Eamon is clean. Craig Lord points out, actually backs up with some pretty convincing numbers, that there is more reason to doubt Eamon’s performance than the average fast swimmer. It’s a pretty solid argument from a guy who is much more articulate than I, and as a guy from the UK an unbiased view. So, I am asking everyone here, especially those defending Eamon, what is he doing better than everyone else in the world? I’d like to keep myself out of the argument, though I realize that may not be possible at this point since I'm supposedly being sued. Eamon is blowing away Schoeman, Texas guys, American guys, European guys, young guys, injury free guys that have put more than a couple of injury free seasons together, guys that have a lot more international race experience, yes old guys like me too, guys from well established swim programs that have produced many champions, etc., etc., etc… Is his technique flawless? You can find it on YouTube. www.youtube.com/watch www.youtube.com/watch Maybe it was the two weeks of altitude training? It’s hardly innovative. I’m sure the three hip surgeries couldn’t have helped. By his own admission the sprints are determined by “fraction of a second” “fingernails separate first to last”. He just dropped nearly a half second and beat VERY fast guys by a body length. How do you explain it? At 22 he would be a post grad swimmer in the US. Established programs here in the US like Texas, Auburn, Arizona, Marsh, Salo, Bottom, have their swimmers pretty well established before they graduate, maybe not peaked, but definitely a lot more established than Eamon has been in previous years. I am not about to bash his coach because I don’t know him at all and that is also reason to raise an eyebrow. Is this Stoelwinder (sp?) guy THAT much better than Touretski, Salo, DeMont, Reese, Marsh, Kenny or Bottom that he was able to take a 6′0 guy with three bad hips and drop him to a 21.5? Has he produced any other top level swimmers? I am asking here because I don’t know. Drops are consistent for most clean athletes. While the drops are larger for swimmers like Michael Phelps and Katie Hoff their drops are consistent all the same. Not so with Eamon, or Bernard. These same questions can be asked of Alain as well. He went from a 22.3 to a 21.7? I am NOT saying that I don’t believe that the time 21.5 is impossible. It’s now been done and all of us are a little bit curious, how does a 22 year old with three hip surgeries, drop a half a second in the 50 free, unrested? Some insight into how he is training, what he is doing different from every other sprint program in the world might ease some of those suspicious minds, in a way that “I have been drug tested!” never will. We all know that the cheaters are WAAAAAY ahead of the testers. _________________ Your friend in swimming, Gary Hall Jr. Long live the Race Club!

Gary Hall is apparently being sued by Eamon for comments he made questioning the performance: _______________________________________________________ Gary Hall Jr. Joined: 05 Oct 2005 Posts: 572 Location: Sunny Florida Posted: Sun Mar 16, 2008 7:27 pm Post subject: -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- So if you haven't seen or heard already here are some links that will bring you up to speed. www.timedfinals.com/.../ swimnews.com/.../displayStory.jhtml www.swimmingworldmagazine.com/.../17486.asp www.deckpass.com/.../ www.timedfinals.com/.../ www.timedfinals.com/.../ Everybody that swims fast is suspected of doping these days. I have pointed out very clearly that it has everything to do with the amount of cheating that has gone on in sports, and not the fault of the athletes performing well on their own. Having Grant Hackett and Alan Thompson run to your side screaming absurdities does not help Eamon in my opinion, or his argument. They absolutely freaked out. As well as I think I know everyone on the US team I can’t be 100% certain that every one of them is clean. I don’t think that it’s possible for Grant or Alan to know 100% either that Eamon is clean. Craig Lord points out, actually backs up with some pretty convincing numbers, that there is more reason to doubt Eamon’s performance than the average fast swimmer. It’s a pretty solid argument from a guy who is much more articulate than I, and as a guy from the UK an unbiased view. So, I am asking everyone here, especially those defending Eamon, what is he doing better than everyone else in the world? I’d like to keep myself out of the argument, though I realize that may not be possible at this point since I'm supposedly being sued. Eamon is blowing away Schoeman, Texas guys, American guys, European guys, young guys, injury free guys that have put more than a couple of injury free seasons together, guys that have a lot more international race experience, yes old guys like me too, guys from well established swim programs that have produced many champions, etc., etc., etc… Is his technique flawless? You can find it on YouTube. www.youtube.com/watch www.youtube.com/watch Maybe it was the two weeks of altitude training? It’s hardly innovative. I’m sure the three hip surgeries couldn’t have helped. By his own admission the sprints are determined by “fraction of a second” “fingernails separate first to last”. He just dropped nearly a half second and beat VERY fast guys by a body length. How do you explain it? At 22 he would be a post grad swimmer in the US. Established programs here in the US like Texas, Auburn, Arizona, Marsh, Salo, Bottom, have their swimmers pretty well established before they graduate, maybe not peaked, but definitely a lot more established than Eamon has been in previous years. I am not about to bash his coach because I don’t know him at all and that is also reason to raise an eyebrow. Is this Stoelwinder (sp?) guy THAT much better than Touretski, Salo, DeMont, Reese, Marsh, Kenny or Bottom that he was able to take a 6′0 guy with three bad hips and drop him to a 21.5? Has he produced any other top level swimmers? I am asking here because I don’t know. Drops are consistent for most clean athletes. While the drops are larger for swimmers like Michael Phelps and Katie Hoff their drops are consistent all the same. Not so with Eamon, or Bernard. These same questions can be asked of Alain as well. He went from a 22.3 to a 21.7? I am NOT saying that I don’t believe that the time 21.5 is impossible. It’s now been done and all of us are a little bit curious, how does a 22 year old with three hip surgeries, drop a half a second in the 50 free, unrested? Some insight into how he is training, what he is doing different from every other sprint program in the world might ease some of those suspicious minds, in a way that “I have been drug tested!” never will. We all know that the cheaters are WAAAAAY ahead of the testers. _________________ Your friend in swimming, Gary Hall Jr. Long live the Race Club!