The question isn't whether or not Popoff ever wore a body suit.
The question is whether the body suit is the deciding factor in the World Record.
Technology has only clouded the ability to decide at this point who really has swum the fastest 50m LC free.
John Smith
I am not sure that a bunch of sprint free records will mean it's the suit.I think it is possible that this straight arm,ballistic entry style may be a real breakthrough.(But I agree with John,if everyone was in standard suits we'd know which was natural speed and which was fabric.)
The question is whether the body suit is the deciding factor in the World Record.
The answer is coming this summer.
If the time standards are significantly lowered in the sprinting events, it might be a good assumption that the latest suit technology influenced the results to some degree.
There is supposed to be some great video shots of the race but his coach is not letting it be released. Secrets for the upcoming Olympics???
Kind of like curtains around the hulls of the America's Cup racers? ;)
Skip
From what one can see, am I correct that he didn't breathe, and used one, at most two dolphin kicks?
Jonathan, thanks for posting that underwater video link of Nystrand. It is a bit hard to see what he is doing, but he is quite different from Ian Thorpe.
VB
From what one can see, am I correct that he didn't breathe, and used one, at most two dolphin kicks?
I thought I saw him take a breath at about the 30M mark.
I was just looking at Sullivan from 2007.Since then he has gone to the straight arm recovery.I guess thats the wave of the future in sprinting.He was much more bent elbow in 2007.
It would be interesting to know what Popoff could have done in a full body suit.
John Smith
On the contrary, it would also be interesting to know what Sullivan would have done in a speedo. Popov chose not to compete in a style other than brief - and while we think his performance at the last olympics wasn't all that great, he still held his own with all the bodysuiters.
It was a very bad video, maybe some new ones coming up.
Here is another video that is in a news broacast cosmos.bcst.yahoo.com/.../
In the other video I saw him breath on the left side. I think I saw him breathe on the right side also in the news video..
There is a short clip of his underwater in the link George provided. (THANK YOU SIR) Yes, he has the same sharp in-sweep at the top of the stroke, and tight pull close to his body, just like Nystrand. Incredible!!
Allan in a 50 or a 100 you do what you have to do. The was not much wrong there. Power all the way clean exit and a powerfull hand entry. Did anyone notice the second wave, it was a big wave that he was kicking into. It seemed to me it was pushing him forward.
I don't think he was stroke counting. I think he did 40 strokes + 21 or 22 sec gives him a score of 61 or 62. I am going to down load it and make it slow motion and get an accurate count.
