dad-gum...!
Now that's what I'm talking about! That's a Roy-ism for sure.
I wonder whether Roy still has my dad's Sad Jayhawk? See:
forums.usms.org/showthread.php
van den Hoogenband's comments were a bit petty.
I don't believe for a minute, though, that they don't make the suits for 12 year olds. Rubbish. Most 12 year old swimmers I see are taller than me.
I liked Gary Hall's comments. He has a good perspective on the whole issue.
(Guaranteed he'll be wearing one though.)
Van den Hoogenband sounded like sour grapes.
That world record of his was looking pretty safe for the past few years.
Someone should offer $50,000 if anyone can break 21.50 or 47.50 in a regular brief. Or perhaps just $50k to the fastest 100m LCM time in a regular brief in 2008. That should settle the debate about the role of the suits.
Mark Schubert's comments were not too far removed from Hoogie's.
Mark Schubert, US head coach, supported the technological advances but conceded records would not mean as much in the future.
"Because of the new swim suit technology, I think records are eventually going to not really be relevant. It's going to be more about the racing," Schubert said.
"The records are going to get destroyed, that's pretty obvious. Really, since the world championships in Melbourne it's been pretty obvious that these new suits are really changing the sport.
"But it makes it fun."
www.news.com.au/.../0,21985,23421077-14641,00.html
The entry is purposely made deeper to engage the suit's buoyancy factor. In doing so, one can to torpedo towards the surface at blistering speeds.
It does everything except give you the ability to communicate with creatures of the deep.
:lolup:
Holy swimmies, Batman -- Aquaman now has to wear a LZR to remain the fastest creature in the deep! (Those clever NASA engineers somehow compensated for the glove-induced drag...)
