I'd grant you that, but I haven't heard of any other major records from any other sports, other than swimming. Swimming isn't the only part of the Olympic Games. What other olympic sports are having so many records being broken this year?
Keep in mind that Athletics (Track & Field) hasn't really gotten going yet in the northern hemisphere. In fact, the World Cross Country Championships were just last weekend, so many the distance types won't come out to play for at least another month or more and the sprint whimps whine like the craven dogs they are if the temperature is below 80 F. There were several indoor WR's in track on the women's side this season; none on the men's side. Besides it may be harder in some sports (like track) that are suspected of having "dirty" records from the past to see said records broken - e.g. Kratochvelova's women's 800 m record which will be 25 years oldin July.
As I (and others) have said before, swimming is still in its infancy when it comes to being a truly professional sport. I think that we will see a lot of record "turbulence" for a few years as the impact of full-time training on markedly longer careers has it's initial effect. After that, things will calm down.
-LBJ
I'd grant you that, but I haven't heard of any other major records from any other sports, other than swimming. Swimming isn't the only part of the Olympic Games. What other olympic sports are having so many records being broken this year?
Keep in mind that Athletics (Track & Field) hasn't really gotten going yet in the northern hemisphere. In fact, the World Cross Country Championships were just last weekend, so many the distance types won't come out to play for at least another month or more and the sprint whimps whine like the craven dogs they are if the temperature is below 80 F. There were several indoor WR's in track on the women's side this season; none on the men's side. Besides it may be harder in some sports (like track) that are suspected of having "dirty" records from the past to see said records broken - e.g. Kratochvelova's women's 800 m record which will be 25 years oldin July.
As I (and others) have said before, swimming is still in its infancy when it comes to being a truly professional sport. I think that we will see a lot of record "turbulence" for a few years as the impact of full-time training on markedly longer careers has it's initial effect. After that, things will calm down.
-LBJ
