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From the man whose WR has been broken four times in the last two months.....
I like his attitude. He could never be a USMS swimmer. Too much whining here about everything.
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This is an Olympic year. Lots of people around the world are peaking for the Olympics so it seems reasonable that fast times during Olympic trials will happen. Some records, like Popov's, have stood for some time (2000), so they were due for changes. Other records broken fairly recently, like some of Janet Evans' records, have been standing for a VERY long time. There have been some surprising record swims in the past year by Phelps and Coughlin in non-championship meets. So swimmers are swimming FAST right now. The USA Trials could be explosive.
Thats what I was considering as well.
It is an Olympic year, there is a huge pool of talent vying for a few spots at the top and its possible that a lot of swimmers are hitting their peak in their training at the same time.
Throw in a new "super" suit and times aught to take off. Not necessarily because it makes you swim faster physically, but if you believe it does -that's a big mental boost.
I'm afraid of what might happen if someone started setting records naked, would that start a new trend?:D
This is an Olympic year. Lots of people around the world are peaking for the Olympics so it seems reasonable that fast times during Olympic trials will happen. Some records, like Popov's, have stood for some time (2000), so they were due for changes. Other records broken fairly recently, like some of Janet Evans' records, have been standing for a VERY long time. There have been some surprising record swims in the past year by Phelps and Coughlin in non-championship meets. So swimmers are swimming FAST right now. The USA Trials could be explosive.
Thats what I was considering as well.
It is an Olympic year, there is a huge pool of talent vying for a few spots at the top and its possible that a lot of swimmers are hitting their peak in their training at the same time.
Throw in a new "super" suit and times aught to take off. Not necessarily because it makes you swim faster physically, but if you believe it does -that's a big mental boost.
I'm afraid of what might happen if someone started setting records naked, would that start a new trend?:D
