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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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Note that we are now over 40 WRs for this year, and we haven't had US Olympic trials or the Olympics yet. Also note that the 1976 Olympics were where lycra suits were introduced. I think some people have alleged that there was some doping going on at those games as well...
Of course, the number of world records set is just a convenient indicator of the value of interest which is drops in time. If you drop the record ten times each time by 0.01 it is still 10 world records while if you drop it by 0.5 in one go it is only 1 world record. What you really want to see is the progression of times over the years.
Note that we are now over 40 WRs for this year, and we haven't had US Olympic trials or the Olympics yet. Also note that the 1976 Olympics were where lycra suits were introduced. I think some people have alleged that there was some doping going on at those games as well...
Of course, the number of world records set is just a convenient indicator of the value of interest which is drops in time. If you drop the record ten times each time by 0.01 it is still 10 world records while if you drop it by 0.5 in one go it is only 1 world record. What you really want to see is the progression of times over the years.
