Yes - one more time it's about the suit:
Here is a comparison to 2004 and what it took to make top 16 (top 8 for the 400) over the first 7 events:
2004 listed first then 2008 then the approx. % drop
400 IM - 4:24.8 to 4:21.0 1.5%
100 Fly - 1:01.29 to 59.97 2%
400 Free - 3:55.0 to 3:51.4 1.6%
400 IM - 4:49.57 to 4:43.2 2.3%
100 Br - 1:04.0 to 1:02.36 2.5%
100 Bk - 1:04.12 to 1:02.31 2.6%
200 Free - 1:51.1 to 1:48.76 2.2%
Ok - to be fair, people are getting faster, but I would guess at least a 1.5% drop across the board for the suit -- that is net time !
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Paul are you saying that these great swims are only because of a swim suit. No world record set, it should say Phelps, wearing a floating device.
Next year it will be Phelps wearing swim paddles.
After that Phelps wearing zoomers.
What bogus type swimming is coming next.
Phelps is slower than his 200 fly WR by a fraction should he not be faster by 2 percent? Did he wear a LZR in March 2007, when he set his WR.???
Paul are you saying that these great swims are only because of a swim suit. No world record set, it should say Phelps, wearing a floating device.
Next year it will be Phelps wearing swim paddles.
After that Phelps wearing zoomers.
What bogus type swimming is coming next.
Phelps is slower than his 200 fly WR by a fraction should he not be faster by 2 percent? Did he wear a LZR in March 2007, when he set his WR.???
