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 !
He did have it on this morning when he went 48.15 and probably when he went 48.33 a few weeks ago. I don't think you can take all the credit away from Lezak. I'm sure he didn't drop 8 tenths all on his own but it wasn't all suit.
Lezak has always been a "gamer" in prelims/semis...loves to hold back as much as he can...and it cost him making finals the last go around in the Olympics.
Shaman, George....all you other naysayers...go try the suits and come back and talk to us. You simply don't get it....speculate and hypothesize all you want...there has been a fundamental breakthrough in technology on the same scale that using aero bars for cycling time trials had.
Shaman...you say the drop wasn't just the suit so share your first hand knowledge of the changes Jason has made the last 4 years in his stroke and the innovative training he's incorporated? So he goes 48.3 unrested a few weeks ago..rests a few days and goes 47.5....but couldn''t make those asme drops the last 4 years...give me a break!
He did have it on this morning when he went 48.15 and probably when he went 48.33 a few weeks ago. I don't think you can take all the credit away from Lezak. I'm sure he didn't drop 8 tenths all on his own but it wasn't all suit.
Lezak has always been a "gamer" in prelims/semis...loves to hold back as much as he can...and it cost him making finals the last go around in the Olympics.
Shaman, George....all you other naysayers...go try the suits and come back and talk to us. You simply don't get it....speculate and hypothesize all you want...there has been a fundamental breakthrough in technology on the same scale that using aero bars for cycling time trials had.
Shaman...you say the drop wasn't just the suit so share your first hand knowledge of the changes Jason has made the last 4 years in his stroke and the innovative training he's incorporated? So he goes 48.3 unrested a few weeks ago..rests a few days and goes 47.5....but couldn''t make those asme drops the last 4 years...give me a break!
