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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But it occurs to me that perhaps it was the FS-Pro that was really a leap forward and the LZR was just an incremental improvement.
It seems very plausible that this might be the case with the legskins, most of the reasons cited for the improvement with the LZR seem to apply more to the full body version.
But it occurs to me that perhaps it was the FS-Pro that was really a leap forward and the LZR was just an incremental improvement.
It seems very plausible that this might be the case with the legskins, most of the reasons cited for the improvement with the LZR seem to apply more to the full body version.
