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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No, exactly my point. The suit is making people faster even when they aren't rested.
Another hypothesis for which we have the same amount of evidence to support is that better training and four years of experience racing is "making people faster when they aren't rested."
Or, as far as the Men's 400IM is concerned, a hypothesis could easily be: close competition in a high-stakes race makes "people faster when they aren't rested."
BTW, you have to think that Phelps and Lochte are pretty close to fully rested.
No, exactly my point. The suit is making people faster even when they aren't rested.
Another hypothesis for which we have the same amount of evidence to support is that better training and four years of experience racing is "making people faster when they aren't rested."
Or, as far as the Men's 400IM is concerned, a hypothesis could easily be: close competition in a high-stakes race makes "people faster when they aren't rested."
BTW, you have to think that Phelps and Lochte are pretty close to fully rested.
