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 !
All the other factors are over and above -- that is why the drops are bigger in some events, but the suits are about 1.5-2%. That is actually what they have been claiming all along (Schubert started this).
You can stick or head in the sand and believe what you want, but the numbers don't lie. By the end of the Olympics all WRs are going to be on average 1.5%-2% faster than last year. Some more - some less.
Ah, the 2% mantra. Just repeat it often enough and it becomes fact.
This thread reminds me of the movie "Thank You for Smoking" (which I thought was hysterical).
All the other factors are over and above -- that is why the drops are bigger in some events, but the suits are about 1.5-2%. That is actually what they have been claiming all along (Schubert started this).
You can stick or head in the sand and believe what you want, but the numbers don't lie. By the end of the Olympics all WRs are going to be on average 1.5%-2% faster than last year. Some more - some less.
Ah, the 2% mantra. Just repeat it often enough and it becomes fact.
This thread reminds me of the movie "Thank You for Smoking" (which I thought was hysterical).
