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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It would be interesting to run the number on the trials where the LZR (or others) were not allowed. Canada, this well known model of fairness, is one. Germany, I believe, did the same, with morning finals on top of it if memory serves. the test will be % improvement with LZR being used vs no LZR. Of course, the swimmers who were not able to don the magic suit were psychologically weakened ...
As an aside, the Canadian medley team swam with LZR after the trials, were the times statistically better ?
It would be interesting to run the number on the trials where the LZR (or others) were not allowed. Canada, this well known model of fairness, is one. Germany, I believe, did the same, with morning finals on top of it if memory serves. the test will be % improvement with LZR being used vs no LZR. Of course, the swimmers who were not able to don the magic suit were psychologically weakened ...
As an aside, the Canadian medley team swam with LZR after the trials, were the times statistically better ?
