As for Dara not being trained correctly to hit her full potential when she was younger........ I find this laughable.
Haven't training techniques improved over the years? One of the reasons records fall is because later athletes take advantage of more modern training techniques. It's possible that she was trained the full potential of the available training techniques when she was younger, but that more appropriate techniques are available to her today.
I find Dara's current stroke (at least what I've seen out of the water) to be a thing of beauty. I didn't get that impression watching the video posted of her swimming the free leg of the 400 medley relay at the 2000 Olympics. It seems to me her stroke has improved significantly in the last eight years.
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As for Dara not being trained correctly to hit her full potential when she was younger........ I find this laughable.
Haven't training techniques improved over the years? One of the reasons records fall is because later athletes take advantage of more modern training techniques. It's possible that she was trained the full potential of the available training techniques when she was younger, but that more appropriate techniques are available to her today.
I find Dara's current stroke (at least what I've seen out of the water) to be a thing of beauty. I didn't get that impression watching the video posted of her swimming the free leg of the 400 medley relay at the 2000 Olympics. It seems to me her stroke has improved significantly in the last eight years.
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