VIDEO: Men's 100m Butterfly - Heat 9
1 Milorad CAVIC SRB 50.76 OR
2 Michael PHELPS USA 50.87
3 Andrii SERDINOV 7 UKR 51.10
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When you look at it from this underwater, beneath the swimmers and in-between them, angle, you can see that Michael's right-hand touches the wall before Cavic's extended fingers.
From that angle, Cavic's hands seem to touch before Micahel's left hand, whereas the SI.com photo shows Michael's right-hand touching first.
This, now, raises another interesting question: What's the minimum time difference between the actual touch of both hands for a stroke (such as fly or ***) to be considered as "touching together"? This last question is hypothetical of course; the clock stops at the first "real" touch.
I was wondering the same thing, Ahmed. Who knows, maybe most "simultaneous" touches are separated by a split of a split of a second? We just don't see that kind of still photo very often.
When you look at it from this underwater, beneath the swimmers and in-between them, angle, you can see that Michael's right-hand touches the wall before Cavic's extended fingers.
From that angle, Cavic's hands seem to touch before Micahel's left hand, whereas the SI.com photo shows Michael's right-hand touching first.
This, now, raises another interesting question: What's the minimum time difference between the actual touch of both hands for a stroke (such as fly or ***) to be considered as "touching together"? This last question is hypothetical of course; the clock stops at the first "real" touch.
I was wondering the same thing, Ahmed. Who knows, maybe most "simultaneous" touches are separated by a split of a split of a second? We just don't see that kind of still photo very often.
