After the unpublicised WR from Schoeman in September of 20.64, the frenchman Amaury Leveaux has gone 20.48 in the semi final of the European Short course.!!!!!
Whilst I like the race suits (just ordered a B70) it does seem records are being broken far too frequently. This 50m free has gone 3 times this year.
www.omegatiming.com/.../index.htm
Thanks for the link, Dimitri. Are you really from Moscow? Reading Gorky Park right now.
I think that in this guy's case, the suit probably helped, but the SDK seemed to REALLY help.
It will be interesting to see what changes come 37 years from now in freestyle mechanics, 37 years being the same interlude that separates me today from my college swimming in 1971. We didn't use goggles in practice, and were told to let the water hit us mid-forehead to foster hydroplaning. If anyone had tried dolphin kicks underwater for 15 meters, they would have been sent for pychiatric evaluation.
Which, actually, still seems warranted in some ways.
Thanks for the link, Dimitri. Are you really from Moscow? Reading Gorky Park right now.
I think that in this guy's case, the suit probably helped, but the SDK seemed to REALLY help.
It will be interesting to see what changes come 37 years from now in freestyle mechanics, 37 years being the same interlude that separates me today from my college swimming in 1971. We didn't use goggles in practice, and were told to let the water hit us mid-forehead to foster hydroplaning. If anyone had tried dolphin kicks underwater for 15 meters, they would have been sent for pychiatric evaluation.
Which, actually, still seems warranted in some ways.
