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Rafael Munoz obliterated the LCM WR in men's 50 fl

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Rafael Munoz obliterated the LCM WR in men's 50 fl MALAGA, Spain, April 5. DURING the final day of competition at the 2009 Spanish Open Championships, Rafael Munoz took down the long course world record in the men's 50 fly. Munoz clocked a 22.43 in the sprint event to shoot down Roland Schoeman's record of 22.96 set in 2005. Additionally, Munoz clocked a sterling time of 50.58 in the men's 100 fly to set the European record and come up just short of Ian Crocker's world-record time of 50.40 set at the same meet as Schoeman. YouTube - 50 Mariposa/50 Butterfly Rafael Muñoz World Record 100 fly YouTube - 100 Mariposa Record Europa Rafael Muñoz Word is he wore the Jaked suit Auburn Swimmers wore at NCAAs
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  • The most amazing thing about those swims is how rinky-dink the facility looks! If you didn't realize how fast the swims were you'd think someone posted races from their local masters meet. I think Craig Lord made a good point about these swims: Under normal circumstances this would be a moment to go "wow" but these are not normal circumstances: the sport belongs to suits right now - and the performance and achievement of Munoz, the work of his coaches, is diminished as a consequence because we cannot compare what Munoz did to what Munoz is capable of without a performance-enhancing suit, nor to what Schoeman did, nor Welsh, nor Crocker, nor any of those others on the top 10 list and beyond. That it not being unfair to Munoz - it is just where the sport is right now at this transitory moment in swimming history. See www.swimnews.com/.../6771 Probably more people today know someone wearing a Jaked suit shattered the 50 fly WR than know Munoz's name. The suits really are overshadowing the swimmers.
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  • The most amazing thing about those swims is how rinky-dink the facility looks! If you didn't realize how fast the swims were you'd think someone posted races from their local masters meet. I think Craig Lord made a good point about these swims: Under normal circumstances this would be a moment to go "wow" but these are not normal circumstances: the sport belongs to suits right now - and the performance and achievement of Munoz, the work of his coaches, is diminished as a consequence because we cannot compare what Munoz did to what Munoz is capable of without a performance-enhancing suit, nor to what Schoeman did, nor Welsh, nor Crocker, nor any of those others on the top 10 list and beyond. That it not being unfair to Munoz - it is just where the sport is right now at this transitory moment in swimming history. See www.swimnews.com/.../6771 Probably more people today know someone wearing a Jaked suit shattered the 50 fly WR than know Munoz's name. The suits really are overshadowing the swimmers.
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