As quoted in the AP article:
"You'll all have to see. I'm not saying anything until we unveil it," Phelps said with a grin when asked how he's tweaked the stroke. "It's a significant change. You'll be able to tell exactly what I did as soon as I take my first stroke."
He's on tap to swim the 100- and 200-meter free and the 100 butterfly at the Charlotte UltraSwim in NC. Should be interesting to see.
I agree that the "no way" statement is wrong. But Bousquet has a history of being an incredible relay swimmer. I think he went a 47.00 in 2005 at Worlds, but then didn't final in the individual. What might be accurate is to say that Bousquet is finally showing the potential he exhibited in some relay swims.
Are you sure about that split at 2005 Worlds in Montreal? Or maybe it was another meet? I went to the Omega site and saw that Fred Bousquet split a :48.98 in the 400 Medley Relay. He did not swim the heats of France's 400 Free Relay and they did not make the final. The fastest split relay splits I could fine was by Neil Walker at :47.70 and Jason Lesak at :47.98 and they were the only swimmers to go under 48 seconds for the relay splits at the meet. The 100 Free was won by Filippo Magnini at :48.12 followed by Roland Schoeman at :48.28 and Ryk Neethling at :48.34.
At the 2007 Worlds in Melbourne, Australia Fred Bousquet swam the second leg in :48.48 and the fastest relay splits at that meet were by Filippo Magnini at :47.18, Jason Lesak at :47.32 and Roland Schoeman at :47.98 and they were the only ones to go under 48 seconds in the relay. The 100 Free was won in a tie between Filippo Magnini and Brent Hayden at :48.43.
2005 was the year that Fred Bousquet swam under 19 seconds in the 50 yard Free at the NCAA meet and I remember that he did not perform up to that standard in Long Course until last year when he did that :46.63 in the 400 Free Relay, which is the second fastest split of all time behind Jason Lesak split of :46.06 from the same 400 Free Relay.
I agree that the "no way" statement is wrong. But Bousquet has a history of being an incredible relay swimmer. I think he went a 47.00 in 2005 at Worlds, but then didn't final in the individual. What might be accurate is to say that Bousquet is finally showing the potential he exhibited in some relay swims.
Are you sure about that split at 2005 Worlds in Montreal? Or maybe it was another meet? I went to the Omega site and saw that Fred Bousquet split a :48.98 in the 400 Medley Relay. He did not swim the heats of France's 400 Free Relay and they did not make the final. The fastest split relay splits I could fine was by Neil Walker at :47.70 and Jason Lesak at :47.98 and they were the only swimmers to go under 48 seconds for the relay splits at the meet. The 100 Free was won by Filippo Magnini at :48.12 followed by Roland Schoeman at :48.28 and Ryk Neethling at :48.34.
At the 2007 Worlds in Melbourne, Australia Fred Bousquet swam the second leg in :48.48 and the fastest relay splits at that meet were by Filippo Magnini at :47.18, Jason Lesak at :47.32 and Roland Schoeman at :47.98 and they were the only ones to go under 48 seconds in the relay. The 100 Free was won in a tie between Filippo Magnini and Brent Hayden at :48.43.
2005 was the year that Fred Bousquet swam under 19 seconds in the 50 yard Free at the NCAA meet and I remember that he did not perform up to that standard in Long Course until last year when he did that :46.63 in the 400 Free Relay, which is the second fastest split of all time behind Jason Lesak split of :46.06 from the same 400 Free Relay.
