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 know that he had the fastest split in history for a while, and I am almost certain it was a 47.0 I'll dig it up...
Wowsers it was in 2003:
www.omegatiming.com/.../F73_ResByHeat_108_Final_Men_4x100_Free.pdf
In fairness he did finish 6th in the race (I said he didn't final)
Lefty:
This was some kind of swim back in 2003 and I remember watching that 400 Free Relay but don't remember Fred Bousquet doing that :47.03 so this makes Craig Lord's statement even more foolish that I originally thought. He was probably wearing the Arena equivalent of a Speedo Fastskin I. That :47.03 was the second fastest split ever at that time because Pieter VD Hoogenband went a :47.02 in a relay split at the 2001 Worlds in Fukuoka, Japan.
The one thing I do remember at this 2003 World meet in Spain besides Phelps, Popov, and Thorpe having great swims in the meet was on the last day of the meet in the 400 Medley Relay, Pieter VD Hoogenband went a :46.70 free split and that was the fastest split until last years Olympics. Pieter VD Hoogenband came close to this when he split :46.79 in the 400 Free Relay in Athens in running down Jason Lezak and winning a silver medal for Holland in the 400 Free Relay.
I know that he had the fastest split in history for a while, and I am almost certain it was a 47.0 I'll dig it up...
Wowsers it was in 2003:
www.omegatiming.com/.../F73_ResByHeat_108_Final_Men_4x100_Free.pdf
In fairness he did finish 6th in the race (I said he didn't final)
Lefty:
This was some kind of swim back in 2003 and I remember watching that 400 Free Relay but don't remember Fred Bousquet doing that :47.03 so this makes Craig Lord's statement even more foolish that I originally thought. He was probably wearing the Arena equivalent of a Speedo Fastskin I. That :47.03 was the second fastest split ever at that time because Pieter VD Hoogenband went a :47.02 in a relay split at the 2001 Worlds in Fukuoka, Japan.
The one thing I do remember at this 2003 World meet in Spain besides Phelps, Popov, and Thorpe having great swims in the meet was on the last day of the meet in the 400 Medley Relay, Pieter VD Hoogenband went a :46.70 free split and that was the fastest split until last years Olympics. Pieter VD Hoogenband came close to this when he split :46.79 in the 400 Free Relay in Athens in running down Jason Lezak and winning a silver medal for Holland in the 400 Free Relay.
