YouTube - 100 free semi final -world record by alain bernard
Another world record in the 100 meter free. Looks like Bernard is wearing an Arena tech suit. It seemed like a pretty controlled swim. I wonder how long it will take to get down to 46.5 (maybe this summer?).
The French relay looks like it will be even better at Worlds.
Tim
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I don't think so, but everyone is automaticly going to assume that the arena suit is the best now. I could be wrong about that. But it seems like the overall best suit switches all the time.
It's what's inside the suit that matters.
So much for straight arm recovery. To say you can recover the arm faster in straight arm is a bunch of bull. By bending your elbow you can reduce your arm's polar moment of inertia. The shoulder can accelerate the arm with less torque than straight arm would require.
It's what's inside the suit that matters.
We all know that Bernard is a great swimmer. He beat everyone in beijing when everyone was wearing the same suit. He's proved that he is #1 already. But when it comes to breaking sulivans wr in a different suit, it comes down to whats on the outside of the swimmer. Could he have done this in an lzr? We don't know, thats the problem. Bernards coach said that he is going to wear the fastest suit, he choose the arena x-glide. I guess he thinks the lzr is slower than the x-glide. It's an incredible swim but there are no standards for comparison so it comes down to whats on the outside, we already know what he has on the inside.
This happens all the time, though. Remember they only know the world record splits so that red line is going to move at a constant speed representing the time for that 50 meters.
Huh? Is that how they make the WR line? Wouldn't it be simple to actually have the red line generated from the prior footage? A simple computer program could track the "real" line. No?
Could he have done this in an lzr? We don't know, thats the problem.
Could he have done it in a different pool? We don't know. Different cap and goggles? We don't know.
It's an incredible swim but there are no standards for comparison
The standard for comparison is that it was 100 meters of freestyle racing. I get the point about tech suit vs. no tech suit, but saying that you can't make valid comparisons across swims in different brands of tech suits seems like we're reducing the argument to a very absurd end.
I'll be in the weight room if anyone needs me.
Wouldn't it be simple to actually have the red line generated from the prior footage? A simple computer program could track the "real" line. No?
I don't think there's anything simple about that red line at all. If you think about it they need to know the position and focal length of the camera at all times. When the entire pool is in view how does the computer know where the camera is looking?
I think you're right that if they had footage from the existing record swim it is theoretically possible, but it would be extremely complicated. Again, how do they know exactly where the camera is looking especially when the entire pool is not in view?
they could have a track on lane one with a laser, that goes back and fourth the pool as they swim. then it doesn't matter where the camera is or the zoom, because the laser would be realtime on the pool edge.
what I've seen with skiiing is they overlap the footage, showing the first skier in phantom mode
