As a math guy, this is something I've been pondering for a while. Is there a limit to how fast we can swim. For instance, I remember a discussion point a while back was that there was no physical way a human could run the 100m in less than 9 seconds, that the forces you would create within your body in order to run that fast would cause you muscles to tear and bones to shatter.
In swimming we're seeing a HUGE leap forward in technology as it pertains both to how we train and what we put on our bodies. For instance, how fast could Matt Biondi swum a 50 or 100 if he had access to the wealth of information we have now just 15 years later in regards to training, nutrition and suits.
Could he possibly 20 47 low in the 100 if he were in his 20's/early 30's right now?
And to my point, imagine the 50 free. How fast is "impossible"? We just say Bousquet take 1/4 second of the 50 free WR. What's the limit? You'd think at some point someone's going to set a WR that will never be broken.
I had the good fortune of training with Biondi in the summer of 1987 and we played basketball sometimes before workouts.
He was an awesome sprinter and would have owned the 100 fly too had he actually trained for it. Height definitely helps.
Guys like Jon Sieben and Ricardo Prado (400 IM world champ and WR in 1982?) don't come around too often.
Alright, maybe the breaststrokers can get away with being shorter. But look at Damir Dugonjic. He's 6'7" and went 50.86 in the 100br. He could go 49 before he's done. Go Bears!
I had the good fortune of training with Biondi in the summer of 1987 and we played basketball sometimes before workouts.
He was an awesome sprinter and would have owned the 100 fly too had he actually trained for it. Height definitely helps.
Guys like Jon Sieben and Ricardo Prado (400 IM world champ and WR in 1982?) don't come around too often.
Alright, maybe the breaststrokers can get away with being shorter. But look at Damir Dugonjic. He's 6'7" and went 50.86 in the 100br. He could go 49 before he's done. Go Bears!
