If you saw Cullen's race in prelime he did wear a Jaked...and lost what I would guess to be at least .2 on the blown finish..maybe more.
Dara wore the Jaked in the finals I watched...
www.swimnetwork.com/.../nationals_women_s_50m_free_a_final-16825.html
Not sure why you continue to play the skeptic on what these suits do Chris as you have been around the sport for a long time and have first hand experiance with them...and 'm sure you've spoken with a number of folks competing at this level and have heard there stories.
Cullen swam (significantly) faster in the swim-off, wearing a LZR. Yes, Dara wore a Jaked, and was significantly slower than in the Olympics (with the LZR). Granted, she also has a knee injury.
See, that's the thing...whenever someone swims slower with a super-suit you (and almost everybody) always look for extenuating circumstances: poor finish, injury, what-have-you. When people swim faster, you look no further.
As for being skeptical, that is the nature of science. No one at all was talking about the Jakeds when people wore them in the Olympics. Now they are the hot suit, and the reason that Auburn "stole" the NCAA championships. In 6 months it will be something else.
I haven't actually talked to anyone directly who has used a Jaked, nor have I worn one or held one. I don't have the contacts that you and others do with current elites; I talk to local fast age-groupers and a few local college kids. None of them around here have Jakeds, they still have LZRs and B70s. I honestly don't know that the Jaked is faster or not. Absolutely it may be.
Many people -- maybe most -- seem to have success with suit X. But I have also heard of others who have not improved, or even done worse, with that same suit. You just don't hear their stories very much, since they aren't on the podium. There are inherent biases in these anecdotal data that favor attributing (or blaming) performances on the suits.
By the way, I swam an in-season meet several weeks ago and wore a B70 leggings...I was tired from training and hoping to get some "pep." Result: crappy, crappy swimming, no better than practice swimming in training briefs. Maybe I didn't say the magic words just right before the races.
If you saw Cullen's race in prelime he did wear a Jaked...and lost what I would guess to be at least .2 on the blown finish..maybe more.
Dara wore the Jaked in the finals I watched...
www.swimnetwork.com/.../nationals_women_s_50m_free_a_final-16825.html
Not sure why you continue to play the skeptic on what these suits do Chris as you have been around the sport for a long time and have first hand experiance with them...and 'm sure you've spoken with a number of folks competing at this level and have heard there stories.
Cullen swam (significantly) faster in the swim-off, wearing a LZR. Yes, Dara wore a Jaked, and was significantly slower than in the Olympics (with the LZR). Granted, she also has a knee injury.
See, that's the thing...whenever someone swims slower with a super-suit you (and almost everybody) always look for extenuating circumstances: poor finish, injury, what-have-you. When people swim faster, you look no further.
As for being skeptical, that is the nature of science. No one at all was talking about the Jakeds when people wore them in the Olympics. Now they are the hot suit, and the reason that Auburn "stole" the NCAA championships. In 6 months it will be something else.
I haven't actually talked to anyone directly who has used a Jaked, nor have I worn one or held one. I don't have the contacts that you and others do with current elites; I talk to local fast age-groupers and a few local college kids. None of them around here have Jakeds, they still have LZRs and B70s. I honestly don't know that the Jaked is faster or not. Absolutely it may be.
Many people -- maybe most -- seem to have success with suit X. But I have also heard of others who have not improved, or even done worse, with that same suit. You just don't hear their stories very much, since they aren't on the podium. There are inherent biases in these anecdotal data that favor attributing (or blaming) performances on the suits.
By the way, I swam an in-season meet several weeks ago and wore a B70 leggings...I was tired from training and hoping to get some "pep." Result: crappy, crappy swimming, no better than practice swimming in training briefs. Maybe I didn't say the magic words just right before the races.
