I didn't realize Irie was so short; he looks like a boy among men. Even though Rowdy makes too much of it (as Jazz mentioned in another thread), he does have an amazing reaction time on the start. But his underwaters are pretty weak compared to his peers.
It looked to me like Lochte took at least 2 or 3 more underwater dolphin kicks per turn than Irie. You've got to figure Irie and his coaches will fix that rather quickly. I think the little guys give up a lot more to the tall guys like Grevers on the surface than under water. I think Hill Taylor is pretty small, too, but he sure is fast under water.
I didn't realize Irie was so short; he looks like a boy among men. Even though Rowdy makes too much of it (as Jazz mentioned in another thread), he does have an amazing reaction time on the start. But his underwaters are pretty weak compared to his peers.
It looked to me like Lochte took at least 2 or 3 more underwater dolphin kicks per turn than Irie. You've got to figure Irie and his coaches will fix that rather quickly. I think the little guys give up a lot more to the tall guys like Grevers on the surface than under water. I think Hill Taylor is pretty small, too, but he sure is fast under water.
