Huge error by him. To me it looked like he was in a great position, but then got a little too confident and glided in to the finish.
On the way back, it looked like he backed off. Just goes to show that, especially for the 50s and 100s, you really can't hold much, if anything, back.
WOW, that is an absolute stunner.
Can't wait to watch it and see what happened.
Looks like the rest of the world's backstrokers are pretty dang fast so you gotta get up and go if you want to make finals.
who knew???
What was he thinking? I know that he is Aaron Peirsol but he just needs to go out and swim fast to get into finals. Stop the judging and get to the wall first.
The world has caught up. The days of cruising into the finals, at least on men's 100 meter races on the world stage, is over.
I agree MM. I think we'll have a little shocker in the 100 free, too. 8 guys will defintely go under 48...
Doesn't like the feel?..........better get used to it for the 200 back, and quick.
Maybe. But the leggings were fast enough for him to set two backstroke WRs at trials. I don't think it was the suit, he just went too slow.
Maybe. But the leggings were fast enough for him to set two backstroke WRs at trials. I don't think it was the suit, he just went too slow.
Peirsol said as much in his interview with Andrea Kramer. He thought he was going faster than he really was.
