Before 2009 Kukors best 200 IM was 2:10.40 World class for sure, but still a cut behind the top women in the event. Today she goes a 2:06.15 and in two days shaves more than a second off the world record. I nominate this swim, just ahead of Bousquets 20.94, as the most ridiculous suited up swim of all time.
Great quote from the SI article in Chris's post above
"Indeed, the swimsuit of the future might well be a spray-on rubberized coating—in team colors—which can be peeled off after a meet."
Indeed!
And I do rememer the switch to lycra "Belgrade" suits being a big big deal since only "rich kids" could afford them. And the ribbons & tape sewn onto the "obscene" lycra suits...priceless!
I thought that was pretty funny too. Weird that the 70s can seem so prudish nowadays. And the rubberized peel-off suit prediction WAS scarily accurate.
For better or worse, less prescient was this statement: "The advent of nude competitive swimming may not be that far off."
Great quote from the SI article in Chris's post above
"Indeed, the swimsuit of the future might well be a spray-on rubberized coating—in team colors—which can be peeled off after a meet."
Indeed!
And I do rememer the switch to lycra "Belgrade" suits being a big big deal since only "rich kids" could afford them. And the ribbons & tape sewn onto the "obscene" lycra suits...priceless!
I thought that was pretty funny too. Weird that the 70s can seem so prudish nowadays. And the rubberized peel-off suit prediction WAS scarily accurate.
For better or worse, less prescient was this statement: "The advent of nude competitive swimming may not be that far off."
