Two years ago had someone made a 4 second drop in the 200 free, the immediate reaction would have been.....he/she is doping. Now the reaction is....it's the suit. So I guess that means that this would be a good time to use drugs because everyone thinks it's the suit!:D
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In looking over suit drops/etc that thought has actually crossed my mind a couple of times. Biedermann dropped 6+ seconds from Melbourne 2007 to a couple days ago. At Melbourne both him and Phelps were wearing the same suit, albeit in different lengths (Phelps had a full body FSII and Biedermann looks like he was wearing a jammer version). In his from FSII to LZR (along with another year of training) Phelps dropped 1.5 second. Make it 2 from the core compression factor and all of that jazz. Give another second from the X-Glide over the 200. That's still 3+ seconds to account for a 21 year old who has been competing at a high level for a long time. Color me skeptical.
In looking over suit drops/etc that thought has actually crossed my mind a couple of times. Biedermann dropped 6+ seconds from Melbourne 2007 to a couple days ago. At Melbourne both him and Phelps were wearing the same suit, albeit in different lengths (Phelps had a full body FSII and Biedermann looks like he was wearing a jammer version). In his from FSII to LZR (along with another year of training) Phelps dropped 1.5 second. Make it 2 from the core compression factor and all of that jazz. Give another second from the X-Glide over the 200. That's still 3+ seconds to account for a 21 year old who has been competing at a high level for a long time. Color me skeptical.
