No LZR / No Jaked / No X-Glide .. any WR since 2007 ?
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If you discount the Jaked and X-Glide records, you also have to discount the LZR records, even Phelps swimming only in the legskin. So who is actually swimming "faster" than any 2007 records ?
The British Backstroker Spofforth swam more than a second faster than Coughlin wearing an LZR - she is close.
Steffen did a WR last year in the addidas suit + is more than a second faster than her own 2006 time - but it would be close.
Phelps maybe in the 200 Free - he dropped less than a second last year, but the LZR has dropped a lot more time for most swimmers - so I would say no.
For sure a very very short list ....
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I have a very hard time believing there would only have been a handful of WRs in a 2-year span that included the Olympics.
Agreed - but I think we are also so used to records now. In 2004, there was only one indiv. women's record in the entire year ...
I guess we may find out next year, depending on what they agree on in terms of suits.
Close or in 2007 range ... Peirsol, Pelligrini I guess, Phelps, Lochte in the IMs, maybe the Men's 50 Free ?
Not the 100 Fly girl though - no way
Not sure what they will be able to do in terms of records though -- you can't really draw the line at 2007/08 - allow Thorpe's full body suitrecord but then go back to just wearing jammers ? On the other hand, I don't like to watch track and field, where some of the women's records may never be broken.
I have a very hard time believing there would only have been a handful of WRs in a 2-year span that included the Olympics.
Agreed - but I think we are also so used to records now. In 2004, there was only one indiv. women's record in the entire year ...
I guess we may find out next year, depending on what they agree on in terms of suits.
Close or in 2007 range ... Peirsol, Pelligrini I guess, Phelps, Lochte in the IMs, maybe the Men's 50 Free ?
Not the 100 Fly girl though - no way
Not sure what they will be able to do in terms of records though -- you can't really draw the line at 2007/08 - allow Thorpe's full body suitrecord but then go back to just wearing jammers ? On the other hand, I don't like to watch track and field, where some of the women's records may never be broken.
