Garrett McCaffrey, Georgia Tech's Chris DeSantis
Talk About Impact of Techsuit Ban Going Forward
I'm going to have my jammer on.
If anyone wants to put a jammer on, feel free.
I'm getting ready for where the sport is going.
If I'm going to be wearing this for the next three years,
I'm going to start now.
- Michael Phelps
phelps comment on suits
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I know this is an old story but…
Mr phelps sanctimony it hard to take when considering he did not have trouble racing with the LZR in Bejing, when there were a lot of other swimmers struggling get similar suits.
Now that his sponsor does not make the fastest suit, big M looks forward to going backwards to swimming in the jammer.
This is BS. No one in Beijing suffered for suits. Everyone in finals had a LZR, Tracer, B70, etc. Several country teams like Germany whined before Beijing that their Adidas suits were a handicap.
Anyone watching the Olympics also saw MP race many times in a jammer or legskin instead of the fully body.
I bet he will!
I hated this sentence as well: "Though he didn’t name names, he likely had Paul Biedermann in mind. The German swimmer beat Phelps in the 200-meters in July while wearing a high-tech suit."
It makes it sound like Phelps wasn't wearing a "high tech" suit. Gee, what is the LZR?
Sanctimony does not equal personality.
The writer of the article thought MP was talking about Biedermann. I read Phelps' comment as a broad one. He only raced Biedermann in one event. I don't know what Phelps will race in the Word Cup but I assume it will include fly, free, and maybe 200 IM. I think he is challenging all of his opponents, not just Biedermann.
Agreed; the Garrett video (which I found interesting) says as much. They seem to like MP being controversial -- ie, showing some personality. I think the lap dances and bong hits already show plenty of personality, though.
I knew I was going to the wrong swim meets…no fair.
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I agree with Dan here as well. The alluding comment towards Biedermann was the own writer's fantasy I believe. I'm glad ole Phelps is starting now and not waiting until January. November should be interesting.
