Some Aging Competitors Call High-Tech Swimsuits Dirty Pool
Former Member
Wall Street Journal article: online.wsj.com/.../SB125721159786824325.html
Michael Mann of Centennial, Colo., flew past his opponents, swaddled shoulder-to-ankle in a black neoprene bodysuit. Mr. Mann, 55, won the 400-meter individual medley race and set a world record for his age group, 55 to 59. Mr. Mann set new world marks in the 200-, 400- and 800-meter freestyle while Mr. Evans steamed.
If you want to do well at Nationals you have to go to Nationals.That can be really expensive if it is not close.Worlds is even more expensive.Tech suit cost is a small fraction of this.
Seriously, my bill for 5 days at Indy was ginormous. :afraid: Much much worse than my suit bill.
Further random comments just for Midas:
1. I swam slower in my Jaked than my old B70 except in one event.
2. Cost is not a very compelling reason to me for adults. However, I have always said that age groupers should be regulated apart from open champs meets.
3. I don't give a toss about poor Mr. Phelps competing in a LZR.
4. The "it's because of the suit" argument is just the newest of the "its because of the ______ arguments.
5. The fastest people will still be the hardest workers (like CS or KPN) despite GoodSmith's stupid elitist "some are taking it too seriously" remarks.
6. No way does the suit give anything close to the time differences between Mann and Evans. Jeez, rolls eyes.
7. Tech suits don't last longer than a year.
8. This reporter tried to contact me twice, and I missed her calls. I wish I had spoken to her. Maybe the article wouldn't have been quite so ridiculously slanted. Offhand, I recall only one throwaway pro-suit quote from Rowdy ... And, sigh, "dirty" is just another word for "immoral" or wrong. :bitching::bitching::bitching:
If you want to do well at Nationals you have to go to Nationals.That can be really expensive if it is not close.Worlds is even more expensive.Tech suit cost is a small fraction of this.
Seriously, my bill for 5 days at Indy was ginormous. :afraid: Much much worse than my suit bill.
Further random comments just for Midas:
1. I swam slower in my Jaked than my old B70 except in one event.
2. Cost is not a very compelling reason to me for adults. However, I have always said that age groupers should be regulated apart from open champs meets.
3. I don't give a toss about poor Mr. Phelps competing in a LZR.
4. The "it's because of the suit" argument is just the newest of the "its because of the ______ arguments.
5. The fastest people will still be the hardest workers (like CS or KPN) despite GoodSmith's stupid elitist "some are taking it too seriously" remarks.
6. No way does the suit give anything close to the time differences between Mann and Evans. Jeez, rolls eyes.
7. Tech suits don't last longer than a year.
8. This reporter tried to contact me twice, and I missed her calls. I wish I had spoken to her. Maybe the article wouldn't have been quite so ridiculously slanted. Offhand, I recall only one throwaway pro-suit quote from Rowdy ... And, sigh, "dirty" is just another word for "immoral" or wrong. :bitching::bitching::bitching:
