tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1250367211605373057.post8369509571913915234..comments2024-02-16T08:24:02.879+00:00Comments on Speed Endurance Swimming Blog: Is Pieter Van den Hoogenband Insane or Brilliant?Speed Endurancehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14365062789141117207noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1250367211605373057.post-89505050084756662962011-10-04T06:12:55.369+01:002011-10-04T06:12:55.369+01:00Take out some events . The 200s .
Put in mixed 4...Take out some events . The 200s .<br /><br />Put in mixed 4X100 relays Free & medley. <br /><br />All the girls 100 winning times were between 6 & 6.3 behind the men so it the top standards are quite balanced.<br /><br />For example <br /><br />Gb would go Tancock/Male ?Gandy /Halsall. <br /><br />Aust Seebohm Rickard Coutts Maggie.<br /><br />Usa - Franklin Soni Phelps Male.<br /><br />China Zhao /male /li /male.<br /><br />Russia -Zueva / Efimova /Male /Male <br /><br />On PBs at worlds - it would be very close. 5 countries within 2 secs.<br /><br />I also like an 800 im rather than the 400. Someone like Hannah Miley could do really well -as could Belmonte. A completely different physical stress level than the 400.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1250367211605373057.post-86649084704170180972011-10-04T04:48:54.332+01:002011-10-04T04:48:54.332+01:00I see the new world records as a good thing. The s...I see the new world records as a good thing. The suits have made most WR's out of touch, and for the time being are kind of like track and field WRs, where only a handful go down each year.<br /><br />Additionally, since the suits kind of exposes "human potential", I also kind of see them as the times swimmers in the past could've swam had they had today's training, because theoretically -someone- in history would've had the conditioning to swim those times had they had today's training. Anyways, a lot of people may call bs over what I just said, but I think half of the World records and within reach in the next 6 years or so, and even if you take away the records, swimmers will aim for them anyways so what's the point?john26noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1250367211605373057.post-59238318489883347722011-10-01T23:52:59.933+01:002011-10-01T23:52:59.933+01:00Cycling always puts out new record definitions whe...Cycling always puts out new record definitions when the technology has been pulled back. Ditto Javelin . when the men's javelins were gong too far & endangering officials they loaded the standard Javelin to decrease distances. <br /><br />FINA ought to have wiped the plate -2010 + is the new standard. There were still a few old textile marks that could have been merited.<br /><br />I think the 800/1500 should be 1000 mtrs in open water with heats . Stricter qualifying times eg 8.45 /15.20 . At the olympics they could use the rowing course.<br /><br />The form strokes 100 is too close to 200. Maybe 50 & 200 .<br /><br />All in all too many events for the average person to relate too. 10 events max. <br /><br />I was a monster swim fan but even I get bored by day 4.<br /><br />Also - Hoogie looks great. I like a man that improves in life.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1250367211605373057.post-61720540389288581142011-10-01T09:35:42.893+01:002011-10-01T09:35:42.893+01:00Yeah, but it still happened. It feels too much of ...Yeah, but it still happened. It feels too much of a mess to take it away from the swimmers - including the big guns like Phelps - and we'll just see another spate of world records like that happening. I say just draw a line under it and move on rather than agonising over the past and tinkering with it. It's getting truly yawn-inducing at this point hearing people whining on about the 'evil suits'.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1250367211605373057.post-22641177352064466772011-10-01T08:34:48.840+01:002011-10-01T08:34:48.840+01:00World records should be hard to attain and somethi...World records should be hard to attain and something that doesn't happen often.----------------------------------<br /><br />True. But in 2008-2009, the WRs were nowhere near hard to break.<br />Every dime a dozen swimmers were able to jump in and break WRs!aswimfannoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1250367211605373057.post-89488119529018380562011-09-30T08:07:50.632+01:002011-09-30T08:07:50.632+01:00Btw, I'd like to see the timing system only ap...Btw, I'd like to see the timing system only applied when there are 2 equal medal winners, to separate them, because it'd get tedious using the extra number all the time.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1250367211605373057.post-2821869833213919822011-09-30T08:00:21.353+01:002011-09-30T08:00:21.353+01:00Rokur, when I saw that list, I thought 'Biased...Rokur, when I saw that list, I thought 'Biased towards his events much?' (the cutting out of 50m and long distance pool events). <br /><br />As for the rest, some are good, like improving the viewer experience of meets, presentation, racing and medal ceremonies. Swimming NEEDS to do this to get more popular. Right now it's just a niche sport that people mainly only care about at the Olympics. <br /><br /><br />The swimmers getting media training like the Australians do seems good to me for similar reasons. <br /><br />No way to deleting world records. The swimmers at the time were all able to swim in the same suits and we're already seeing world records being broken or close to it in textile e.g. Ryan Lochte at the Worlds. World records should be hard to attain and something that doesn't happen often. Let's leave it as that. <br /><br />The timing system I don't have an objection to. It does detract a bit to have 2 equal winners.<br /> <br />Improving sponsor advertising? Um.. not sure about that.. I'm sure the ad companies do what they can that way.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1250367211605373057.post-2334290634285215892011-09-29T23:56:48.864+01:002011-09-29T23:56:48.864+01:00A perfect plan ... maybe we could even reduce it t...A perfect plan ... maybe we could even reduce it to only 100 meter freestyle for swimmers of Dutch nationality, or paint everyone green except the favorites from the Netherlands ?<br /><br />(a tiny pinch of sarcasm was added to that comment)Rókurhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11148375029383017846noreply@blogger.com