Wednesday, April 23, 2008

Laure Manaudou Meltdown in the "400m Championnat France Natation"


She went out to fast, way to fast. Look at the world record line that follows them.

Update: I am adding her reaction to the race since it is being buried at You Tube:


3 comments:

Anonymous said...

oh, if she would have only worn a Fastskin LZR... she probably wouldnt have even had to kick!

Tony Austin said...

There is a sense of mass hysteria about this suit in Europe. Even the German coach said there is no psychologist around who can convince his swimmers that it's the body not the equipment.

I think the lead group went out to fast and maybe that was the winner's strategy. Though i like Manaudou, Consequently, I believe that Manaudou was not disciplined and swam arrogantly. She went to the front and tried to hold on.

If you look at Kate Ziegler's splits in both the 1500 and 400, she is especially disciplined and competitive with those times swam at the French Nationals. It's my belief that Ziegler will swim her race and nobody elses

Charlie said...

Wow - I guess a tough learning experience for her. Will be interesting to see how she does in the summer. You could really see her stroke begin to go at the end.