UPDATE: From the "D'oh! Files:" - "...Love the blog, but that picture is another story. Thats Peter Marshall after breaking Lochte's WR in the 100 back witha time of 49.94 ..."I caught this in USA Today this morning regarding the World Cup Swim Meet in Stockholm: "... New starting blocks, with an extra elevated part on the back, were introduced at the meet and Van der Burgh partly credited them for the new record.
"It helped me to come under 26 seconds. It feels incredible to be the first to have managed 26 seconds," he told Swedish television. ..." [Link]
From Yahoo/Eurosprot: "...The South African managed a time of 25.94sec seconds to shatter the previous best of 26.08 sec that he had set in Moscow on Saturday...." [Link]
3 comments:
Tony,
Love the blog, but that picture is another story. Thats Peter Marshall after breaking Lochte's WR in the 100 back witha time of 49.94
Tony,
Love the blog, but that picture is another story. Thats Peter Marshall after breaking Lochte's WR in the 100 back witha time of 49.94
ive actually heard of/seen these blocks a couple of years back, but wasnt sure if they were ever going to be used.
they are very similar to track blocks, and are good for individuals who use the track start.
china wanted to use these blocks for the olympic games, but FINA and many coaches wanted an introductary period to get used to them.
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