I like German swimmer, Paul Biedermann's, catch and turnover. Are the suits encouraging a new technique where it is all about brute strength and technique rather than one's heart and lungs?Photograph and caption for the image to the right comes from the Washington Post: "...Germany's Paul Biedermann, swimming in a 200-meter freestyle heat, breaks Michael Phelps's mark in the event, finishing in 1 minute 43.65 seconds. ..."
Phelps reaction:
"...Phelps was giving an interview when he heard the meet announcer bellow, "championships record!"He spun toward a nearby television screen.
[...] "What did he go?" Phelps, officially distracted, asked eagerly. "He go 1:43?"
"He just dropped a lot of time," Phelps volunteered, almost talking to himself. "You usually don't see a six-second drop in the 400 free in a year. In the 200 free, he dropped about three seconds in a year. . . . It will get me more excited, more ready for tomorrow. I'm going to have to, I guess, really prepare myself. ..."
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Phelps' comment is really refreshing to me. If it were Eamon Sullivan or Rebecca Adlington you might have heard a suit rant!
2 comments:
Karen is an American with the NY TImes. I am going to side with her quote.
Really nice thta you noticed that, can you please give a link of that reaction described?
I realy think Michael is a fighter, he will catch them all. Biedermann is also great, earlier he did non suit perfomance, I remeber him swimming several times at European Nationals when everybody wore those suits. He prefered swimming in leg suit. Here is a nice quote from him, I really would like to find Biedermann's full interview and Phelps' too:
http://www.swimmingworldmagazine.com/lane9/news/21856.asp?q=FINA%20World%20Championships,%20Swimming:%20Flash!%20Paul%20Biedermann%20Smashes%20World%20Record,%20Upsets%20Superstar%20Michael%20Phelps%20in%20200%20Free
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