Sunday, October 18, 2009

Final thoughts on the FINA World Cup in Durban 2009!


Short course meters venue: In my opinion, short course meters racing is the most entertaining way to watch a swim race. Long course becomes to repetitive for the field of swimmers separates to quickly especially during longer events and short course yards mostly takes place underwater.

SCM seemingly has more balance. The distance is long enough so you can appreciate the stroke, the walls are there to keep the race close and even the dive has greater significance.

Peter Marshall is unstoppable when he has walls: He set multiple world records in the 50-back last until being trumped by Randall Bal but now he sets a new one.

Swimsuits: It's all Adidas and Arena. Even Peter Marshall, who was not allowed to wear TYR's possible equal to both of these brands still wore a TYR cap but I believe he wore an Adidas.

Therese Alshammar eyes: Those blue/green eyes depending on the lighting are either perfectly symmetrical or she wears makeup for each race. Even in a pixelated video at Universal Sports the blueness or her eyes overwhelms even the teal color of the water.

Jessica Hardy: Hell-fast!

Tech suits: I enjoyed every second of them. The technology, the speed, the growth they created for swimming.

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