'Eurosport' interview with Aaron Peirsol: "Records will fall despite suits ban!"

From Bill Ireland: [Aaron Piersol] does make some interesting points. Including the one about how feeling what it is like to swim that fast makes a difference. I know that is a reason for fin training also.

From Eurosport:

"..."This sport will learn how to break those records again very, very quickly," Peirsol said on a conference call to discuss his appearance at the World Cup short-course meeting in Singapore from November 21-22.

"People have had a taste of going very fast. They won't forget it. They will get back into the water and think they can go that fast again, and they will.

"I think people will be surprised at how fast they go next year. I do think world records will get broken next year." ..."

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Thanks Bill, out of all the swimming interviews i link to, Aaron's are always the most informative.

Big meet this weekend: The Santa Clara International Invitational

This event has been going on since 1967, names like Mark Spitz, Pablo Morales, Don Scholander put in some time there but that was then and this is now. Expect to see: Michael Phelps, Natalie Coughlin, Aaron Piersol, Ian Crocker, Leisel Jones, Tara Kirk, Brent Hayden, Hayley Peirsol, Megan Jendrick, Brendan Hansen, Ryan Lochte, Kim Vandenberg from UCLA, and more.

If the Olympics are the Oscars, and the FINA World Championships of Swimming are the Emmy's, This meet is the Sundance Film Festival.

Here is a link to the home page which has links to the 'psyche sheet', a list of swimmers, and real time results. [Link]