Its not the athlete, its the equipment........

aquafiend65
Joined 2007-09-25
333 Posts

Found this of interest. Perhaps my new OC1 will have the same effect:-)

http://sports.yahoo.com/olympics/news?slug=ap-swm-germanswimsuitfears&pr...

(hit refresh after clicking on link)

Submitted by aquafiend65 on Sat, 04/19/2008 - 3:42pm.


painteur
Joined 2004-12-07
304 Posts

Britta, my teutonic goddess, puts it nicely:
“With all this discussion, people shouldn’t forget the suit doesn’t swim alone. Inside is a person that has a good or bad day, and trained well or badly.”

Sat, 04/19/2008 - 5:21pm


Jibofo
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Joined 2006-10-15
554 Posts

When you get beat, its because the other paddler had a faster canoe. When you win its because you’re a better paddler.

Sun, 04/20/2008 - 8:43am


perfectwater
Joined 2007-09-10
4 Posts

Non sequitur. Canoe races are not routinely won by .00 or .000 seconds. Who can say that at that level, a concious or subconcious edge with regard to a swimmer’s equipment will not have an effect on the swimmer performance?

Sun, 04/20/2008 - 8:59am


jc9_0
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Joined 2003-12-11
813 Posts

i think that is the swimsuit that was tested in wind tunnels at NASA.

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C.P.L.

Sun, 04/20/2008 - 2:44pm


Jim
Joined 2006-11-11
886 Posts

Did someone say wind tunnel with speedos on?

Sun, 04/20/2008 - 2:46pm


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