Swimsuits thrashing records – are true swimmers vanishing

July 29, 2009

Swimsuits thrashing records – are true swimmers vanishing

Swimsuits thrashing records – are true swimmers vanishing This is the first major loss by Michael Phelps in any swimming race since 2005. He lost to Paul Biedermann of Germany in the 200 meter freestyle event at the World Championships in Rome. Biedermann also broke the world record 0.0.9 second which Phelps had created in the Beijing Olympics. Biedermann clocked 1 minute and 42 seconds.

Many in the sports are questioning the controversial 100% polyurethane swimsuits used by majority of swimmers at the Championship where already 11 world records have been thrashed. Fina (Fédération Internationale de Natation) international governing body for the sport has made it clear that these suits would be banned in 2010. Phelps competes in a

Speedo LZR and is a 50% polyurethane and is a far lower performance enhancer as compared to the 100% polyurethane swimsuit.

It took 5 years for Phelps to go from 1 minute 42 second to 1 minute 42.9 second. But Biedermann did it in 11 months. Many are questioning this improvement in performance in such short time duration. Seven years old men’s 400 meters freestyle record was also thrashed by Biedermann on Monday.

Swimmers broke 25 world records at the Beijing Olympics, 23 used the magical suit. And by the end of the year 180 new world records had been created using the controversial swimsuits. There are only two pre-bodysuit records still to be unbeaten; they are for the 800m and 1500m freestyle discipline.