Re: Phelps at World Cup

World Cup is *short course*. According to the FINA web site, Phelps doesn't
hold the short course 200IM record. Jani Sievinen does.

Regardless, my point is that I think that he used to be better at
breaststroke. Perhaps he has been concentrating on his free and back (to
broaden his range of events) at the expense of his breast.

"4precious" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
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> "Colin Priest" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
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> > I've been watching the Melbourne World Cup on TV and have noticed a
couple
> > of things about Phelps. Firstly, he has added some muscle. Perhaps this
> > means that he wants to be part of the 4x100 free at Athens?
>
> It's genetics, dude.  You can't simply slap on muscle.  As a 16 year
> old boy, Phelps looked like a man.  His father was a football player
> and is now a State Trooper - I haven't seen a picture, but he's
> evidently a mountain of a man.
>
> >Secondly, his
> > breaststroke is not very good (perhaps it used to be better). His splits
in
> > the 200IM had him well under (> 1 second) the world record split until
he
> > swam the breaststroke leg (from -1 sec vs WR to + 1 sec vs WR) and was
> > pulled back to the field
>
> This makes no sense.  Phelps IS the world record holder in the 200
> I.M., and it's his most dominant event.  So if he went -1 to +1 on the
> breastroke leg as you say, it means he had a terrible breastroke leg
> compared to HIMSELF during his World record swim.  So don't know what
> could be up there.  I didn't think his breastroke was actually that
> bad - worst of his strokes by far but he does have a top 200 time in
> the world for the 200 meter breast.
>
> Eric