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> having an event turn on who can hold their breath the longest could lead swimming down a very unhealthy path. Wouldn't necessarily mean that. You could have
by oska 10y ago
> having an event turn on who can hold their breath the longest could lead swimming down a very unhealthy path.
Wouldn't necessarily mean that. You could have a rule that the swimmers must surface every certain distance, e.g. once every 20 metres.
- sandworm101 10y agoMost pools are 25m. I see many people point to 25m pools and call them an "Olympic-length" pools. I think TV warps perspective. Those 50m olympic pools have much wider lanes, much thicker lane ropes, an olympic swimmers are now as tall enough to be in the NBA (being tall is a ridiculous advantage in swimming). An olympic swimmer (male) would struggle to do butterfly in a normal lane. I'm no giant (5'10") but do touch both ropes sometimes at my local pool. So a 20m limit wouldn't be practical. Swimming is a very communal sport. Little kids train in the same facilities as world-class athletes. FINA wants to keep the rules as universal as possible.