@@luciferangelicusdemonicus4070 ... because he was the lead off swimmer. he only lost to biedermann, who would have crushed anyone else in the world that year by an even bigger margin. 1:44.49 Phelps 1:44.13 Berens 1:45.47 Walters 1:44.46 Lochte If you compare the splits with the same weighting, phelps was outright the second slowest on his team. Adjusted for relay starts, phelps was far better than walters and lochte, and also beats berens.
Olympic Games in Atlanta 1996. Men's Swimming. Individual Gold medals in Men's Swimming. 2 USA Jeff Rouse. Brad Bridgewater. Tom Dolan. only (3) three gold medals. 1. RUS. Alexander Popov. Denis Pankratov. only (4) four gold medals. Men's Swimming. Individual Gold medals in Men's Swimming. Olympic Games in Atlanta 1996 check: USA 🇺🇸 - RUS.🇷🇺. 3 - 4.
Ricky Behrens - what a performance! I've seldom seen such a powerful, ryhthmic and controlled crawl stroke. Very impressive. By far the best in the pool on this day!
3:37 The commentary says something about the younger swimmer swimming really close to the lane line and describes it as a technique. I am new to this idea. Is it related to physics in the water?
