I am a swimmer, and I know what you are talking about. It's just that I have a hard time believing that Grant Hackett could be beaten in such a fashion. That alloy of determination and adrenaline can work magic (Its made me put up some remarkable splits), but he essentially pulled a 1400 on par with Hackett's record, and then threw in his kick to surge past. That. Is astounding. Whatever the truth is, that race is one of the most remarkable sport competitions of the modern era.
Funniest commentary. Sun Yang takes off with 125 meters to go. They miss this sudden acceleration. He goes into a fast, remarkable, unprecidented sprint over the last 100 and breaks the record. The commentary missed the boat on this!!!
He didn't just cruise. He just rested his legs the whole time. His shoulders were probably on fire for most of the race. His legs were probably fine until the last 50, though.
+Fruit Living He seem to really angle his hand to get some lift along those glide and like you mention he do realize that the angle of attack now is too high.
Good observation. Beautiful technique. Notice - in underwater footage - look at his right leg a fraction after he flicks his left. The right leg just glides - he appears more concerned about tucking it in, not allowing it to drag. He certainly does not kick with it (or at least not much). Hackett does the same thing - look at underwater footage of him elsewhere on RU-vid. Wonder if it is the common influence of their common coach Denis Cotterill?
Big, big matchup I look forward to in Rio is between Sun Yang and Mack Horton Aus swimmer at Rio. I don't think the 2 of them have raced at a major competition. Mack is just 20 yo. Swam 10 secs slower than WR at qualifying meet in a race where he was not pushed. Like the wonderful Sun Yang, Horton averages about 28 strokes per 50m. Not as streamlined, but has strong upper body strength.
his height ,stroke length , perfect streamlining, strong high elbow catch, brilliant use of kicks(very energy efficient so that he can explod at last lap ). think guys with average height ,trying to copy his technic will be a disaster)
Ad break; the US broadcasters do this when its a long event. So it is the 'complete' coverage of the race as 2 minutes was lost due to adverts. You can probably find the 'missing' 200m somwhere else on RU-vid!
i make 14:30 swimming 1.000m and i dont move the legs...but in the last 50m i start to move my legs and i made the last 50m in 31-32 seconds...i go all the time at 44 seconds all 50 m and the last one i finish strong if i can do this..i think sun yang can make the same at his level his tecnique its near the perfection...look sun yang and cochrane sun dont splash water...compare with cochrane...and cochrane is very good swimmer also...
It is kind of funny that the commentator did not notice that Yang Sun was so close to breaking the world record. They were talking about something else, until the very end that they noticed that the WR is about to be broken.
Exactly. If you see somebody walking over the water you would think he's cheating isn't it ? I have practiced and competed in swimming for years and for me walking over the water and 54" in the last split in 1500 is pretty much the same.
Congratulations to Sun Yang. And honestly, if i hear another person declare that there is doping involved i will seriously pull out my hair. Michael Phelps accomplished the impossible. He's golden. Missy Franklin accomplished something great. She's hailed as the next Michael Phelps. Give the Chinese the honor that they deserve for God's sake! There is nothing impossible--men have walked on the moon.
I don't understand, when Hackett smashed Kieren Perkins's record by more than 7s did you stand out and say that Hackett must be on drugs? And everyone knows that Hackett used 6 kicks during most time of his race, Sun just used 4 kicks, no need to mention that 2 of the 4 was pretty light kick. That made the difference when the two great swimmer both used 6 kicks during the last 100m, obviously Sun could make it a lot more faster.
ok.. are we talking about atrocities committed by Chinese/US govt/society in recent years or are we talking about economics? what do either of those things have to do with swimming? about dates, you started with 1989 so where did 2012 come from?
nop,im distance and mid distance guy,but the problem is that i like mid distance,i even like watching 1500,but i really don't like to swim it. :) my 100 in LCM is 53 which is not that fast,my 200 and 400 are better thought.
I can't convince you against your opinion; I don't know if he is in fact on drugs. However, any real swimmers know that feeling at the end of a race when you reeeeeaaaaaalllllyyyyyy want to get that time or beat the person next to you. If you want it that badly, you'd be surprised what the human body is capable of.
I was kidding, man. Every race, color can swim just fine. Chinese men had never won a swimming gold till yesterday. China got lots of talent. Just not been able to find them all . You will find most swimmers in the Olympics now are from the same area of Hangzhou, near Shanghai. When China finds more talent...only then can it excel. Liu Xiang is one to look for in tracks. US has the advantage of using every race in their teams. China doesn't have that advantage.
