Is the Paris Olympic Swimming pool slow, or is there something else going on? Let me know what you think in the comments!
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My guy what do you mean by “slow”
(Im here before the premier so idk)
Look at the men’s final breast stroke times and you will understand. The fastest was a 59.03. It was surprising to not see anybody hit 58 at this level of competition. Still a great race with an uncommon finish. 🎉
(I’m guessing)
the beds are harder than any of the ones they previously slept on.
The swimming is not taking place in the aquatics center, it's in a different stadium venue that's quite a bit further away
Conditions are the same for everyone. they're not designed to give some extra edge for any specific group. So, let's not argue about world records. Enjoy the race.
I was certainly expecting the ladies 400 free to be close to a world record for the winner given the high standard of the competitors
Hi. If it helps to reduce the cost of the tickets, it's ok. Olympics is a spectacle: 'panem et circenses', back to roots…
The french always le cock things up.
I think it’s a combination of many things. The conditions in the Olympic village and transportation would definitely have an effect. But I have no doubt the pool is a major factor in this. It is very obvious from watching this meet on tv and looking at past major meets that the waves are much worse in this pool. That’s why we are seeing some events more affected than others. Also looks like some swimmers are getting extremely close to hitting the underwater cameras.
I've also heard Popovici is staying in an AirBnB, so if he performs as expected then it would definitely show that the village conditions are having more of an effect than the pool
maybe the length of the pool is 51 or 52 meters instead of 50 meters
At this level every piece counts: cardboard beds, hot bus, pool depth, sleep quality, food
The most terrible Olympic ever! From the opening ceremony to the Olympic village, the food for the athletes and many other things. A prison cell in the US has a better condition than the rooms in the Olympic Village. They’re making 10 athletes staying in 1 unit without AC and with only 2 bathrooms! That’s ridiculous! The athletes need to eat well and sleep well to compete. I feel really bad for them for being thrown into this kind of condition. Especially for those triathletes who have to swim in that river. Every Parisian knows what’s floating in there🤮
If Taylor Swift performed there, surely that's the reason for the slow times. Little things in the world are not related to Taylor, this can't be an exception.
pan 46.92 not so bad
pretty much expected when you sleep on cardboard
Anti-doping testing is probably insanely novel and many are rather not risking it.
Sometimes I forget how refined sports have become and how close to perfection athletes have evolved.
So much that "little" things like this can have such a relatively big impact.
Fascinating!
This is kind of random, but do you think Qin and the rest of the Chinese team getting drug tested while sleeping/ drug tested multiple times had an affect on their performances?
If the issue is with the conditions at the Olympic village, which I have heard reported elsewhere as well, are other sports seeing the same poor performances? It will be especially interesting to see when track and field starts, which has the same opportunity to compare apples-to-apples times to other competitions.
Also, I would not hold up Qin's times as an example of anything. It has been established that he tested positive for PED's not long before Tokyo and, unbelievably, was allowed to compete anyway. Now the Chinese athletes are being tested a bunch. Not surprised that he's suddenly swimming slower.
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Things clearly are sub-optimal here. Peaty didn't hit his best ever time in Tokyo but he was in the ball park within half a second. His form into this was not of that level but he swam a 58.5 in the British trials so its possible sub-optimal conditions in the pool and outside the pool added that on.
Peaty has covid, so that might be the reason
so guess that the athletes will need to train for these environments in future games, as the new bench mark for facilities and services has been set.
10 minute video just to say the pool is too shallow 😂. Yes I understand there has been even more difficulties for the Olympic athletes and Paris as well.
Do you know where there will be super-fast swimming? Triathletes start in muddy Seine tomorrow morning )))
great vid
Lack of undetectable pharmaceuticals? Or is it Covid that kills elderly and immuno compromised but just takes a second from the elite athletes?
even tho the pool is shallow as heck. I think the main contributor is really the olympic village. I aint never seen athletes complain this much about those conditions in a hot minute. Imagine athletes are choosing to stay in an airbnbs for better conditions.
The only people who question the times are those who are not familiar with sport. Of all the things one can control, the time is the most uncontrollable. One can control their performance, but not time. Once you buy into this time thing whipped up by the crowds, you already lost.
As spectators, we must appreciate and celebrate the effort, dedication, skills, strength of character, etc. Unfortunately those things go unnoticed far too often because everybody is focused on the time. What a shame. Let me tell you this, those focusing on time are always the worse performers, such is the statistics of life.
If it's the conditions, how are other sports performing?
90%+ It's the POOL.
nah, I think pool is not deep enough. (I think)