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MikeWaters · 08-20-2008, 09:45 PM

to get back to the Olympics at the age of 41? He failed, but his times were the same as his gold-medal times of earlier.

In other words, the rest of the world had gotten faster. However still amazing that his times were the same at that age.

il Padrino Ute · 08-20-2008, 09:49 PM

Didn't know that. Being around the age of 41, it's amazing that there are athletes who can continue to be at the same high level at that age as they were 20 years previously.

MikeWaters · 08-20-2008, 09:50 PM

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Originally Posted by il Padrino Ute

Didn't know that. Being around the age of 41, it's amazing that there are athletes who can continue to be at the same high level at that age as they were 20 years previously.

but his older times had the benefit of new technology, new training techniques, etc.

That's why current times are better than older times.

SteelBlue · 08-20-2008, 09:59 PM

Spitz's old times were set without goggles. That must have really sucked, and it's no wonder people went faster once they were allowed. I believe the '76 Olympics were the first games where goggles were legal and everyone was talking about goggles the way they've talked about the LZR suit this year. In fact I think I read that the only Olympics that even approached this year's games in WR set were those '76 games when goggles were first allowed.

il Padrino Ute · 08-20-2008, 10:14 PM

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Originally Posted by MikeWaters

but his older times had the benefit of new technology, new training techniques, etc.

That's why current times are better than older times.

That's a good point. Still, at that age, being able to do it at that high of a level is amazing.

Venkman · 08-21-2008, 01:29 AM

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Originally Posted by MikeWaters

but his older times had the benefit of new technology, new training techniques, etc.

That's why current times are better than older times.

Plus, no 70's feathered hairdo and porn stache.

08-20-2008, 09:45 PM	#1
MikeWaters Demiurge Join Date: Aug 2005 Posts: 36,365	Does anyone know that Spitz tried a comeback to get back to the Olympics at the age of 41? He failed, but his times were the same as his gold-medal times of earlier. In other words, the rest of the world had gotten faster. However still amazing that his times were the same at that age.

08-20-2008, 09:49 PM	#2
il Padrino Ute Board Pinhead Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: In the basement of my house, Murray, Utah. Posts: 15,941	Didn't know that. Being around the age of 41, it's amazing that there are athletes who can continue to be at the same high level at that age as they were 20 years previously. __________________ "The beauty of baseball is not having to explain it." - Chuck Shriver "This is now the joke that stupid people laugh at." - Christopher Hitchens on IQ jokes about GWB.

08-20-2008, 09:59 PM	#4
SteelBlue Senior Member Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: Norcal Posts: 5,821	Spitz's old times were set without goggles. That must have really sucked, and it's no wonder people went faster once they were allowed. I believe the '76 Olympics were the first games where goggles were legal and everyone was talking about goggles the way they've talked about the LZR suit this year. In fact I think I read that the only Olympics that even approached this year's games in WR set were those '76 games when goggles were first allowed.