Full-body suits for Olympian swimmers? Ho-humBy Jayne Spencer | |
| IUB exercise physiologist Joel Stager, who
also is editor of the Journal of Swimming Research, made some
heavy-duty predictions about how swimmers would fare at the Sydney
Olympics in research conducted at the Human Performance Laboratory
at the IU School of Health, Physical Education and Recreation. Using the top swimming times for more than 30 years to predict the winning times at the Olympics in Australia, some predictions panned out, others didn’t. Among Stager’s findings: •“It’s simply not true that women swimmers peak in their teenage years. American college-age and post-college women now dominate the sport, whereas years ago it was dominated by junior high school girls.” • He discounts the effect of the new full-body swimsuits as an important factor in times. For an expanded story, go to: http://www.iuinfo.indiana.edu/ocm/releases/stagerswim2.htm Stager’s findings are posted at: http://www.indiana.edu/~hplab/olympic_predictions.html | |
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