Well, no Kiwi's swimming on the first morning of finals and semi's :(Phelps is one for one and how! 4:03! Grandma Torres split 52.44! Quite fast really.
FINA points - here you go; for today's completed events the all-time top 10 average and the points score using the current tables is as follows:
- Men's 400 IM - old average 4:12.18, new 4:09.29, 1,035 pts.
- Men's 400 FR - old average 3:44.31, new 3:42.69, 1,022 pts.
- Women's 400 IM - old average 4:35.83, new 4:33.00, 1,031 pts.
So a 29 point shift across the three events; better look to some serious training plans and sets for the next 12 months.
Just hanging on at number 10 in the 400 FR is Kieren Perkins' world record from the Rome World Championships in 1994 - 3:43.80. Still on my list of all-time greatest swims, it changed the way people looked at 400 FR. Which reminds me of something Sebastian Coe said in Auckland recentle; he was watching the 1974 Commonwealth Games in Christchurch on TV and after the legendary 1,500 between Filbert Bayi and John Walker, his father/coach said, 'What you have just seen has changed middle-distance running forever.'
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