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I was told over and over again that I would
never be successful, that I was not going
to be competitive and the technique was
simply not going to work. All I could do
was shrug and say "We'll just have to see."
Richard Douglas "Dick" Fosbury
never be successful, that I was not going
to be competitive and the technique was
simply not going to work. All I could do
was shrug and say "We'll just have to see."
Richard Douglas "Dick" Fosbury
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posted by Button @ 5:14 AM
3 Comments:
At 7:04 AM,
Anonymous said…
when the sport was thought of the intent was to mimic the real world like jumping over all wall (no padding) and land on feet. So has swimming - tell me how you would do so many underwaters in a lake or ocean. They should limit the kickouts to the dive for 15M but have the kickouts limited on the turns. just saying
At 7:30 AM,
Button said…
when we want to mimic the real world in our sport, we swim open water races.
cap2k is in austin in two months. it's a one-way 'race ya from right here to down there' straight-away event.
At 2:32 PM,
Anonymous said…
true but open water is distance swimming how bout a sprint across the river or swim thru the wave to the beach or sharks and minnows with real sharks
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