I just watched the NYT animation of the men’s 1500m freestyle and realized that, after turns, Bobby Fink largely gets out ahead of other swimmers because of how much speed he gets when he pushes off the wall, and then other swimmers start to catch up. It made me realize that if the competition were 1500m in a straight line, the results would be different.
Are there measures in place around how much time you actually have to “swim,” or is this just how swimming in a pool works?
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I can’t believe nobody has pointed this out yet but the NYT animations aren’t remotely accurate in their depictions.
They make it look like 75% of each lap is the push-off, but they just do this to speed things up and make the graphic watchable.
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