SHOULD IAN THORPE'S BODYSUIT HAVE BEEN BANNED?!

[@bebhinnspoors3739]

My favourite video. My son enjoys swimming the 400m freestyle - it really is great race to watch. I love your race analysis in this video - pity he gluided to the wall !

[@adamgraham7938]

5k Giveaway Entry: This has to be one of my favourite videos for sure! Thanks Sonny

[@mrinfo9824]

Thorpeedo is a legend. Great video btw! You might want to watch his leg at the 4x100 free Sydney 2000.

[@mkhan8527]

Thorpe is a cheat. All his medals are fake because of unfair advantage given to him by full body swimsuit.

[@bnerty7125]

@@mkhan8527 Well, I agree with you in a way, but… the other swimmers were actually allowed to wear the swimsuits Ian Thorpe wore however, most felt uncomfortable by the arms and preferred to wear the ones with no sleeve.

[@wcrx2000]

Thorpe is super smart but Thorpe is slow as turtle

[@peterjohnkendall7637]

I remember that swim what a legend he is same year my daughter first made the nationals. Great analysis Sonny I enjoyed your take on his swim very much and agree how frustrating was that last few metres!!

[@TheSwimsuitGuy]

Cheers Pete, 2002 was a good year all round then 🎉🎉

[@LukasBarto-smith]

For the arena giveaway. This Is my favourite video because I like theswimsuitguy going into depth about different parts of the race.

[@Ezraool07]

Watching this race was insane! Thorpe still has one of the freestyles of all time.

[@TheSwimsuitGuy]

Without doubt!

[@jacobblomfield9598]

Love these analysis videos, really informative and cool to see others opinions on great swims and swimmers of the past 😊👍

[@luigimanna]

You are absolutely right, he glided in or he would still be the WR holder as of today. What a shame.

[@TheSwimsuitGuy]

I know, can't believe such a legend doesn't still have a WR and sub 3.40 would be so cool!

[@MsAngelPixie]

I LOVE Ian Thorpe. He is one of the greatest swimmers ever. It is unfortunate that he retired so early on in his career 😥. Great points on the lack of streamline and long glide in finish. Even his head position at times... kinda high looking almost straight ahead at the other end of the pool. I would never be able to get away with that but somehow it all worked amazing for him. I don't think the suit was that great. I mean can you imagine swimming with sleeves? It just looked so restrictive as far as mobility. Also it is hard to believe that addidas (not really a swimming brand per say) would be that far ahead compared to speedo and arena which specialize in swimming products.

[@TheSwimsuitGuy]

A lot of middle D swimmers have a higher head position or lift before their breath, always something that I have had to question!

[@keshavgirdhar8842]

This one's my favourite. I want that Jammer giveaway please 🙏

[@kdavies3105]

I agree...Thrope suit was more about marketing & sponsorship, but not giving the advantage that the tech suits did

[@ffionjames7874]

5k giveaway this is my favourite video. I loveee Ian Thorpe

[@gusmarin6031]

Crazy how nobody can even come close to this time today. It’s a shame Biedermann took it, dude never broke 3:44 before 2009 and never did it after.

[@TheSwimsuitGuy]

Can't hate on Borderman, Thorpe just shouldn't have glided and we'd have a 3.39

[@finnvos8918]

One of the best, if not the best video! Personally I think it’s due to how interesting it is that those suits were legal 🤨 So by far the best video on your channel! 🤙🏼

[@volxyy]

Love the race analysis in this video. I enjoy swimming the 400m free.

[@TheSwimsuitGuy]

How does one enjoy the 400 🤢

[@debanks2]

I remember Thorpe crying on the commentary team when his record went. Absolutely horrible - especially watching Biedermann doing it in a now banned suit

[@TheSwimsuitGuy]

Yes I can imagine at such a small margin, especially when he could have taken an extra stroke here 😅

[@tomrobinson268]

His suit is actually in a case in the ais Comp pool if you ever get a chance to travel it is a great thing to go see.

[@TheSwimsuitGuy]

Wow very cool. I'll keep that in mind if I ever end up there!

[@josepmariarosello-figueras6782]

love this tipe of videos love the race analisis

[@TheSwimsuitGuy]

Glad to hear it

[@henrytheswimmer9453]

i just lost brain cells

[@adamtrigg6332]

Track start aswell. Great strike though.

[@toivonencresto]

Talent speaking Ian is the Greatest Swimmer of all time. His Freestyle technique is flawless, absolutely perfect and pure beauty, unmatched, the only swimmer that had come close Sun Yang and Popov imho. He's one of the very few athlete been able to unite beauty and effectiveness, like Senna, Federer, Alì.

[@TheSwimsuitGuy]

Don’t put sun Yang in the same sentence come on

[@toivonencresto]

@@TheSwimsuitGuy you drive a swimming channel, so you’d know what we’re talking about. Sun Yang’s freestyle Technique is out of This world too.

[@kdavies3105]

Hummm....comparing athletes when 1 is a recorded drug cheat

[@knife_tricks_and_pics2480]

Id imagine his suit restricted a lot of movement

[@runner2056]

Also, I swam in the era of ultra tech suits (LZR and JAKED/ARENA). As a breastroker I felt that even a hydrophobic legskin had my legs slipping in the water and prevented me from kicking forward with as much power. I feel like adding that to the arms would make it feel like I couldn't pull. Not a suit I would wear.

[@michael.trotter]

Grant Hacket wore the same suit as Ian Thorpe in the 400m freestyle final at the 2008 Olympics

[@michael.trotter]

Sorry I meant to say that Grant Hacket wore the same STYLE of suit as Ian Thorpe. His suit was a speedo 👍

[@TheSwimsuitGuy]

Yes he wore the Speedo LZR with arms. An odd choice but makes some sense!

[@bodeyashraf8601]

Nice review ❤

[@grantgooding7806]

Prob my favorite video ever

[@TheSwimsuitGuy]

Wow big call 👀

[@Steven-zq2qm]

I think his world record at 15 in a speedo is more impressive.

[@TheSwimsuitGuy]

Agree, the things he was doing at 15 without any technology were mind boggling, he was one of a kind

[@DolleDriesRoelvink]

Yes

[@mrinfo9824]

His streamline isn't very tight but his kick makes up for it

[@TheSwimsuitGuy]

A good thing should justify a bad thing. He has a great kick but should streamline better. It WOULD make him FASTER

[@mrinfo9824]

TheSwimsuitGuy - Very true

[@DolleDriesRoelvink]

What was his best time without the compressing full bodysuit?

[@TheSwimsuitGuy]

He was world champion late 90 in a brief

[@superherostudios6741]

So sad that suits are banned((

[@TheSwimsuitGuy]

My thoughts every day

[@gluecksdrache2054]

Sorry to disagree on your opinion regarding these kneeskin or full body suits. I think that sometimes slightly more high tech just attracts public opinion, crowds of fans and the media. If great athletes who train hard are able to make a new WR this makes headlines and also could have new sponsors conveying the message. So I think a bit of a high tech appeal is a kind of turbo for an already fascinating sports. And could inspire some young people to begin their fight or challenge against all th eoverweight issues which are caused by to less motion and sports. So these suits and their tech appeal could also be kind of increasing overall health.

[@sophie_basement]

Cool

[@foolanhi8183]

sophie leong thank you for that lovely comment, Sophie

[@camdenrichter9558]

What is your 50 and 100 free PB LCM?

[@TheSwimsuitGuy]

50 - 23.85 100 - 53.02 I never could grasp the 100 long ahaha

[@willchan2778]

Giveaway entry 🙏🙏🙏

[@nickw4999]

No

[@TheSwimsuitGuy]

Agreed

[@suwarosetimsorn6550]

Still a.world.record in.my.mind

[@TheSwimsuitGuy]

I think many would agree!

[@suwarosetimsorn6550]

@@TheSwimsuitGuy in​ his 2017 interview, this​ is​ the biggest​ regret in​ his​ career.​ He​ didnt realise he​ broke the​ world​ record​ at that​ time.​ With​ 7​ events, he​ chose to​ save​ his​ energy and​ glided in​ the​ end......

[@terencechua3489]

If I didn't recall wrongly Thorpe always glides to finish his 400m race. There wasn't anyone in front of him at his prime, thus he didn't need to do a quick last stroke like Phelps did against Cavic in the 100m fly at Beijing 2008. Of course if he took a quick additional stroke in this race it would be sub 3:40 and the WR his till today.

[@jerrycannon6940]

Suit doesn't help him. He wasn't wearing a suit before he made it to the olympics.

[@TheSwimsuitGuy]

He was a world champion in a brief!

[@jerrycannon6940]

@@TheSwimsuitGuy when I learned to swim his stroke technique was the only technique that worked for me. Ppl around me were noticing it. They said I have the prettiest stroke they've ever seen.

[@jerrycannon6940]

Effortlessly. Efficient. .

[@TheSwimsuitGuy]

He was!

[@toprakefekalemci421]

thorpe broke the world record with a speedo sooo idk

[@TheSwimsuitGuy]

the suit was nothing, he's the man

[@mkhan8527]

@@TheSwimsuitGuy Thorpe is a cheat period. All his records are fake. Without that unfair full body jammer, he is nothing.

[@cooldumpy7913]

@@mkhan8527 nah. kzbin.info/www/bejne/gJ_dYWuGa9iEe7M thorpe was the only person to go faster than this time until 2009, and it would've medaled in every major race since. it also would've won the last olympics and worlds, the former by 1.5 seconds. a far cry from "nothing without the suit"

[@sriharinataraj421]

First view!!

[@TheSwimsuitGuy]

Cheers bro

[@devidia]

Having a 'high elbow' has nothing to do with having the elbow as close to the surface as possible, but about having it higher than your wrist, that's it. Having it super close to the surface is even very counterproductive