By Jason Tillotson, Swimming World College Intern
We all know how devastating of a blow the international swimming world took after the ban on polyurethane “super†suits. In 2009 alone, 147 world records were broken in super-suits (43 of those records were written at the 2009 LC World Championships). In 2010, after the ban, the world record tally went down to single-digits.
The recovery period took longer than some expected, with world and regional records coming few and far between, making them seem more impressive and merited. Ryan Lochte’s 400 I.M. at the 2010 SC World Championships in Dubai and Missy Franklin‘s 200 backstroke at the 2012 London Olympic Games are two good examples of records that came once in a blue moon because they were one of few world records at those championships.
However, the effects of the super-suit ban seemed to only reach the pros and not the college athletes. After the ban, collegiate swimmers broke several records by substantial margins, which catapulted the the level of NCAA competition higher than ever before (most notably Cesar Cielo becoming the first man to swim a 50-yard freestyle in 18.5 seconds and Elaine Breeden becoming the first woman to swim under 1:50 for a 200-yard butterfly).
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