Ex-AA Swimmer wrote:
Another misunderstanding we have here is that she came out of nowhere at these Olympics.
Again she has been ranked in the top 2 in the world for three years in the LCM 400IM (2012- 1st, 2011 - 2nd, 2010 - 2nd). And ranked number 1 in the 200IM in 2010-2012.
Also, someone on this thread (Ross Tucker, I believe) mentioned that she improved 7 seconds from her 2011 WC time. This is true, although, a bit misleading. She went 4:33 in both 2010 and 2011. She has dropped 5.4 seconds since 2010 and 5.3 since 2011.
well stated. and if we're using time drop as evidence for doping why hasn't anyone mentioned ruta meilutyte dropping 2.8 seconds off her 100 breast time from last year? that would be comparable to a 11.2 second drop in a 400.