Maybe they timed him in training and he knew he was capable? Because he wasn't using his legs that much until the final stages of the race, so maybe that's his strategy? As for the arching of his back, I'm not too sure either.
@adamlewis439 i agree and btw mowws just some facts 2005 world champs - 400 freestyle, phelps tried to compete and finished 18th with a time of 3:50.53(only 10 secs slower than the world record) i'm really sick of people who think phelps can win every event if he wants these people don't know anything about swimming phelps is the best swimmer in history but he's not the best in every event ever
he seems to be arching his back when they show the underwater shot of his breathing, isnt that extremely bad form maybe he can take off more time alot more, also how did he know if he blasted the last lngth he would get the world record.
@Meowws "didn't you just make sense and replied back to me" may be the least grammatical sentence I have ever heard, and you should know that 2 stroke breathing works for a lot of swimmers, for example phelps, Lochte, Lezak, and bernard.but since you don't know who those guys are, I will tell you, Phelps is the most decorated olympian ever, Lochte is currently the best swimmer in the world, Lezak had the 4x100 comeback in beijing, and bernard is one of the world's premiere sprinters.
Phelps won't be the best in distance swimming. He's actually not even the best swimmer in even the shorter distances if we exclude the turns but he usually makes up the distance in turns. Bascially the turns, where he's underwater a bit longer than others, mask his slight deficiency. In the long distance though, the extra energy in turns would build-up too much lactic acid for him to perform well.
@Meowws I'm gonna go ahead and say that's a lie just based on the fact that you would have to be the second fastest distance swimmer in the entire world, and given the amount of people on youtube, the chance that you are the second fastest swimmer in the world is pretty tiny. I do think before I speak, and my comment was perfectly logical, not ridiculous like your claim to being faster than ryan cochrane was.
hahaha, your obviously not a swimmer, your comparing Michael Phelps who swims I.M, Butterfly and 200m freestyle to a 1500m freestyler. Ryan Cochrane is an amazing 1500m swimmer and so are all the other people in that race and even beyond this race there are numerous other people who swim slower than these people and are still ridiculously good. Sun Yang himself even being that far ahead would definitely have respect for and know that all the other swimmers in the race are good.
@Meowws You dont think he can beat michael phelps? I tell you that he would smashes phelps in the 400, 800, and 1500. Ryan Cochrane is a phenomenal distance swimmer and the only one on the screen with sun yang for most of the race. Idiotic comments like yours show a serious lack of swimming knowledge, i think they should ban people from commenting on videos featuring topics they know nothing about.
I like how he kept up the suspense til the very last second
Pay respect to the winner!
@LynyrdSkynyrd112 agreed. Sun Yang is uncorking a 25 second final 50 meter while Mr. Gaines is figuring out who'll get the bronze.
consistent 27 strokes per 50 m at that speed...Wow...Just Wow...
dam, look at that kick on the last 100. (Especially on the last 50)
Maybe they timed him in training and he knew he was capable? Because he wasn't using his legs that much until the final stages of the race, so maybe that's his strategy? As for the arching of his back, I'm not too sure either.
@Meowws So Phelps didn't break the 10 years old world record purposely?
Thing has changed, so be real people.
@Meowws please elaborate
@adamlewis439 i agree
and btw mowws just some facts
2005 world champs - 400 freestyle, phelps tried to compete and finished 18th with a time of 3:50.53(only 10 secs slower than the world record)
i'm really sick of people who think phelps can win every event if he wants
these people don't know anything about swimming
phelps is the best swimmer in history but he's not the best in every event ever
he seems to be arching his back when they show the underwater shot of his breathing, isnt that extremely bad form maybe he can take off more time alot more, also how did he know if he blasted the last lngth he would get the world record.
Outswimming a snake is like trying to outswim a fish, also if all else fails, just fucking strangle Phelps.
27 caches per every 50m (SUN YUNG)!!!!
@Meowws "didn't you just make sense and replied back to me" may be the least grammatical sentence I have ever heard, and you should know that 2 stroke breathing works for a lot of swimmers, for example phelps, Lochte, Lezak, and bernard.but since you don't know who those guys are, I will tell you, Phelps is the most decorated olympian ever, Lochte is currently the best swimmer in the world, Lezak had the 4x100 comeback in beijing, and bernard is one of the world's premiere sprinters.
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Phelps won't be the best in distance swimming. He's actually not even the best swimmer in even the shorter distances if we exclude the turns but he usually makes up the distance in turns. Bascially the turns, where he's underwater a bit longer than others, mask his slight deficiency. In the long distance though, the extra energy in turns would build-up too much lactic acid for him to perform well.
@Meowws Dafuk is this investigation? Y U no speak english?!?!
@Meowws I'm gonna go ahead and say that's a lie just based on the fact that you would have to be the second fastest distance swimmer in the entire world, and given the amount of people on youtube, the chance that you are the second fastest swimmer in the world is pretty tiny. I do think before I speak, and my comment was perfectly logical, not ridiculous like your claim to being faster than ryan cochrane was.
hahaha, your obviously not a swimmer, your comparing Michael Phelps who swims I.M, Butterfly and 200m freestyle to a 1500m freestyler. Ryan Cochrane is an amazing 1500m swimmer and so are all the other people in that race and even beyond this race there are numerous other people who swim slower than these people and are still ridiculously good. Sun Yang himself even being that far ahead would definitely have respect for and know that all the other swimmers in the race are good.
Hey, if I can swim like a snake then I will definetly beat phelps at win everything.
your insulting the second best distance swimmer in the world, thats cute.
@Meowws You dont think he can beat michael phelps? I tell you that he would smashes phelps in the 400, 800, and 1500. Ryan Cochrane is a phenomenal distance swimmer and the only one on the screen with sun yang for most of the race. Idiotic comments like yours show a serious lack of swimming knowledge, i think they should ban people from commenting on videos featuring topics they know nothing about.
GREAT! NOW HE CAN FIX HIS TEETH WITH THE MONEY HE WON. YAY!
YEAH WHATEVER REASONS, HE'S WAY BETTER THAN PHELPS, LOCHTE ... !!!!
SO, u BETTER SHUT UP AND WATCH !!!!
I can swim faster when i'm towed behind speedboat.