1500m FREESTYLE MEN FINAL PART1

[papierzak1000]

is there anyone who has the video from above the water?

[futbolalbiceleste]

I heard many times that front quadrant swimming is bad if you want to swim fast, but this video shows that this style is definitively excellent for long distances. I am a recreational swimmer and really like this video to see the technique

[YOURfaceHAHification]

Grant Hackett is just amazing. He did our country proud.

[benji1083]

Unreal he absolutely dominated it from the beginning.

[scrumpymanjack]

Could someone please explain to me the thing with the kick? After first few hundred meters, he sort of slows the kick right down so that sometimes it is almost as if his legs were just trailing in the water like a rudder or something. Is that because it just uses too much energy to kick all the time over such a long distance? Thanks.

[adamlewis439]

@scrumpymanjack Yes. You don't use your legs for most of the distance events at all because the kick is less efficient than the pull. So to preserve energy they just use their arms until the last 100 or so when they bring in their legs for a sprint finish if they have anything left.

[smegmatrap]

@guspopov I too respect your opinion. Lets just say it would have been some race, i just think all credit should go to hackett when i comes to the 1500m. Great to see the thorpey back in action come london though. Will be great to watch, i have a feeling he may do something very special.

[smegmatrap]

@guspopov Also i belive hackett did beat thorpe in the 1999 FINA Short Course World Championships 400m. Thorpe was the superior swimmer from 100-800 but hackett is the champion of 1500m and still is.

[smegmatrap]

@guspopov look thorpe is a legend and did beat him at all other lenghts. How ever thorpe did not swim 1500m he was close to doing so in 2001 but never did instead focusing on the 100/200/400 & 800, but my point is he would not beat hackett at 1500m. End of Story.

[warspere]

hes a great distance swimmer hes got a great pace.

[shoulderutube]

Because it's long distance the technique is different

[shoulderutube]

泳ぎますよ。

[scrumpymanjack]

On the second length (and probably throughout) why is the kicking so irregular? It sort of goes in fits and starts. Can anyone who knows about swimming explain? Thanks.

[ARPinBC]

@scrumpymanjack i am 14 and a distance swimmer, you start out with a fast kick, to get your arms to move faster and set the pace, then you slow your kick, or make it irregular, to save energy till the end

[landswimmer]

ハケットすげーですね、やっぱ。いいもんみました。

[dalek100]

yuzik - you're underwater camera videos

are absolutely the best videos of pro swimmers on You Tube.... where are they from?

[redskinsfreak614]

LOL, no sound or anything, I think I wanna die now

[adamlewis934]

this would go really well to staying alive by the bee gees lol

[JCH5000]

holy moly i wish i was that good that would take me like 25 min to do

[magrinho22]

hackett is the best long distance swimmer ever!

[gusyrocks]

@magrinho22 I DONT THINK THIS WAY. HACKETT HAS BEEN A INCREDIBLE LONG DISTANCE SWIMMER BUT HE HAS ALWAYS LOST WITH IAN THORPE IN THEIR RACES IN 40O, 800 AND 1500. YOU CAN TAKE A LOOK AT THE YOUTUBE VIDEOS IN YOUR RIGHT...

[smegmatrap]

@gusyrocks thorpe never raced 1500m and if he did he would not beat hackett. His 2001 1500m world record swim is the longest standing WR in swimming today.

[mc1703]

favourite swimming video ever

[aaacacaas]

That looks painful. A 500 is hell. 1500 hell X3

[ulsbolde89]

Extremely helpful video

[uboaymoziko]

fuck you

[xXxMissxBloomxXx]

Just watching him makes me tired! I can't even swim that fast for 2 minutes!

[r0ds]

im tired... need some rest

[Sunlight70]

How anyone can swim like that for so long is almost unbeleivable. Great vid.

[yamahaha]

thanks

[malaga77]

omg the technic amazing !