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From: wjh@inf.rl.ac.uk (Bill Hewitt)
Newsgroups: sci.bio
Subject: Re: Fat Swimmers
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Date: 22 Nov 88 16:18:54 GMT
References: <78300004@p.cs.uiuc.edu> <20800004@m.cs.uiuc.edu>
Reply-To: wjh@inf.rl.ac.uk (Bill Hewitt)
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In article <20800004@m.cs.uiuc.edu> carey@m.cs.uiuc.edu writes:
>
>More fat = more buoyancy.  More buoyancy less body in the water, less
>drag.
>
>It might also be a response to being in cold water all the time,
>but that is speculation.


Why is the original article comparing swimmers to long distance runners ?
The longest racing distance for a swimmer is 1500m This will take a
leading swimmer somewhere in the region of 15 minutes to complete. This is
not a fair comparison with the 2 hours it takes to complete a marathon !

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