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Old 08-18-2008, 09:34 AM   #14 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by ngdawg View Post
They also credit the full body suit he's wearing, which greatly reduces drag compared to the half suit of others like Cavic.
Actually, Phelps wore a half-suit in this race and Cavic wore the full-suit. I'm not sure why he does this for the butterfly races... he uses the full-suit in the freestyle events, but he also used the half-suit for the 200m butterfly.
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