riporto un commento preso da chinasmack che esplica abbastanza bene perchè tutta la questione è, a mio modo di vedere, una cazzata. E le cose dette fin'ora sono se non nella forma, nella sostanza, abbastanza false:
I am just wondering why so many people keep saying that Ye swam faster than man, why don’t you check the time accurately? actually during the whole 400 meters Rochte was faster and absolutely took less time than Ye. Please check it on the internet. however, the final 50m Ye was faster than Rochte. (Ye:28.93sec Rochte:29.1sec) but is it surprising that female is faster than male in specific split? apparently not. I can easily find an example, please check this:http://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/sport/other-sports/rebecca-adlington-wins-second-medal-1109334
on the 9th paragraph “However, the Briton responded and a final length of 28.91secs saw her overhaul Frii to claim the title Adlington’s medal follows her gutsy display last Sunday when she scraped into the 400m freestyle final and took silver.“ And also, in last Saturday’s 400 male medley game, if you check the time, there were four swimmers faster than Rochte in final 50m, the fastest was Japanese swimmer 27.87secs which means Rochte’s final 50m was not that good.
These days, mass media just focused on the last 50m and created huge controversy to mislead people, what a shame! Please, Please, do some homework before saying misleading stuff. Thank you.