If you're asking why so many have been set recently, then that is almost certainly because of the suit technology, given that the latest suits have a very significant effect on times (in the context of how much world records are normally broken by). Whilst technique is doubtless gradually improving, that's far too slow a process to account for the number of recent records. Arguably if you want to break it down more, there's probably more advance in conditioning than in technique amongst top swimmers (the very best doubtless already have almost "perfect" technique) - though if you're not an elite swimmer the chances are you can make bigger improvements by improving your technique than by either getting fitter or getting a high-tech swimsuit. Chris On Wed, Nov 18, 2009 at 2:05 PM, Marechiare wrote: > What really is the reason of current swimming world records, the > technology of swimsuits or swimming technique? Anybody got the idea? > > Thanks. > -- > http://www.piclist.com PIC/SX FAQ & list archive > View/change your membership options at > http://mailman.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/piclist > -- http://www.piclist.com PIC/SX FAQ & list archive View/change your membership options at http://mailman.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/piclist