1986 Goodwill Games Day 1 Prime Time July 5, 1986 - YouTube
Some things not what they used to be.
For real swimming take a look at this. 86 good will games. Mens 800 free.
From about 10 minutes onwards you get Salnikov grunting out a new 800 WR and taking it down to 750. Many regard Hackett or Perkins as the greatest male distance swimmers to throw on the cosy.
But the western bias must be strong.
Salnikov was a lock for the 84 medal but for the boycott. Was at his peak.
So that is a 3 peat in the mile but for the boycott. Equivalent only done by Ledecky in the 800 and she's ripped up the books too.
Salnikov swam before any coin from suit companies was in the sport. Probably had a handful of baggie chlorine bleached DTs and some massive and comfortable training goggles. No compression legs. No floater suits. No cap either. Hair would have been brittle as twigs.
Pushing off the wall was about getting on top and ripping in as fast as possible. No streamline. Double cross over kick.
Nothing fancy - just 3k to 3.5k KMs per year, up to 12 a session. 20k a day in early season. Get as fit as possible and race your competition into the ground. Sessions a mixed bag of everything, some aerboic zone 120-130 HR work (a lot), some fast but short work, and some just eat shit and get flogged on short rest. The scene now is much more periodised and polarised.
When Salnikov started the mile WR was held by Goodell at 15.02.40, set at OGs in 76. Salnikov took that down 3 x and ended it at 14:54.76. No mucking around from Perkins and Hackett who between them took it down another 20 seconds (Hackett took it down to 14.34.56)
For the 400 free, Goodell had it at 3.51.56 at a USA v GDR dual meet in West Berlin in 76. Vlad breaks it six times and gets it down to 348.32.
For the 800 free this is where he does the most damage. Bobby Hackett had it at 801 from the 76 trials. Salnikov cracks that and takes it down to 7.50.64.
What he could do was get high in the water, sit and float over his hips and swing the arms for hell or high water.
Probably no under water filming. No podcasting or YT.
Sport and life perhaps not what it used to be but impressive how far he brought things fwd on an old school technique that even us battlers can try to emulate and get after. No one is getting into the same positions Hackett and Thorpe could get into. But Vlad aka the Monsters of the Waves the Tsar of the Pool or the Leningrad Express gives a model for some to follow if you can't kick for shit and you race in a wetsuit.
Some things not what they used to be.
For real swimming take a look at this. 86 good will games. Mens 800 free.
From about 10 minutes onwards you get Salnikov grunting out a new 800 WR and taking it down to 750. Many regard Hackett or Perkins as the greatest male distance swimmers to throw on the cosy.
But the western bias must be strong.
Salnikov was a lock for the 84 medal but for the boycott. Was at his peak.
So that is a 3 peat in the mile but for the boycott. Equivalent only done by Ledecky in the 800 and she's ripped up the books too.
Salnikov swam before any coin from suit companies was in the sport. Probably had a handful of baggie chlorine bleached DTs and some massive and comfortable training goggles. No compression legs. No floater suits. No cap either. Hair would have been brittle as twigs.
Pushing off the wall was about getting on top and ripping in as fast as possible. No streamline. Double cross over kick.
Nothing fancy - just 3k to 3.5k KMs per year, up to 12 a session. 20k a day in early season. Get as fit as possible and race your competition into the ground. Sessions a mixed bag of everything, some aerboic zone 120-130 HR work (a lot), some fast but short work, and some just eat shit and get flogged on short rest. The scene now is much more periodised and polarised.
When Salnikov started the mile WR was held by Goodell at 15.02.40, set at OGs in 76. Salnikov took that down 3 x and ended it at 14:54.76. No mucking around from Perkins and Hackett who between them took it down another 20 seconds (Hackett took it down to 14.34.56)
For the 400 free, Goodell had it at 3.51.56 at a USA v GDR dual meet in West Berlin in 76. Vlad breaks it six times and gets it down to 348.32.
For the 800 free this is where he does the most damage. Bobby Hackett had it at 801 from the 76 trials. Salnikov cracks that and takes it down to 7.50.64.
What he could do was get high in the water, sit and float over his hips and swing the arms for hell or high water.
Probably no under water filming. No podcasting or YT.
Sport and life perhaps not what it used to be but impressive how far he brought things fwd on an old school technique that even us battlers can try to emulate and get after. No one is getting into the same positions Hackett and Thorpe could get into. But Vlad aka the Monsters of the Waves the Tsar of the Pool or the Leningrad Express gives a model for some to follow if you can't kick for shit and you race in a wetsuit.