Jun 27 2009
Britta Steffen = Hypocrite
I’m sorry. I just have to say something about this.
A couple of days ago Britta Steffen bettered Libby Trickett’s 100 Free WR. She set the new mark in one of the controversial super suits and had the following words to say afterwards:
“I’m feeling in good shape but this suit is of a different world. This is a really weird piece of equipment, one that I’ve never worn before. You don’t die in the last metres and you feel no pain. Under normal circumstances, this suit should be forbidden, and I expect that by 2010 it will be. I felt like a speedboat in water and never in my life would I have believed that a human could glide like that.”
Then, last night I read a new story about the repercussions of FINA’s swimsuit decisions and saw this:
Germany’s double Olympic champion Britta Steffen set a world record in the 100 metres freestyle Thursday, but predicted it would not last long and complained that futuristic swimsuits are damaging the sport.
Wait. There’s more…
Steffen said the record would last only until the world championships in Rome starting next month, and lamented the impact of high-tech swimsuits even though hers benefitted her on Thursday. “This development is a shame for the sport — where will it all stop?” Steffen said.
Is she effing kidding me? How is she going to benefit from the suit technology, set a freakin’ World Record, and then turn around and complain about what suits like hers is doing to the sport? If she cared that much about the sport perhaps she wouldn’t have swam her race in said suit in the first place!
Hypocrisy at its finest, folks.
Sorry for yet another rant, but I just couldn’t let this one pass me by without speaking up.
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Word!
If she truly wanted to feel better and make an impact, she wouldn’t of worn the suit.
Swimmers like her are stuck between a rock and a hard place regarding suits. If you are sponsored by someone then it is in their best interests to wear the fastest possible suit available from that brand. If you don’t then you get dropped. She obviously wants to compete against the best in the sprint freestyle and she is being forced to wear a suit that makes her much faster than before with no physical improvements.
I understand the sponsor rules. I just find it hard to take someone who complains seriously when they continue to contribute to the problem at hand.