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[quote=Anonymous]I was a synchro swimmer and the photos are very traumatic and give me the creeps. I remember at one of our junior meets, one of the young girls hyperventilated when her oxygen/c02 mix got out of whack and the coach had to have her breath into a paper bag. Fortunately she was already on dry land. This can make you faint and I wonder if that is what happened here. Perhaps there should be rule changes to limit the amount of underwater time. When I swam my solo it was much harder than swimming a 200 fly. You are swimming 4-5 minutes anaerobically. Imagine running a 400m without breathing. Back when I swam, we also used to do compulsory figures (required technical moves) where you were rewarded for going as slowly as possible ie holding your breath as long as possible. I am astounded that they are waiting to make a decision about whether she will swim on Friday. She was underwater for two minutes and I think I read she inhaled water. No, no, no.[/quote]
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