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<blockquote data-quote="admin" data-source="post: 2684583" data-attributes="member: 1"><a href="http://mit.zenfs.com/223/2012/03/Adrian.jpg" target="_blank"><img src="http://media.zenfs.com/en/blogs/sptusolyexperts/Adrian_Nathan-Adrian-CAL-PC-Nathan-Adrian-TB2_9183-640x426.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " data-size="" style="" /></a>A split bathing suit couldn&#039;t hold back Nathan Adrian at the Indianapolis Grand Prix.*The 2008 relay gold medalist overcame a tear in his bathing suit to win the 100-meter freestyle over a stacked field that included Olympic legend Michael Phelps.While crouching on the block before the start of Thursday night&#039;s final, Adrian felt a tear down the middle of his rear. His tight-fitting Speedo FS3 had split, leaving him with an exposed backside and considerably more drag than he&#039;d have liked.Adrian dove in anyway -- &quot;what could I do?&quot; <a href="http://www.usatoday.com/sports/olympics/story/2012-03-29/swimming-michael-phelps-nathan-adrian-suit-tear/53874282/1" target="_blank">he said</a>. The rip didn&#039;t have an effect on the result. He*touched the wall in 48.62, more than one-tenth of a second ahead of a hard-charging Phelps. That time was good enough to be the 11th-fastest time in the world this year, but likely would have been considerably faster had the suit not split.The Swim Pictures and Swim Swam were able to <a href="http://swimswam.com/2012/03/photos-of-adrians-suit-rip-nsfw/" target="_blank">capture pictures and reaction</a> to the event.&quot;Bending over on the block and feeling that snap is never a good feeling,&quot; a chuckling Adrian told a post-race interviewer.Thanks to <a href="http://swimswam.com/2012/03/nathan-adrian-responds-to-suit-slip/" target="_blank">Swim Swam</a> for exposing us to this story. See what we did there?</blockquote>

[QUOTE="admin, post: 2684583, member: 1"] [URL="http://mit.zenfs.com/223/2012/03/Adrian.jpg"][IMG]http://media.zenfs.com/en/blogs/sptusolyexperts/Adrian_Nathan-Adrian-CAL-PC-Nathan-Adrian-TB2_9183-640x426.jpg[/IMG][/URL] A split bathing suit couldn't hold back Nathan Adrian at the Indianapolis Grand Prix.*The 2008 relay gold medalist overcame a tear in his bathing suit to win the 100-meter freestyle over a stacked field that included Olympic legend Michael Phelps. While crouching on the block before the start of Thursday night's final, Adrian felt a tear down the middle of his rear. His tight-fitting Speedo FS3 had split, leaving him with an exposed backside and considerably more drag than he'd have liked. Adrian dove in anyway -- "what could I do?" [URL="http://www.usatoday.com/sports/olympics/story/2012-03-29/swimming-michael-phelps-nathan-adrian-suit-tear/53874282/1"]he said[/URL]. The rip didn't have an effect on the result. He*touched the wall in 48.62, more than one-tenth of a second ahead of a hard-charging Phelps. That time was good enough to be the 11th-fastest time in the world this year, but likely would have been considerably faster had the suit not split. The Swim Pictures and Swim Swam were able to [URL="http://swimswam.com/2012/03/photos-of-adrians-suit-rip-nsfw/"]capture pictures and reaction[/URL] to the event. "Bending over on the block and feeling that snap is never a good feeling," a chuckling Adrian told a post-race interviewer. [I]Thanks to [URL="http://swimswam.com/2012/03/nathan-adrian-responds-to-suit-slip/"]Swim Swam[/URL] for exposing us to this story. See what we did there?[/I] [/QUOTE]

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