Bevan said:
This is seriously one of the worst-case scenarios in a race
To me, this is better than the goggles staying on but filling with water. Then, you’re completely blind. At least in this case, I can open my eyes when I turn my head. I can sort of see underwater well enough to spot the wall before I hit it. What happened to Michael Phelps in the 2008 200 fly is the worst-case scenario in my opinion
Bevan said:
This is seriously one of the worst-case scenarios in a race
And false starting 
This happened to me when I was 13 during my freshman year of high school. Since I was a distance swimmer, I was doing the 500. I dove in, and my goggles rolled off my eyes. I didn’t know what to do at first, but I decided to finish the race as best I could with my goggles around my neck. Swimming that long without goggles messed with my performance, and my eyes were messed up for the rest of the day. My coach told me that if it happened again, I should stop and put them back on at the wall quickly. Well, it happened again during the 500 at state championships the same year haha. I did what he said and stopped at the wall to put them on, while my whole team yelled at me to go faster Lol. I never had another incident with my goggles falling off after those two terrible experiences haha
@Keaton
I always tell the kids I coach to stop at the wall and fix their goggles if the race is 200 or over
It really shouldn’t make a difference in the 50 LCM
This happened to my mom in college when diving in for the mile Lol
I heard her competitors sabotaged her goggles before the race. They asked to see them and rubbed oil all over the rubber seams
I swam competitively for 17 years. My goggles would fill with water maybe once or twice a year (after probably 150+ races). I never had them fall off. This is definitely user error Lol
Jace said:
I swam competitively for 17 years. My goggles would fill with water maybe once or twice a year (after probably 150+ races). I never had them fall off. This is definitely user error Lol
I think this is referring to an Olympics where there were a few seriously underqualified competitors due to some loophole. They were allowed to compete because they were still the best swimmers their country had
@Dara
Correct. I believe this was about Vanessa Bobino. There are thousands of swimmers in the US who could beat her time. I think it was thirty-three seconds if I remember correctly
Which brand was she using
I always used sockets for competition, but they’re so uncomfortable for swimming laps. I switched to nice, comfy goggles, but then I had to adjust my head position when pushing off walls to avoid them flipping off or getting water in them. It’s super annoying
@Gabi
I started swimming back when they used those annoying foam barriers between the lens and your face. Sometimes those would break open during a race. I switched to these, with fewer parts to worry about. I attached them to a bungee cord so the strap wouldn’t break on me (since I saw that happen to a relay teammate back then when the rubber dried out)
What a nightmare scenario
I swim to help with my injuries, and I learned my lesson to always have a second pair of goggles ready when I hit the pool. I bought Aquasphere Kaiyanne goggles two months ago, and water started seeping through one lens halfway through my swim. It ruined the rest of my day, so now I just bring multiple new pairs with me
Are goggles really that important in a 50-meter race? Annoying, for sure, but not a race ender, right
This seems like a matter of poor planning on her part
That was me when my goggles completely fell off right at my first underwater during the 400 IM
Don’t Olympians usually wear two caps, but it still fell off?
Good thing it was just the 50. If it were a turn race, they would have ended up right in her mouth—no bueno