Do swimmers recover quicker than runners?

Subject: Do swimmers recover quicker than runners?

Date: Thu Aug 9 08:58:13 2001
Posted by Bryan
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Looking at World Championships, after a race runners will often lie on the 
track and be really breathless. Swimmers, however, after a race seem less 
breathless and more able to get up and move around. Is there anything to this?

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