Question: Is swimming in water or syrup faster?

http://www.nature.com/news/2004/040920/pf/040920-2_pf.html

LOL, ok this was never a question brought up to me, but I think I would have figured it out. The resistence and the power of the swimmer would equal out, just like it would in water, but then comes the dramtic player in all competitive swimmers: DRAG. With the sticky stuff clinging onto you, you would just end up pulling more of it with you.

Hmmmm, I wonder if a swimmer were to dose himself with oil, would that make him faster in water?