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Lance withdrew voluntarily, but what would USMS have done if he hadn't.
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Seeing the publicity that this got in the UK, I'd say his participation would be on one hand, no problem - it's just a masters meet - but on the other bad for swimming as a whole. The public perception appeared to be that Lance was unable to compete in any other sports but "swimming" would take him and as a result, people were questioning whether it is a clean sport. The public don't see the distinction between swimming and masters swimming and drew conclusions like, "he'll be aiming for Rio".
Seeing the publicity that this got in the UK, I'd say his participation would be on one hand, no problem - it's just a masters meet - but on the other bad for swimming as a whole. The public perception appeared to be that Lance was unable to compete in any other sports but "swimming" would take him and as a result, people were questioning whether it is a clean sport. The public don't see the distinction between swimming and masters swimming and drew conclusions like, "he'll be aiming for Rio".
