If I am reading this right, Swiminfo.com is reporting that Craig Stevens is indeed going to back out of the 400 and leave it up to Australia Swimming to "pick another member of the Olympic Team" to swim that race in Athens. If I am ANY other country, swimmer, the 3rd place finisher at the Trials or an organization interested in ethics, then I am raising a stink on this one!!!! Thorpe DQ'd and the Aussies are going to skirt the rule and get him in anyway. They would be relegated to the status of Ben Johnson, Rosie Ruiz, and the 60+% of MLB who are on steriods! This is FREAKIN' UNBELIEVABLE. I have no respect for any of the aforementioned and if this happens, none for Ian Thorpe and the Australian swim federation (or whatever official name they hide behind) are in that seeming, stinking pile.
Knelson, excellent point! I agree with you totally. Although the Olympic 400 free won't be the same without him, he screwed up by DQing himself! He should not swim. The 3rd place swimmer should move into this position, as the rules say. You better believe if I was the 3rd place swimmer, I would want that spot!
Knelson, excellent point! I agree with you totally. Although the Olympic 400 free won't be the same without him, he screwed up by DQing himself! He should not swim. The 3rd place swimmer should move into this position, as the rules say. You better believe if I was the 3rd place swimmer, I would want that spot!
