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.
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Originally posted by swimr4life
Lefty, you are probably right. I've been thinking...if the United states was in the same boat...say that Michael Phelps DQ'd....what do you think we would do? Makes you go "HMMMM"!... I would HOPE we would follow the rules despite the temptation to bend them so he could compete! It would be just plain sad, but the rules are there for a reason.
1996 Olympic Trials. Our best hope for medal in the 400 IM Kristin Quance is DQ'd for an illegal turn from back to ***. She was not "towards the ***" when pushing off to start the *** leg. She was far ahead of everyone else. Her coach Shubert argued the infraction did not give her a speed advantage, it was a questionable call etc. They appealed the DQ. Lot of buzz against the stroke and turn judge. As a stroke/turn judge it is a hard call to make UNLESS it is very obvious. This guy made the rigth call and it was upheld on appeal and she was out of her best event END OF STORY.
Sounds like US swimming know how to do the right thing.
PS: Quance did end of qualifying in the 200 im so she did go Atlanta.
Originally posted by swimr4life
Lefty, you are probably right. I've been thinking...if the United states was in the same boat...say that Michael Phelps DQ'd....what do you think we would do? Makes you go "HMMMM"!... I would HOPE we would follow the rules despite the temptation to bend them so he could compete! It would be just plain sad, but the rules are there for a reason.
1996 Olympic Trials. Our best hope for medal in the 400 IM Kristin Quance is DQ'd for an illegal turn from back to ***. She was not "towards the ***" when pushing off to start the *** leg. She was far ahead of everyone else. Her coach Shubert argued the infraction did not give her a speed advantage, it was a questionable call etc. They appealed the DQ. Lot of buzz against the stroke and turn judge. As a stroke/turn judge it is a hard call to make UNLESS it is very obvious. This guy made the rigth call and it was upheld on appeal and she was out of her best event END OF STORY.
Sounds like US swimming know how to do the right thing.
PS: Quance did end of qualifying in the 200 im so she did go Atlanta.
