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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BTW, I believe the "decision" we are talking about is made by the people strapping on the suit and goggles and actually "swimming" the race. That's why we call the sport "swimming" and not "If the wrong guy makes the team because the defending champ dq's, we can massage the rules, take that wrong guy out of the event, and choose who we want to swim the race." (plus, that longer name won't fit on any of our caps, sweats or letterhead)
BTW, I believe the "decision" we are talking about is made by the people strapping on the suit and goggles and actually "swimming" the race. That's why we call the sport "swimming" and not "If the wrong guy makes the team because the defending champ dq's, we can massage the rules, take that wrong guy out of the event, and choose who we want to swim the race." (plus, that longer name won't fit on any of our caps, sweats or letterhead)
