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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More on Foster and Bill Sweetenham.
Foster of course should swim, we are not sending anyone in the 50m free, even though he could place in the top 3 on a good day !
Bill has decided that the swimmers are not allowed to go to the opening ceremony. They will be flown in from Cyprus just for the swim events. Then after the Olympic swim events are over they HAVE to return to the UK. They are not allowed to be at the closing ceremonies.
He wants then home training their 60K a week for the UK short course championship !
Being at the Olympics is an amazing experience and after they have swum they should be able to enjoy the experience of being at Athens.
What are the US swimmers doing after their events ?
More on Foster and Bill Sweetenham.
Foster of course should swim, we are not sending anyone in the 50m free, even though he could place in the top 3 on a good day !
Bill has decided that the swimmers are not allowed to go to the opening ceremony. They will be flown in from Cyprus just for the swim events. Then after the Olympic swim events are over they HAVE to return to the UK. They are not allowed to be at the closing ceremonies.
He wants then home training their 60K a week for the UK short course championship !
Being at the Olympics is an amazing experience and after they have swum they should be able to enjoy the experience of being at Athens.
What are the US swimmers doing after their events ?
