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.
Originally posted by gull80
So now the name calling starts, huh? That's really a low blow. Next you'll be calling me an early bloomer, slamming my times or telling me I live in a swamp.
My new theory is that your take on this topic is somehow related to your VO2 max! I'm not yet sure whether "early bloomer" versus "late bloomer" has any bearing, though.
Originally posted by gull80
So now the name calling starts, huh? That's really a low blow. Next you'll be calling me an early bloomer, slamming my times or telling me I live in a swamp.
My new theory is that your take on this topic is somehow related to your VO2 max! I'm not yet sure whether "early bloomer" versus "late bloomer" has any bearing, though.
