At the U.S. Trials there was one official in every lane looking at the turns, so now that we're in Athens, how does Kitajima get away with that dolphin kick on his turn? It seemed clear to me from the above water shot, then was confirmed with the underwater. Other breaststrokers care to weigh in?
Guvnah
Coaches and officials have been talking about Kitajima’s dolphin kick for years. I would bet that every official at the Olympics already knew about “the kick”, so I would expect to see him do the same thing in the 200.
Maybe the Olympics could hire our Masters officials from Long Course Nationals. They didn’t seem to have any problems with calling DQ’s. Unfortunately! … And, with apologies to tjburk and the rest of my relay for my 15.2 Meter underwater dolphin on the Medley Relay.
Guvnah
Coaches and officials have been talking about Kitajima’s dolphin kick for years. I would bet that every official at the Olympics already knew about “the kick”, so I would expect to see him do the same thing in the 200.
Maybe the Olympics could hire our Masters officials from Long Course Nationals. They didn’t seem to have any problems with calling DQ’s. Unfortunately! … And, with apologies to tjburk and the rest of my relay for my 15.2 Meter underwater dolphin on the Medley Relay.
