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?
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I spent my swim this morning stewing about this issue, and
I think even the casual viewer could see THROUGH the water, even at the start. And, as someone said above, everyone KNOWS he does that kick - I had heard about it, but it sure was hard to watch that swim beat Hansen (he really was classy about it, though), when I think my high school swimmers would have been DQed for the same thing in a basic dual meet. It's too bad that this has been let go at this level!
I spent my swim this morning stewing about this issue, and
I think even the casual viewer could see THROUGH the water, even at the start. And, as someone said above, everyone KNOWS he does that kick - I had heard about it, but it sure was hard to watch that swim beat Hansen (he really was classy about it, though), when I think my high school swimmers would have been DQed for the same thing in a basic dual meet. It's too bad that this has been let go at this level!
