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?
kiwi surfer
If you are interested in finding out how many times Kitajima has been D/Qed, I would suggest you contact the Japanese swimming federation (www.swim.or.jp). They should be able to direct you to this information.
I’d be interested to hear what you find out. So please keep us posted.
As for sour grapes… Yea, I’m sure that is somewhat the case for most of us Yanks. And I doubt we would be as upset if it had been Hansen who has used an illegal kick to win the race, or maybe we would have. For me the bottom line is we are seeing the greatest swimmers in the world doing their best in the Olympic pool. I’m glad to see Thorpe swim the 400 Free and Kitajima in the breaststrokes, the races would be somewhat diminished without their presence.
kiwi surfer
If you are interested in finding out how many times Kitajima has been D/Qed, I would suggest you contact the Japanese swimming federation (www.swim.or.jp). They should be able to direct you to this information.
I’d be interested to hear what you find out. So please keep us posted.
As for sour grapes… Yea, I’m sure that is somewhat the case for most of us Yanks. And I doubt we would be as upset if it had been Hansen who has used an illegal kick to win the race, or maybe we would have. For me the bottom line is we are seeing the greatest swimmers in the world doing their best in the Olympic pool. I’m glad to see Thorpe swim the 400 Free and Kitajima in the breaststrokes, the races would be somewhat diminished without their presence.
