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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And, I would hope that the Stroke and Turn Judges at each end would have the ____s enough to DQ a person (any person) who throws a dolphin kick in in the breaststroke. There is a pretty distinct motion when it comes from the pull and is part of the body dolphining (Totally Legal) and when someone throws in an obvious kick. You can see very distinctly the difference between Kosuke's 100 start and turn and his start and turns in the 200.
And, I would hope that the Stroke and Turn Judges at each end would have the ____s enough to DQ a person (any person) who throws a dolphin kick in in the breaststroke. There is a pretty distinct motion when it comes from the pull and is part of the body dolphining (Totally Legal) and when someone throws in an obvious kick. You can see very distinctly the difference between Kosuke's 100 start and turn and his start and turns in the 200.
