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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Whew, Wayne...this Canadian breastroker does agree with you, there is no question that the Japanese swimmer put a big juicy butterfly kick after the start & turns & strangely did not do it in the 200 prelims...the breakdown in officiating though is typical in the olympics. I remember when Adrian Morehouse of UK was disqualified for doing much less in Worlds a few years back.
Whew, Wayne...this Canadian breastroker does agree with you, there is no question that the Japanese swimmer put a big juicy butterfly kick after the start & turns & strangely did not do it in the 200 prelims...the breakdown in officiating though is typical in the olympics. I remember when Adrian Morehouse of UK was disqualified for doing much less in Worlds a few years back.
